Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad

Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taputapu Tunu, Rīhi, Inu me te Kuku Competition Category.

HiriwaTaputapu Kīhini· 2020

Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu

by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad

Client: Creator studio

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taputapu Kīhini Category

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The Design

About Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu

Ko te natura tonu tetahi o nga tino mea nui o te faauruhia mo nga kaihoahoa. Ko te whakaaro i ahu mai ki nga hinengaro o nga kaihoahoa ma te tirotiro ki te waahi me te ahua o te Milk Way Galaxy. Ko te waahanga nui i roto i tenei hoahoa ko te hanga i tetahi momo ahurei. He maha nga hoahoa kei roto i te maakete e arotahi ana ki te whakarite i te huka maamaa engari i tenei hoahoa kua whakaatuhia, ka aro nga kaihoahoa ki nga ahua e hangai ana e nga kohuke i te wai ka huri hei huka, kia maarama ake te hurihanga o te kaihoahoa he ahua taiao. ki roto i te pānga ataahua. Ko tenei hoahoa ko te hanga porohita.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu 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 Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu 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 Icy Galaxy He Toka Kowhatu 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: The most important aspect in this design was to create a unique form. Many designs that are in the market focus on making the most clear ice but in this presented design, the designers intentionally focused on the forms which are made by the minerals while the water turns into ice, to be more clear the designers transformed a natural defect into a beautiful effect. The presented design is a mold that creates a spiral spherical form.
Tags: Ice, Icy galaxy, Ice mold, Ice maker, Silicon mold, Spiral spherical, Galaxy, Cocktail drink, Design, Bartender
Production Technology: The presented design is a mold which creates a spiral spherical shape, it could be used to make ice or chocolate bars, cakes, jelly, etc. The mold has two main parts, a silicon part which is the most important piece of this design. The silicone part is made from a food grade flexible silicon. The second part is a plastic frame to hold the silicon part vertically.
Design Challenge: The most challenging aspect was to design a mold that has the correct cutting point and design it in a way that could be used easily and get the expected form with no trouble. Also choosing the material was challenging, the designers had to do a vast research on different types of silicon and other materials that provides the expected results.
Research: The designers had to do a vast research on different types of silicon and other materials that operate the same and also consider the exact amount of flexibility which was needed. If the exact amount of flexibility was not considered, it could cause a deformation in the final result. too much flexibility or too much hardness could lead the result into failure.
Inspiration: Nature has always been one of the most important sources of inspiration for designers. The idea came to designers' minds by looking into the space and the image of Milk Way Galaxy.Considering the fact that the minerals inside water causes irregular globes and streaks appearing inside the ice when water turns into ice and the similarity that it has with the image of galaxy, it stroke into designers' minds to use all this to create an ice that could represent a galaxy. Imagine having a drink with a piece of ice that reminds you of a galaxy. A galaxy floating in your glass!
Project Duration: The project started and finished during the Summer of 2019.
Operation Flow: One of the important points while designing a product is to consider a way that it could perform better comparing to other designs. The presented design has several advantages in comparison to other designs. Because of its special form it takes less time to make ice, also it is important to mention that the spiral shape that provides a larger contact surface with the drink makes it able to cool the drink much faster. Not to mention that with this design, the designers minimized the amount of water used to make the same size ice balls.
Team Members: Ladan Zadfar
Mohammad Farshad
Image Credits: Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad