Etern Lagoena by Zehui Ni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Instrumenta Culinae Competition Category.

FerrumInstrumenta Culinae· 2022

Etern Lagoena

by Zehui Ni

Client: ZN Design

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Instrumenta Culinae Category

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The Design

About Etern Lagoena

Etern est lagoena vitrea ad vinum in mensa fundendum destinata. Forma Etern ex sectione temporis inspirata est, et ambitus curvus quodque momentum tamquam propriam aeternitatis particulam exhibet. Vitrum propter suam perspicuitatem adhibetur, quae colorem vini et levem speciem vasis, dum vinum funditur, ostendit. Dum vinum effunditur, aer per liquorem transit et illum aerat. Etern per sufflationem vitri formatur, et processus proprius ad hanc formam consequendam elaboratus est. Opus tamquam tranquilla mensae affirmatio conceptum est.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Etern Lagoena victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Etern Lagoena creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Etern Lagoena ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

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