Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan by George Drakakis

Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan by George Drakakis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award Perak in Reka Bentuk Peralatan Membakar, Peralatan Meja, Peralatan Minum dan Peralatan Memasak Competition Category.

PerakPeralatan Dapur· 2015

Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan

by George Drakakis

Client: Iconpoetry

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Peralatan Dapur Category

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The Design

About Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan

Epi-Happy adalah sebuah hiasan meja kecil untuk meja pejabat dan meja makan masa hadapan. Latar belakang inspirasi -penterjemahan motif hiasan dalam ruang tiga dimensi- menjadikannya sebuah objek klasik namun bergaya kontemporari. Pengulangan tiga kali unit asas mencipta kawasan penyimpanan berterusan yang boleh menyimpan atau mempamerkan beberapa objek kecil. Kesinambungan ruang juga membantunya berfungsi sebagai pemegang kabel, atau ia boleh berubah serta-merta menjadi alat anti-tekanan. Cukup lemparkan sebuah bola dan cuba menggelekkannya. Dalam setiap aspek, Epi-Happy adalah penghuni ruang yang mesra.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan ialah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengiktirafan yang sangat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk bertaraf tinggi, indah dan mengagumkan. Pemenang Perak ialah karya yang amat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan kepakaran, bakat dan ketajaman fikiran yang luar biasa pereka bentuknya. Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, contoh teladan, sangat profesional dan sangat inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini ialah ciptaan yang sangat ketara dan dikagumi yang memberi manfaat kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Epi-Happy Alat Hidangan ialah ciptaan yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif dan mencetuskan rasa hairan serta kagum.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Epi-Happy is a small centerpiece for a dinner table or an office desk. The inspirational background -a translation in three dimensional space of ornamental motifs- make it a classic yet a contemporary stylish object with smooth lines and a funny playful mood. A triple repetition of a basic unit creates a continuous storage area that can store or display several small objects, varying from small fruits and ornaments to keys and usb devices. Epi-Happy is a friendly space occupant. The empty space in the center of the centerpiece has the advantage of being used in addition to an already-existing centerpiece, be it a vase of flowers, a candle holder or anything that fits in. Of course you can just throw a ball in it and try to roll it round and round. This way Epi-Happy can act as an anti-stress device for adults or became a game to practice dexterity for minors.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width mm x Depth mm x Height mm = 180 x 180 x 56mm
Tags: tableware, decorative, office desk, centerpiece, centrepiece
Production Technology: The Basic Unit will be slip-cast (produced from liquid clay in plaster mold) and will be produced in White Ceramic material. The cast piece will be removed from the mold, then trimmed neatly and allowed to dry. This produces a greenware piece which is then dried and glazed before firing the units into a kiln. If possible, during the drying process, the units will be connected to form the final shape, else, the units will be connected to each other with Alnico V or Ceramic cylindrical shaped magnets. The pole pieces will be recessed in the edges of each Unit.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to create a complex continuous surface using a single element with a simple form that’s easy to reproduce.
Research: This design is a study on the slip-casting ceramic fabrication method used for manufacturing complex continuous three-dimensional geometrical defined forms that can be materialized easily once they are made of a repeatable basic unit.
Inspiration: This design is heavily influenced by the works of M.C. Escher on one-sided surfaces, firstly discovered by A.F. Mobius and inspired from two-dimensional repeatable decorative patterns and the hidden mathematical theorem underneath them. Decoration and ornament pattern has been evident in civilizations since the beginning of recorded history mostly as surface modulations. Despite the fact of the apparent lack of ornaments of 20th century modern architecture and applied arts, Epi-Happy is here to remind that these kind of patterns are a tremendous source of inspiration: Geometrically speaking Epi-Happy (hence the name) is the trace of the trajectory of an epicycloid in three-dimensional space.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2013 in Thessaloniki and finished in January 2014.
Operation Flow: Three Units assembled in place with magnetic force, or pre-assembled during manufacturing process, form a continuous storage space for domestic or office usage. The Basic Unit can have alternative side endings, so dividing the continuous space in half or thirds is also possible.
Image Credits: Image #1: Architect George Drakakis, Epi-Happy, 2014.
Image #2: Architect George Drakakis, Epi-Happy, 2014.
Image #3: Architect George Drakakis, Epi-Happy, 2014.
Image #4: Architect George Drakakis, Epi-Happy, 2014.
Image #5: Architect George Drakakis, Epi-Happy, 2014.