Fred Poroporo by Diana Sokolic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2013 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Kākahu, Āhua me te Kākahu Competition Category.

HiriwaKākahu· 2013

Fred Poroporo

by Diana Sokolic

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Kākahu Category

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The Design

About Fred Poroporo

He maha nga momo rereke o nga poroporo me nga putorino: kaihoahoa, koura, kirihou, he iti, he utu nui ... engari he ataahua, he rite noa, he waatea noa. Ko Fred tetahi mea. Ko enei koretake i roto i a raatau ngawari e whakahoki ake ana i nga rangatira rangatira o nga tau onamata, heoi he mea hou. Ka taea te whakakakahu i nga ringaringa kore ki nga koti hiraka, he kaakahu pango ranei, ka taapiri atu i nga akomanga ki te hunga nana e mau ana. He ahurei enei mekameka na te mea ka uru mai he tokorua. He maama rawa enei kia pai ai te whakakakahu ia ratou. Ma te kakahu ki a raatau, ka tino kitea tetahi!

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Fred Poroporo te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Fred Poroporo he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Fred Poroporo he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These bracelets are unique because they come as a pair. They are very light which makes their wearing comfortable
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension, Package and Technical properties: Cuffs are 13 cm long, 12 cm high and 6 cm wide. They come in pair and are packed in an orange - pink protective pouch tied with the orange bow.
Tags: cuffs, bracelets, accessories, fashion, plastic
Production Technology: Cuffs are made out of light white plastic used for billboards.
Design Challenge: The real challenge was finding the way to bend the material at home without professional machines and to find something that would look as a cuff link. But it also was a work with many gleeful errors.
Research: The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs and finding the way to make something weareable out of the material ment for something else.
Inspiration: The inspiration: I often go to the theatre and like to dress for the occasion. I like to have something new and different every time I go. Once while I was thinking what to wear this time, there was a movie with Fred Astaire on the TV. I saw his sleek suit, his cuffs… and voila – the idea was born! I remembered cuffs and plastrons worn by men in the last century and decided to revive it in a modern way, this time as a part o woman garment.
Project Duration: The project started in March of 2012. in Zagreb and was finished in two weeks. During that time I was trying to find out the right dimension for comfortable wearing bracelets and the way to bend the plastic at home.
Operation Flow: The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs.