Mana Khaloo Receives the A' Design Award for Lotus Date Recorder Pendant in Jewelry Design

Mana Khaloo recognized for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Lotus Date Recorder Pendant by Mana Khaloo, designed for Anabell Jewelry, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the A' Design Award

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

About Lotus Date Recorder Pendant

Lotus Date Recorder is a pendant that records a special date. The design carries 31 small petals for the days and 12 marquise shapes for the months. A gold marking on one petal and one marquise indicates the chosen date, which is read clockwise. The pendant is rose gold plated and measures 50 by 50 by 2.5 millimeters. The form is inspired by a set of earrings from the Achaemenid Empire, based on the lotus flower engraved on walls in Persepolis. The lotus was a symbol of immortality and embodied the sun and the twelve months of the year.

About Mana Khaloo

Passionate and creative silversmith and jewelry designer with more than a decade of academic background in Graphic and Jewelry design, Mana Khaloo is the owner of “Mana Khaloo” brand that was developed in 2018 and has been working as an independent designing company since then. Being fascinated by ancient symbols and patterns, While being impressed by the beauty and simplicity of contemporary art, Mana’s works mix classic and modern styles in fine and stunning designs.

Award Record

This recognition makes Mana Khaloo a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Jewelry Design Award

The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international jewelry design competition recognizing good jewelry designs by best jewelry designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Entries typically include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. Awarded jewelry designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/jewelry

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/147109
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147109
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147109
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/340337
Further Information from the Laureate: https://anabelljewelry.com

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Lotus Date Recorder Pendant
Function: Pendant
Category: Jewelry Design
Discipline: Fashion Design
Industry: Luxury and Fashion
Colors: Antique White, Sea Green, Wheat, Medium Sea Green and Tan
Images: 5
Client: Anabell Jewelry

The Recognition

Laureate: Mana Khaloo
Country: Canada
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #147109

Credits

Image Credits: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022

Design Details

Unique Properties: The Lotus collection is rare since it records special dates. All the collection's necklaces are similar in their basic form, but they are unique, as they each show a specific date. There are 31 small petals as the days, and 12 marquises to indicate the months. You will be gifted by your own date keeper. A gold marking on the picked petal and marquise corresponds to show the desired date. The date is read clockwise. The recorded date on the pendant shown as the main image is Oct 7th (My Birthday).
Inspiration: The matchless pendant is inspired by the set of earrings from the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, that is now being exhibited in the Louver museum. The shape of these earrings is taken from the twelve-petaled rosette, based on the lotus flower that is engraved on almost all walls in Persepolis. This flower was the symbol of immortality and perpetual beneficence, and also embodies the sun and the twelve months of the year. That had been held by an emperor, as a sign of peace and union and a symbol of Anahita, the goddess of water and wisdom in the ancient Persian empire.
Research: Spending a long time to find the conceptual aspect and symbolic meaning of the twelve-petaled rosette, it was decided to rearrange the petals in Achaemenid earrings the way that represent the 31 days of a month, and the 12 months of a year in order to be able to record the date of a special event.
Challenge: Rearranging the petals in a way to correspond to the number of days and months while keeping the original form of the Achaemenid lotus earrings was challenging , deciding on what colors could be felt more as real lotus flower while representing the Iranian nobility was another challenge.
Realization and Technology: Pencil sketches,Adobe Illustrator,3D Modeling
Operation and Interaction: I personally believe an intelligent design is about creating an art that stays in mind. Having a magnificent symbolic background, the lotus pendant tells a meaningful story of time.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in March 2019 in Shiraz/Iran. The first production of the collection in silver was exhibited in Mehregan Exhibition, Tehran/Iran in Oct 2019.
Specifications: This gold pendant is rose gold plated in dimension of : length 50 mm x Width 50 mm x Height 2.5mm. The gold piece of jewelry weighs 20 grams, including 30 petal-shaped gems and 11 emerald marquise gems in the size of 8 mm.
Keywords: jewelry, date recorder, calendar, pendant, design, lotus, achaemenid, culture, interaction