Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti by Jose Roca

Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti by Jose Roca is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż in Disinn tal-Għamara Competition Category.

BronżGħamara· 2020

Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti

by Jose Roca

Client: Jose Roca Studio

Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż Winner in Għamara Category

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The Design

About Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti

Test tal-Ktieb: Tamsa hija kaxxa tal-muniti ddisinjata għad-dar. Tamsa tikkonsisti minn żewġ partijiet, vażun li jaħżen il-muniti u platt li jaġixxi bħala għatu. Il-platt jinżamm fil-post minn tliet manjeti tan-neodimju u jista' jitqiegħed mill-ġdid f'pożizzjonijiet differenti biex jinbidel id-dehra tal-biċċa. Il-vażun huwa magħmul minn tafal mat iswed, u l-platt huwa magħmul mill-azzar b'banju elettrolitiku li jagħti tlestija li tixbah lill-pjuttun. Għata tal-lastku ġewwa l-vażun tipproteġi l-prodott minn muniti li jaqgħu. Id-daqs ġenerali huwa 250 mm b'250 mm b'90 mm. Il-forma tfakkar fil-leġġenda ta' El Dorado u fir-ritwal ta' offerta tal-kultura Muisca.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż

Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji eċċellenti ddistingwuti mill-kreattività, l-ingenwità u l-għaqal. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Bronż huma xogħlijiet bi ħila biżżejjed u kreattivi b'mod impressjonanti li jawtentikaw l-esperjenza vasta, l-immaġinazzjoni u l-ħila ta' riżorsi tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti ikun oġġett imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub, notevolment professjonali u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Bronż jinkorporaw l-aħjar prattiki fl-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija u huwa eċċellenti fl-attenzjoni għad-dettalji. Tamsa Funzjoni Primarja: Kaxxa tal-Muniti jissodisfa l-ħtiġijiet b'mod eċċellenti, imiss ix-xewqat, jinċanta s-sentimenti u jattira l-kurżità.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tamsa's main purpose is to serve as a case for those coins we collect in our day by day journey in the most elegant and display full way. While most of the money banks are made to hide their purpose, Tamsa becomes a center piece that encourage the owner to make an offering to his savings.
Dimensions & Packaging: The main dimensions for this project are: 250 mm x 250 mm x 90 mm, decomposed into two main components, the base that is made out of black matte clay which dimensions are 244 mm x 244 mm x 80 mm, and a dish made out of steel with an electrolytic bath that give the brass finish, it's dimensions are 250 mm x 250 mm x 60 mm.
Tags: elegant, savings, offering, collect, essential, decorative, contemporary, home, ceramic, interior
Production Technology: Tamsa's main material are clay and galvanized steel with a electrolytic bath that give it's brass alike finish for its two main elements (the dish and the vase). But in addition this project count with other two additional elements that appeal more to the function, one of these is the rubber cover inside the vase, set there to protect the product from the coins that will be falling in, and second, a set of three neodymium magnets that help to fit the dish with the vase, making the product more safe in its manipulation.
Design Challenge: The main challenges in the development of Tamsa was defining the best way to abstract and represent many concepts of a culture that merge with myths and bring them together into a timeless context with a piece that results intuitive and meaningful to the user.
Research: To develop Tamsa, the main focus was to create a product inspired in one of South America most important pre Columbian cultures, the Muiscas, yet transcendent in a way that can be placed in any context and still be understood in its meaning and function. Analyzing multiple aspects of their culture, myths, legends and traditions through comparison tables was determined that the El Dorado legend could be the best reference to start working. With the help of focus groups and checking on traditional manufacturing methods Tamsa was born.
Inspiration: Tamsa means offering in Chibcha, a South American tribe that had a ritual where the heir to the throne got covered in gold and emeralds to then get washed in the guatavita lagoon as an offer to the gods. The Spanish conqueror Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada was the first to witness this, giving origin to the El Dorado legend, a city covered in gold. Tamsa is a memory between the ritual and the myth that recreate that act of offering for a better future in the most elegant way.
Project Duration: This is a project that starter as an idea back in May 2018, was left as a simple sketch until June 2019 when the prototyping started after multiple tests, back and forwards, the product is starting production by October 2019.
Operation Flow: Tamsa consists of two parts, the vase where the money is stored and the dish that works as a lid that protect the valuables. This second is secured with a magnetic system that allow to reposition it over the vase to create different aspects of the same product depending on the environment where is placed.
Team Members: Jose Roca
Image Credits: Jose Roca Studio, 2019.