Infinite 컨버터블 백 by Maryam Hosseini is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 철상 in 패션 및 여행 액세서리 디자인 Competition Category.

철액세서리· 2024

Infinite 컨버터블 백

by Maryam Hosseini

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 액세서리 Category

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The Design

About Infinite 컨버터블 백

인피니트는 이란의 왕궁인 알리 카푸 음악당 돔의 기하학적 구조에서 영감을 받은 오리가미 디자인의 변환 가능하고 접을 수 있는 가죽 가방입니다. 사용자는 가방의 기능을 유지하면서 원할 때마다 최소 40가지의 다양한 형태로 쉽게 변형할 수 있습니다. 이 가방은 내구성 있는 소재로 제작되어 소비 측면에서 지속 가능한 솔루션이며, 변형 가능한 형태를 통해 사용자의 다양한 요구에 부응합니다. 펼쳤을 때 가방의 크기는 200*400밀리미터이며, 96개의 천연 소가죽 조각과 18세트의 무봉제 스냅 금속 버튼으로 구성되어 있습니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Infinite 컨버터블 백, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Infinite 컨버터블 백, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Infinite 컨버터블 백, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In a world where diversity and rapid changes have increased consumerism, this bag is a sustainable solution in consumption because it has durable material, leather, and It also responds to the users’ demand for their changing mood by its changeable shape.
it is like a puzzle with many answers, and it turns into at least 40 different shapes, symmetrical and asymmetrical, that the users can change to their desired shape through the manual and can even create new faces for the bag themselves.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of Infinite when it is not folded is 200*400 millimeter. And it has different dimensions in another faces.
Tags: Convertible, infinite, origami, foldable, geometry, Iranian architecture, leather bag, architecture in fashion
Production Technology: the bag consists of 96 cow genuine leather pieces and 18 no-sew snap metal button set that are first designed in 2D and 3D in AutoCAD, then cut by laser cut, and the parts are attached to a soft and foldable suede base, and then sewn entirely by hand.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was how to convert the bag to keep both its beautiful form and its function as a bag. The next challenge was how to fold the leather and which material is perfect for its base that does not lose its durability and quality during folding.
And what pattern should be used for origami then the number of buttons and their place should be determined so that not only it can be opened and closed easily but also it can create more shapes of this bag.
Research: In the process of design and creation, research was done in the field of sustainable consumption, origami patterns, leather folding, consumer behavior, how to use elements and geometric proportions of Iranian architecture in creating practical products, and to stabilize the folded shapes, is it better to use a button or a magnet? which finally resulted in the creation of Infinite.
Inspiration: The idea of the Infinite is inspired by the geometry pattern of the dome of the music hall of Aali Qapu, an imperial palace in Iran, 1957 C.E. Geometry is the language of nature and Iranian architecture in the Safavid period was inspired by mathematics and geometric proportions to create spaces. In the domes of Iranian architecture, layers are folded on top of each other to transform from 2D designs to 3D spaces, and Infinite also used origami to fold the pieces of the bag to different faces.
Project Duration: The design of this bag started in February 2023 in Tehran, Iran and created in July 2023.
Operation Flow: All people understand proportions and beauty, even if they do not have knowledge about it. This bag uses the geometric proportions in Iranian architecture to connect the past, present and future in geometric layers. The user himself/herself shapes the bag and will have a great emotional connection and sense of belonging with the product, which makes both parts of each other. The user's mood changes, he/she changes the shape of the bag and experiences a new mood.