Gis Taxxamt by Sepehr Mehrdadfar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa in Afeṣṣel n Iferrasen Competition Category.

LfeṭṭaIferrasen· 2022

Gis Taxxamt

by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Client: Hamoun

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa Winner in Iferrasen Category

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The Design

About Gis Taxxamt

Gis d taxxamt s tlata n iḍaṛṛen, n useklu s yiḍaṛṛen n nnḥas, tettwagzem seg sin n igeldan n ugurjil s tẓuri tanemgalt akken ad d-tban am tsunt. Tikerraḍin d yimɣeẓ n useklu qqimen d ibeggnen akken ad d-fken i taɣawsa-a tamuɣli taywizt. Ɣas tamlilt-nnes teggugem, Gis tesmerkent i useqdec s lebɣi n usnerni ummid n tinteḍwin d tsutiwin. Tummneɣt-a d asnirem n tzemmar n useklu aǧerren, daɣen d tuddsa gar n Teẓuri d Tummneɣt, gar n Tajmilt d Twuri.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa

Gis Taxxamt d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeḥlan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Lfeṭṭa d isnulfa yelhan akk, yesɛan tmusni d tazmert. Gis Taxxamt ad yili d asnulfu amaynut, yelhan, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Gis is a three-legged wooden chair with bronze feet and is carved out from two walnut logs with exquisite craftsmanship to seem as a sculpture. The wood knots and scars are remained exposed to give the objects a special characteristic. Despite its uncanny appearance, Gis is ergonomic due to the careful design of curves and angles. The design is an exploration of solid wood possibilities and also is a walk on the edge of "Art" and "Design", "Beauty" and "Function".
Dimensions & Packaging: width 600mm
depth 1000 mm
height 800 mm
Tags: Design, Chair, Furniture, Art, Persian, Contemporary
Production Technology: Materials: Walnut Solid Wood, Bronze.
Completely Handcrafted.
Design Challenge: The holy grail of this design was to reach a sculptural Persian aesthetic as the sprit for the body of “furniture design”.
Research: This chair is a part of the Konj-e-Hess collection.
This collection is an exploration through which we try to answer a question: “Unrelated to the surrounding space, can we create objects that intrinsically radiate a place of their own, and create a “Konj-e-Hess”.
Konj-e-Hess was after a new measuring unit for aesthetics in design. Quite similar to how Iran and its culture sit in the middle on the world map, Konj-e-Hess tells a centrist narrative too. Somewhere on a sharp blade, it cuts off “tenacious design assumptions”; preconceived notions of the sort that “Media” inundates our minds with.
Inspiration: Gis has odd yet familiar visual qualities. That is why it steals the spotlight and sets its own place. The main leg's dainty form is inspired by a girl's ponytail; the premise from which the chair takes its name from. In Farsi, "Gis" means the tumble of a woman’s hair.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 and finished in September 2019 in Tehran, Iran and was exhibited as a part of "Konj-e-Hess" exhibition.
Operation Flow: Gis has sculptural qualities in its presence in the interior space. This chair is designed with an artistic approach in design to be a "good chair" and also an elegence piece of "art".
Image Credits: Main Image: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #1: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #2: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #3: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #4: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun