Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako by Xiaoqian Wang

Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako by Xiaoqian Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Amasaro Competition Category.

BuronzeAmasaro· 2021

Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako

by Xiaoqian Wang

Client: Rushan

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Amasaro Category

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The Design

About Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako

Tao ni icyegeranyo cy'imitako gishingiye ku gishushanyo gikurikizwa cya Taichi cy'Abashinwa. Iki cyegeranyo kirimo amabangiri, ibipimo by'amatwi, umukufi n'impeta. Binyuze mu gutekereza ku mwanya (spatial thinking), igishushanyo cya Taichi cyasenywe mo ibice byinshi bishobora kwambarwa mu buryo butandukanye. Ingingo (axle) ituma igice kimwe cy'ikipimo cy'amatwi kizenguruka dogere 180, bigatuma imiterere y'uruziga ihinduka ikipimo cy'amatwi kiremereye. Ibice bito bya silikoni biri mu mukufi bituma umukufi ushobora guhindurwamo uburebure, naho ikizibiro (buckle) gituma umukufi uhinduka umukufi ugufi ukubye kabiri. Ibi bikoresho bikorwa mu bwiza bwa umuringa (brass) hamwe n'amasaha ya feza cyangwa izahabu ya karati 24.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Tao Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tao jewellery collection draws inspiration from the Chinese traditional Taichi pattern. By using a spatial thinking, the pattern is deconstructed and diversified into several "Taichi" structures with different wearabilities. Movement and multi-way for wearing are introduced to the earring and necklace piece to bring the vitality and delight for the wearing experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: Big bangle: Width 60mm x Depth 53mm x Height 45mm
Small bangle: Width 62mm x Depth 34mm x Height 45mm
Earrings: Width 28mm x Depth 28mm x Height 4mm
Necklace: Width 41mm x Depth 41mm x Height 9mm
Ring: Width 20mm x Depth 20mm x Height 20mm
Tags: Fashion jewelry, Chinese Traditional culture, 3d printing
Production Technology: Production includes sketching, 3d modeling, 3d printing, handicraft, and finishing. The jewelry collection is made by brass with silver/24k gold plated.
Design Challenge: Decision making runs through every stage of the design and prototyping. Whether to remain the pattern of 3D printing and how; where to build the inlet and the support structures; how to turn the movable structure of the jewelry into reality and function well...As a designer and the 3D modeler of the project, I needed to adjust the 3D models and helped the factory to solve the problems, thinking through practicing.
Research: Taichi pattern has a history of 3000 years in China. It represent a philosophy of perfection, harmony, the infinite potential and the energy. I dug into the pattern, using sketches, paper models, 3D digital modeling to help me to understand the movement and energy that generated by the dance of Yin and Yang, and translated the energy inside the Taichi pattern into vibrant and graceful jewelry.
Inspiration: Taichi is a Chinese philosophical and cosmological concept for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potential, the oneness before duality. The pattern of Taichi is a symbol of perfection, harmony, the infinite potential and the energy.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2017 in Beijing and finished in February 2018 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: There is an axle on the earring and it allows half part of the earring to rotate 180 degrees, and the ear stud on one half of the earring could pass through the hole on the other half, so the earring could transform from a stable round shape to a dynamic long earring.
Tiny silicone stoppers are used inside the back of the necklace so the necklace chain is adjustable.
The buckle at the end of the necklace could be linked at the back of the neck so the necklace could transform into a double-chain short necklace.