Platininis Aksesuaras · 2020
Qwerty Elemental Rankinės
- Platininis apdovanojimas A' Design Award 2020 in Aksesuaras
- CLIENT: Donà
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 1,973,043
- Verification code 9C952A4579 · Verify this award
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About Qwerty Elemental Rankinės
Kaip ir rašomųjų mašinėlių dizaino raida rodo perėjimą nuo labai sudėtingos vaizdinės formos prie švarios, išklotos paprastos geometrinės formos, „Qwerty-elemental“ yra stiprybės, simetrijos ir paprastumo įkūnijimas. Įvairių amatininkų pagamintos konstruktyvios plieninės dalys yra skiriamasis vizualinis gaminio bruožas, suteikiantis krepšiui architektonišką išvaizdą. Esminis krepšio ypatumas yra du rašomosios mašinėlės raktai, kuriuos pats gamina ir surenka pats dizaineris.
About the Platininis apdovanojimas A' Design Award
Qwerty Elemental Rankinės laimėjo Platininį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, itin prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą tikrai išskirtiniams, elegantiškiems ir didingiems dizainams. Platinos laureatai yra kūrybos stebuklai, intelektinio kūrybiškumo ribų liudijimas ir parodo neprilygstamą savo kūrėjų profesionalumą bei genialumą. Tikimasi, kad šie dizainai bus garsiausi kūriniai, apibrėžiantys epochos estetiką, prisidedantys prie visuomenės gerovės ir plečiantys meno, mokslo, dizaino ir technologijų ribas. Qwerty Elemental Rankinės rodo transcendentinį tobulumo lygį ir naudingomis savybėmis daro pasaulį geresnį. Qwerty Elemental Rankinės yra Platininį apdovanojimą A' Design Award laimėjęs kūrinys, pažadinantis troškimus, įkvepiantis, džiuginantis ir sukeliantis didelį džiaugsmą.
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- Unique Properties
- Just like typewriters’ design evolution shows the transformation from a highly complex visual form to the clean-lined, simple geometric form, Qwerty-elemental is the embodiment of strength, symmetry, and simplicity. Constructive steel parts made by various craftsmen are distinctive visual feature of the product, which gives the bag an architectonic appearance.The highlight of "Qwerty" collection were the typewriter keys, firstly re-applied from the original Remington typewriters, and later, according to Donà's design, constructed and manufactured by a metal craftsmen company. Since 2013 Donà has her own production of typewriter keys.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1. qwerty large:28x31x10,5 cm
2. qwerty medium:26x24x10,5 cm
3. qwerty small: 25x13x3 cm - Tags
- Typewriter bags, Qwerty bag
- Production Technology
- For the realization of this collection Donà collaborated with different manufactures with one aim: to improve each detail to the level of excellence and to combine craft and industrial methods of production. The typewriter keys are made from brass metal sheet. We made special tools for the typewriter keys production. Using these tools a brass sheet is going through a several stages: cutting, curvature, perforation. Next step is galvanization (electroplating) and finally assembling the chrome ring with laser cut disk with engraved sign (letter, number…). Hardware are cut and highly polished from stainless steel by metal craftsman. For the leatherwork Donà found skilled craftsman who use time-honored tanning and finishing techniques (hand-finished edges). The product shows old tried and tested techniques and materials, but a modern and up-to-date design approach.
- Design Challenge
- making a tool for typewriter keys, it took ca six months to develop a "machine" for typewriter keys production
- Research
- The most time is dedicated to the details of the bags:typewriter keys, laser cut hardware that are made from stainless steel
- Inspiration
- The durability is femininity of QWERTY design built in the Donà's collection of the same name. It evolved from Donà's fascination with the highly aesthetical and complex mechanical object - the Remington typewriter. It is one of the earliest brands of typewriters, dating from 1874.
The name of the collection “Qwerty” refers to the oldest typing template that was invented by a newspaper editor Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873. Unchanged for 150 years, it was designed to prevent the metal arms of the typewriter letters from clashing and jamming. So what Sholes basically did was to place the most frequently used letters as far apart as possible, making the typist's fingers (at that time, which was the practice that persisted throughout the next century, all typists were women) do the work. In a 1888 Manual of the Typewriter, John Harrison explained, "The typewriter is especially adapted to feminine fingers. They seem to be made for typewriting. The typewriting involves no hard labor and no more skill than playing the piano." - Project Duration
- 2018-2020, Zagreb-Venezia-Vicenza
- Operation Flow
- Qwerty Elemental line features perfect everyday city pieces suitable for the daylong activities and the evening occasion.
- Image Credits
- Image #1:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #2:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #3:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #4:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #5:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
