Etern デカンタ by Zehui Ni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in ベイクウェア・テーブルウェア・ドリンクウェア・クックウェアデザイン Competition Category.

鉄キッチン用品· 2022

Etern デカンタ

by Zehui Ni

Client: ZN Design

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in キッチン用品 Category

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The Design

About Etern デカンタ

Eternは、ダイニングテーブルでのワインサービスのためにデザインされたガラス製デカンタです。Eternのフォルムは時間の断面から着想を得ており、曲線を描く輪郭が、一瞬一瞬を永遠のひとかけらとして表現しています。素材にはガラスを用い、その透明性によってワインの色合いと、デカンタージュ中の器の軽やかな佇まいが引き立ちます。ワインを注ぐと空気が液体を通り抜け、酒液を空気に触れさせます。Eternは吹きガラスによって成形され、このデザインに合わせて独自の製法が開発されました。食卓に静謐な存在感をもたらす一品です。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Etern デカンタは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Etern デカンタは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Etern デカンタは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Etern decanter is born from the perception of time. Appreciating each fragment of time as eternity from the cross-sections of time. Etern is a statement piece at the dining table about impermanence in time, cherishing each fragment and feasting on life. Both a celebration and remembrance of time, Etern is a one of kind elegance to add to the dining atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2700 mm x 1400 mm X 2600 mm
Tags: Decanter, Wine, Drinkware, Tableware
Production Technology: Etern is glassware for wine decanting. Glass material for its transparent properties in showing the beauty of wine and the airiness of form while decanting.
Design Challenge: Challenge with Etern is the philosophical and harmonious representations of time intersecting with glass blowing. A custom barrier and crust is created to match the design.
Research: On a macro perspective, the greatest moments of the planet and life's work, reside on one particle in the universe. Every moment is solidified in the cross-sections of time. Through harmonious elegance, Etern celebrates moments in time as eternity and gracefully performs the arts of decanting. Scholarly inspirations from philosophy, astronomy, and literature on impermanence have been researched for Etern. A graceful and celebrating combination of decanting.
Inspiration: Each flower that grows and withered away, is eternal in its own fragment of time. The Etern decanter is inspired by the fragment of time. It celebrates moments as an eternal fragment in life, inspiring people to feast and cherish moments of remembrance. The elegant contour of Etern is a statement piece that represents the cross-section of time and viewing each special moment as its own eternity. One eternal moment is forever.
Project Duration: Project duration from May 2021 to Nov 2021, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Operation Flow: As wine is poured into Etern, a delightful chorus of air breathing into wine sings a beautiful melody. Etern is about having a drink with the uncapturable time, but feasting on each special moment as its own eternity in time.
Team Members: Zehui Ni