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Olka Geantă Fără Cusături by Maryam Hosseini

Olka Geantă Fără Cusături by Maryam Hosseini is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Bronz in Accesoriu Competition Category.


BronzAccesoriu· 2024

Olka Geantă Fără Cusături

by Maryam Hosseini

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Accesoriu Category

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The Design

About Olka Geantă Fără Cusături

Olka este o geantă din piele confecționată manual, fără cusături, inspirată de migrația iraniană irevocabilă. Aceasta este alcătuită din 54 de piese modulare din piele naturală de vacă, interconectate între ele. Împletirea se realizează prin fante tăiate în piele cu ajutorul laserului. Dimensiunile sale sunt 220 x 220 x 80 mm. Mânerul genții este realizat din lemn de nuc. Olka înseamnă patrie în limba persană; în zilele noastre, adolescenții și tinerii iranieni își părăsesc patria pentru a-și crea o viață mai bună, iar migrația poate provoca fisuri în mintea, sufletul și chiar în trupul lor, dar fiecare fisură oferă posibilitatea creării unei noi flori frumoase.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Olka Geantă Fără Cusături a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Olka Geantă Fără Cusături să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Olka Geantă Fără Cusături satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Leather is a durable material, but usually the threads used to sew leather crafts, lose their quality sooner than leather, so creating the seamless leather bags can be effective in increasing its quality. Olka is non-stitched, the modular leather pieces are interlocked together, which increases the speed of production, and if needed for repair, the damaged piece can be easily replaced with a new one. It even gives the possibility to the user to order the bag in separate pieces and make her own.
Dimensions & Packaging
The dimension of Olka is 220*220*80 millimeter.
Tags
Modular, non stitched, geometric, homeland, Olka, leather bag, interlocking modular components, lasercut, migration
Production Technology
The main bag consists of 72 cow genuine leather pieces that are first designed in 2D and 3D in AutoCAD, then cut by laser cut, and the pieces are interwoven together. This bag also has an inner bag that is handcrafted and it is also created from cow genuine leather and can be used separately as a minimal crossbody bag.
Design Challenge
The main challenge in creating this product was whether the final strength of the interlocked components would be equal to the stitching and whether the main bag could be delivered to the customer in the separated pieces, so that she could create the bag herself by interlocking them together.
Research
In the process of design and creation, research was done in the field of interlocking system, modular system, consumer behavior, DIY products and the migration rate of youth Iranian which finally resulted in the creation of this project.
Inspiration
According to reports of 2022, about 50% of Iranian students and entrepreneurs have desired to emigrate from their country and 62% have not decided to return back. Olka means homeland in Persian language and it was created by the inspiration of Iranian youth who immigrate with the aim of creating a better life. Migration brings mental, emotional and even physical pains, but pain is an opportunity for growth. In this case, every slit provides the basis for creating a new beautiful flower.
Project Duration
The design of this bag stated in September 2023 in Tehran, Iran and created in October 2023 in Tehran.
Operation Flow
This bag consists of modular leather pieces that are interlocked together. The consumer can order this bag in separate components and will make the bag according to its manual and it will have a great emotional connection and sense of belonging with the product.

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