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Gis Mpando by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Gis Mpando by Sepehr Mehrdadfar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Fenicha Competition Category.


SilivaFenicha· 2022

Gis Mpando

by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Client: Hamoun

Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award Winner in Fenicha Category

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The Design

About Gis Mpando

Gis ndi mpando wamatabwa wa miyendo itatu wokhala ndi mapazi amkuwa ndipo unasemeredwa kuchokera m'mitengo iwiri ya walnut ndi luso lapamwamba kwambiri kuti uwoneke ngati chosema. Mafunde ndi zipsera za matabwa zidasiyidwa poyera kuti zinthuzo zikhale ndi chizindikiro chapadera. Ngakhale kuti mawonekedwe ake ndi achilendo, Gis umagwira ntchito bwino chifukwa cha kupanga mosamala mapinda ndi ngodya zake. Kapangidwe kake ndi kufufuza zotheka za matabwa olimba komanso ndi kuyenda m'malire a Zaluso ndi Zopanga, Kukongola ndi Ntchito.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award

Gis Mpando ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka modabwitsa komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe a pamwamba, okongola ndi ochititsa chidwi. Opambana a Siliva ndi ntchito zowala kwambiri ndi zolenga kwambiri zomwe zimaonetsa ukatswiri, luso ndi nzeru zakuthwa za opanga awo. Gis Mpando akuyembekezeka kukhala ntchito yodabwitsa yoonetsedwa, yaukatswiri wapadera ndi yatsopano kwambiri. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award awa ndi chopangidwa chodziwika kwambiri ndi choyamikiridwa chomwe chimapindulitsa ndi kukulitsa malire a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo. Gis Mpando ndi cholengedwa chomwe anthu ambiri amachichitira nsanje, chomwe chimadzutsa zilakolako, kubweretsa maganizo abwino ndi kuyatsa kudabwa ndi chidwi.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Gis is a three-legged wooden chair with bronze feet and is carved out from two walnut logs with exquisite craftsmanship to seem as a sculpture. The wood knots and scars are remained exposed to give the objects a special characteristic. Despite its uncanny appearance, Gis is ergonomic due to the careful design of curves and angles. The design is an exploration of solid wood possibilities and also is a walk on the edge of "Art" and "Design", "Beauty" and "Function".
Dimensions & Packaging
width 600mm
depth 1000 mm
height 800 mm
Tags
Design, Chair, Furniture, Art, Persian, Contemporary
Production Technology
Materials: Walnut Solid Wood, Bronze.
Completely Handcrafted.
Design Challenge
The holy grail of this design was to reach a sculptural Persian aesthetic as the sprit for the body of “furniture design”.
Research
This chair is a part of the Konj-e-Hess collection.
This collection is an exploration through which we try to answer a question: “Unrelated to the surrounding space, can we create objects that intrinsically radiate a place of their own, and create a “Konj-e-Hess”.
Konj-e-Hess was after a new measuring unit for aesthetics in design. Quite similar to how Iran and its culture sit in the middle on the world map, Konj-e-Hess tells a centrist narrative too. Somewhere on a sharp blade, it cuts off “tenacious design assumptions”; preconceived notions of the sort that “Media” inundates our minds with.
Inspiration
Gis has odd yet familiar visual qualities. That is why it steals the spotlight and sets its own place. The main leg's dainty form is inspired by a girl's ponytail; the premise from which the chair takes its name from. In Farsi, "Gis" means the tumble of a woman’s hair.
Project Duration
The project started in March 2019 and finished in September 2019 in Tehran, Iran and was exhibited as a part of "Konj-e-Hess" exhibition.
Operation Flow
Gis has sculptural qualities in its presence in the interior space. This chair is designed with an artistic approach in design to be a "good chair" and also an elegence piece of "art".
Image Credits
Main Image: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #1: Photo by Kaj Art Group
Image #2: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #3: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun
Image #4: Photo by Sepehr Mehrdadfar, Hamoun

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