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Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ by Maru Meleniou

Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ by Maru Meleniou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ in ການອອກແບບວິຈິດສິນ ແລະ ງານຕິດຕັ້ງສິລະປະ Competition Category.


ທອງສຳລິດວິຈິດສິນ· 2022

Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ

by Maru Meleniou

Client: Maru Meleniou Ceramic art &design lab

A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ Winner in ວິຈິດສິນ Category

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The Design

About Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ

Throbbing Stillness ແມ່ນສ່ວນໜຶ່ງຂອງເຮືອຊຸດໜຶ່ງທີ່ສຳຫຼວດແນວຄວາມຄິດທີ່ບໍ່ມີຕົວຕົນ, ແນວຄວາມຄິດ ແລະຄຳຖາມທີ່ມີຢູ່ແລ້ວ. Paradox ຂອງ Throbbing Stillness ແມ່ນວ່າແທນທີ່ຈະເປັນການເຮັດວຽກທີ່ຄາດໄວ້ຂອງ vase ດອກ, ມັນຫມາຍເຖິງການມີຢູ່ຂອງຊ່ອງທີ່ສາມາດບັນຈຸການສື່ສານເພີ່ມເຕີມກັບ viewer ໄດ້. ໂດຍຜ່ານຮູບແບບອິນຊີຂອງມັນ, ມັນຄຸ້ມຄອງຄວາມເຂັ້ມງວດຂອງຂະຫນາດກາງແລະເບິ່ງຄືວ່າຈະສັ່ນສະເທືອນດ້ວຍພະລັງງານທີ່ສໍາຄັນ. ຮູບຮ່າງແລະສີຂອງມັນຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນແນວຄວາມຄິດເຊັ່ນ: ຄວາມຫວ່າງເປົ່າ, ທ່າແຮງ, ການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ

Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ ແມ່ນຜູ້ຊະນະ A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ ເຊິ່ງເປັນການຍອມຮັບທີ່ມີກຽດສູງສຳລັບການອອກແບບທີ່ໂດດເດັ່ນ ເຊິ່ງມີລັກສະນະເດັ່ນດ້ວຍຄວາມຄິດສ້າງສັນ ຄວາມຫຼັກແຫຼມ ແລະ ຄວາມຄົມຄາຍ. ຜູ້ຊະນະລະດັບທອງສຳລິດແມ່ນຜົນງານທີ່ມີທັກສະພຽງພໍ ແລະ ສ້າງສັນຢ່າງໂດດເດັ່ນ ທີ່ຢືນຢັນປະສົບການອັນກວ້າງຂວາງ ຈິນຕະນາການ ແລະ ຄວາມສາມາດຂອງຜູ້ອອກແບບ. Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ ຖືກຄາດວ່າຈະເປັນສິ່ງຂອງທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງສູງ ໜ້າຊົມເຊີຍ ແລະ ເປັນທີ່ຮັກແພງ ທີ່ເປັນມືອາຊີບ ແລະ ມີນະວັດຕະກຳຢ່າງໂດດເດັ່ນ. ການອອກແບບທີ່ຊະນະລະດັບທອງສຳລິດນີ້ນຳໃຊ້ວິທີປະຕິບັດທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດໃນດ້ານສິລະປະ ວິທະຍາສາດ ການອອກແບບ ແລະ ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ ແລະ ດີເລີດໃນການເອົາໃຈໃສ່ລາຍລະອຽດ. Throbbing Stillness ເຮືອ ຕອບສະໜອງຄວາມຕ້ອງການຢ່າງດີເລີດ ສຳຜັດຄວາມປາດຖະໜາ ດຶງດູດຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ ແລະ ກະຕຸ້ນຄວາມຢາກຮູ້ຢາກເຫັນ.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Throbbing Stillness is not the vessel that flowers will be beautifully arranged in. Throbbing Stillness is a vessel that aims to contain abstract ideas, thoughts and images. A vessel that contemplates the concept of "vessility".
Dimensions & Packaging
Height 40cm
Tags
Sculptural vessel, Naked ceramics, Contemporary Ceramics, Handbuilt ceramics, Raw minimalism, Slow design
Production Technology
It is a hand-build ceramic vessel, with the coiling technique, an ancient technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools. That way small details, differences imperfections and qualities mirror the honesty of the creative process. A slow almost meditative process that after years of practise creates a unique relationship between artist and medium.
I used stoneware clay and painted it with porcelain slip, glazed and fired at 1220C
Design Challenge
The most challenging part was to work on the piece as much as I would not manipulate clay to the point that it would lose its properties and its own life and substance. To create an object that carries the message powerfully. An object simple in form and yet not simplistic.
Research
I am interested in the materiality of my medium and I wish to highlight its raw nature and properties. After practising with a variety of colors and glazes I realised that all this would be a kind of cover up, making it hard for the medium to carry its message. So I decided to move forward with my material being almost naked.
Inspiration
My inspiration comes from the book White by Kenya Hara, Zen Buddhism and the human body.
In the field of ceramics, one creates forms to contain the emptiness. The purpose of a vessel is to hold nothingness within, a purpose greater than its function. White is delicate, fragile and from the moment of its birth it is destined to be “polluted”. My vessel is not trying to be a perfect white, rather it carries a layering, in an attempt to search for a way to feel whiteness.
A vessel, a human heart, a vital organ, or a musical instrument always inhaling/exhaling, pulsating in a space of closeness and familiarity yet distant and unknown. A space out of time, far from personal feelings and agendas that is dedicated to personal contemplation.
Project Duration
Throbbing Stillness was created in 2020 in Athens, and was exhibited in Milan Design Week 2021 at 1000Vases
Operation Flow
Human beings are designed to communicate.
We define ourselves through relationships and interactions with our environment, with others, with the objects that surrounds us.
Throbbing Stillness is a unique object that aims to offer a space for connection, an invitation to interact.
Image Credits
Image No1, No2, No3 No4 Nikos Koustenis
Image No5 Maru Meleniou

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