Gis Nofoa by Sepehr Mehrdadfar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

ArioMeafale· 2022

Gis Nofoa

by Sepehr Mehrdadfar

Client: Hamoun

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Gis Nofoa

O Gis o se nofoa laupapa e tolu ona vae ma vae apamemea ma ua talaina mai paka walnut e lua ma se tomai faiga matagofie e foliga mai ai o se fa'atusa. Ua tu'u fa'aalia pea fusi ma aloa o le laupapa e tu'u atu ai i lenei mea se uiga fa'apitoa. E ui lava i lona foliga lē masani, o Gis e talafeagai lelei mo le tino ona o le fuafuaga fa'aeteete o pi'o ma tulimanu. O le mamanu o se su'esu'ega o mafai o le laupapa malo ma o se savali fo'i i le va o le Faatufugaga ma le Mamanu, Matagofie ma Galue.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Gis Nofoa, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Gis Nofoa e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Gis Nofoa o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

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