Gis Intebe by Sepehr Mehrdadfar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Imitako Competition Category.

IfezaImitako· 2022

Gis Intebe

by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Client: Hamoun

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Imitako Category

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The Design

About Gis Intebe

Gis ni intebe y'ibiti ifite amaguru atatu afite ubunyekeri bwa bronze kandi yaciwe mu biti bibiri bya walnut ukoresheje ubukorikori buhebuje kugira ngo ise n'igishushanyo mbonera. Imihundu n'ibimenyetso by'ibiti byasizwe bigaragara kugira ngo bihe ikintu ikiranga cyihariye. Nubwo ifite isura idasanzwe, Gis iroroshya gukoresha kubera ishushanya ryitejwe neza ry'imigozi n'impande. Ishushanya ni ugushakisha amahirwe y'ibiti bikomeye kandi nanone ni uguhuza Ubuhanzi n'Ishushanya, Ubwiza n'Imikorere.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Gis Intebe ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Gis Intebe biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Gis Intebe ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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