Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi

Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Pūrere Matihiko me Hiko Competition Category.

RinoHiko Kiritaki· 2021

Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro

by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi

Client: Najafi Design Studio

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Hiko Kiritaki Category

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The Design

About Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro

Kuputuhi Pukapuka: Ko te Kākano Raihana he kaipuoro kua whakauruhia ki roto he rama. Ko te hoahoa e ahu mai ana i te whakaute mō ngā tipu hei mea ora. Ko te āhua e whakaatu ana i ngā wāhanga e toru o te oranga o te dandelion: te kākano, te tipu, me te mate. Ka hangaia he poi karaihe kōpurupuru mā te whakapupuhi karaihe, ka pupuri i ngā pātiti me ngā rama LED. Ko te hangarau papa autō e whakaputa ana i te ahua o te poi e rere ana i runga ake i te turanga. Ka horapa te oro i te 360 nga nekehanga, ā, ka taea te hono i tētahi pūrere mā te Bluetooth. Ko te puoro e whakatangihia ana e te kaipuoro e whakaatu ana hei tohu mō te oro pūku o te tipu. Ko te rama māeneene e whāia ana kia āwhina i te tangata ki te whakatā.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Dandelion Seed Mahi Tuatahi: Rama Kaipuoro mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The quality sound of a 360-degree speaker beside a soft light, creating a sense of levitating by the magnetic field technology, makes this design unique. A combination of the user's feelings and technology turned this design indelible. In addition to an exceptional function, this product helps people reveal the tensions and stress.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150 mm x 150 mm x 280 mm, Light Speaker, Magnetic field technology.
Tags: Light, speaker, Nature, Dandelion, seed, levitating speaker.
Production Technology: A hollow glass ball is made by glass-blowing with five holes for batteries and LED lights, and a bottom hole is a place for a magnet to create a magnetic field. There is a small black sponge ball that has is a six-way piece inside of it for tightening the pipes.
Design Challenge: One of the main challenges of this design was emphasized that the glass ball being one piece, to the consultations with a glassblower was decided to make the glass ball with the blowing method. To enter the small black ball into the glass ball, the glassblower recommended using a flexible material like a sponge so the central black ball is made with a sponge that can be pressed and entered into the glass ball.
Research: Some researchers have been done on the magnetic field technology, glass-blowing. Due to the increasing stress in human lives, this design can help people to wind down their minds.
Inspiration: The design of this product is based on respect for plants as living beings that human beings ignore. It's been tried to create meaning to this design, that people reflect it in their lives. This product includes the three levels of a dandelion's life: seed, growing, and death.
This product has been used the reversing method, not in its form but its philosophy.
The music will be playing on this speaker is a symbol of the silent sound of the plant. The lifting ball as a moving object can represent this design as a living creature.
Project Duration: It started in Esfahan, Iran in October 2020 and finished in December 2020.
Operation Flow: You can connect your device to this speaker Via Bluetooth technology. To charge the light's battery is needed connecting the ball to the port on the base. One of the main traits is protecting the interior ball with external cover in unexpected situations as a power outage.
Image Credits: Image#1: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020
Image#2: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed 2020
Image#3: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020
Image#4: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020
Image#5: Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020