Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad

Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Formas de Forno, Louça, Copos e Panelas Competition Category.

PrataUtensílios de Cozinha· 2020

Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo

by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad

Client: Creator studio

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Utensílios de Cozinha Category

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The Design

About Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo

A natureza sempre foi uma das fontes de inspiração mais importantes para designers. A ideia surgiu na mente dos designers ao olhar para o espaço e para a imagem do Milk Way Galaxy. O aspecto mais importante neste design foi criar uma forma única. Muitos designs que estão no mercado focam em fazer o gelo mais claro, mas neste design apresentado, os designers focaram intencionalmente nas formas que são feitas pelos minerais enquanto a água se transforma em gelo, para ser mais claro os designers transformaram um defeito natural em um belo efeito. Este projeto cria uma forma esférica em espiral.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Icy Galaxy O Molde De Gelo é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

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