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Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai by Jiangang He

Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai by Jiangang He is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Whakakai Competition Category.


HiriwaWhakakai· 2020

Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai

by Jiangang He

Client: ONESWEAR Design Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai

Ko Desire in Life he kohinga whakapaipai i hangaia mai i ngā āhua wheua whakairo. E toru ngā mea i roto i tēnei kohinga. He mōwhiti he rite tōna āhua ki te angaanga e whakaatu ana i tētahi āhua e mau ana i te taimana, e whakaatu ana i te hiahia mō te taonga. Ko te rua o ngā mōwhiti he mea hanga mā te whakawhiti i ngā rara ki tētahi hanganga tapatoru. He heitiki e mau ana i tētahi kōwhatu whakaira whero he rite ki te āhua o te ngākau, kua whakatakotohia ki roto i tētahi uma ā- āhua-toru. Ka whakairohia ngā tauira waki hei hanga i ngā āhua wheua, kātahi ka whakarewahia ki te koura. Ko ētahi wāhanga o te kohinga kua whakaotia ki te koura pango 18K. Ka pōwhiritia e te kohinga te whakaaroaro mō te hiahia me te ora.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai 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 Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai 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 Desire in Life Kohinga Whakapaipai 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

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

Unique Properties
Desire in Life Series creatively apply Stereo sculpture to create a skeletal shape. This series consists of three products: 1) The diamond ring of skull shape shows a person holding a diamond, which express one's desire for wealth; 2)The rib is used to form a triangular structure. 3)The necklace inlaid a red jewel in three-dimensional sternum to express one's desire for power. Part of the series uses 18K black gold, with black satire, expressing the designer's thinking about "desire for life ".
Production Technology
1, Stereo Sculpture Craft:
The combination of art sculpture and jewelry make jewelry line smooth and full of tension. The whole series boldly use the semi-realistic method, using wax molds to carve out human bones, ribs and other skeletal shapes and then pouring gold to make jewelry.
2, Material:
The series of diamond and men's rings are coated with a layer of 18K black gold; Women's ring is 18K platinum imbue diamonds; The necklace was inlaid with a red gem in the shape of love.
Design Challenge
1, arouse the viewer's emotional resonance
In thinking about the theme of "desire in life ", designers deliberated and tried repeatedly about design style, styling and use of materials. Finally, the black gold material was adopted, with difficult toning process.
2,The shape of the bones
Design is not completely realistic. The more important is to take its design elements, reasonably use them in the design. And the appropriate subtraction is the most challenge for designer.
Research
The jewelry design expresses the new trend; Exploration on contemporary art in jewelry design; Study on emotional resonance in jewelry design;Innovative research on 18K metal materials; Study on three-dimensional sculpture technology.
The study found that: The combination of philosophical thinking with jewelry design can elevate jewelry from a single wearing function to an expression of emotional resonance.
In the Bible, God created Eve with one of Adam's ribs and made her a companion for Adam.
Inspiration
The series is inspired by the designer's reflection on the relationship between desire and life.
Wealth and power are represented by ”diamonds" and"gems" while life is represented by "skull,"" sternum" and "ribs". Through the coexistence of three desires, the designer let the wearer think about the relationship between desire and life to reflect on whether you are pursuing unnecessary desires? And have you forgotten the other meanings of life?
Project Duration
The project began its conception and conceptual design in Shanghai, China in July 2018, completed in Shanghai in March 2019, and released in China in June 2019.
Operation Flow
The skull shape diamond ring abstractly presents a person holding a diamond with a fixedgaze, which expresses wealth desire; The triangular structure ring formed by intersecting ribs, which expresses male and female’s interdependence passions desire; a heart-shaped red jewel is inlaid in stereo chest ribs of necklace, which expresses the desire for power.
Punk looks highlight personality and 18K black gold is more visual, attracting people to think about the theme of "desire and life".

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