Fred Mgbaaka by Diana Sokolic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2013 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ejiji, Uwe na Akwa Uwe Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaEjiji· 2013

Fred Mgbaaka

by Diana Sokolic

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ejiji Category

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The Design

About Fred Mgbaaka

Enwere ọla aka na ụbụ dị iche iche: ndị na-ese ihe, ọla edo, plastik, dị ọnụ ala ma dị oke ọnụ… mana ha mara mma dịka ha dị, ha niile na-abụ naanị naanị ọla. Fred bụ ihe ọzọ. Ihe ndị a dị mfe nghọta na-atụgharị ndị nke nọ n'oge ochie, ma ha bụ nke ugbu a. Enwere ike eyi ha na aka aka na akwa silk ma ọ bụ akwa ojii, ha ga-agbakwunye onye na-eyiri ha mmetụ nke klas mgbe niile. Mgbaaka ndị a pụrụ iche n'ihi na ha bịara dịka otu ụzọ. Ha dị oke ọkụ nke na-eme ka itinye ha ọsọ. Site na iyi ha, otu onye ga-ahụ nke ọma!

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Fred Mgbaaka meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Fred Mgbaaka ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Fred Mgbaaka bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: These bracelets are unique because they come as a pair. They are very light which makes their wearing comfortable
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension, Package and Technical properties: Cuffs are 13 cm long, 12 cm high and 6 cm wide. They come in pair and are packed in an orange - pink protective pouch tied with the orange bow.
Tags: cuffs, bracelets, accessories, fashion, plastic
Production Technology: Cuffs are made out of light white plastic used for billboards.
Design Challenge: The real challenge was finding the way to bend the material at home without professional machines and to find something that would look as a cuff link. But it also was a work with many gleeful errors.
Research: The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs and finding the way to make something weareable out of the material ment for something else.
Inspiration: The inspiration: I often go to the theatre and like to dress for the occasion. I like to have something new and different every time I go. Once while I was thinking what to wear this time, there was a movie with Fred Astaire on the TV. I saw his sleek suit, his cuffs… and voila – the idea was born! I remembered cuffs and plastrons worn by men in the last century and decided to revive it in a modern way, this time as a part o woman garment.
Project Duration: The project started in March of 2012. in Zagreb and was finished in two weeks. During that time I was trying to find out the right dimension for comfortable wearing bracelets and the way to bend the plastic at home.
Operation Flow: The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs.