The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless by Irene Yeung

The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless by Irene Yeung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Meafale Umukuka Competition Category.

ApamemeaMeafale Umukuka· 2021

The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless

by Irene Yeung

Client: Derangedsign Co. Limited

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Meafale Umukuka Category

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The Design

About The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless

O Mea o se seti o ipu polygonal na musuia mai se filosofia ma se lagona o Zen. O le seti ipu 5 o loʻo vaʻaia e 5 ipu eseese, ae e tutusa uma lava, naʻo le pito i luga o loʻo i luga o vaalele eseese ina ia manatu tagata e matua ese lava foliga. E aumaia ai se manatu o le tutusa ma le fa'aaloalo i le lalolagi e tasi. O le seti foi e fai ma sui o Elemene e Lima e pei o Uamea, Laau, Vai, Afi & Lalolagi. Ua mamanuina uma e pei o se polygon ma foliga e le masani ai e pei o ipu laulau, teuteuga o fale ma ata faʻatagata. O vaega uma o le seti e fa'aiila i se ma'oti & fa'auma fa'ata.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. The Things Ipu Uamea Stainless e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This set includes 5 bowls, each is designed as a polygon with unconventional shape as an art block and sculpture. Every piece of the set is polished with a crisp, mirror finish on the exterior.
Dimensions & Packaging: This set is made of stainless steel grade SUS316 (SS18/10), laser cutting and welding are used to form the block.
Dimension of each bowl: L141xW105xH116mm
Wall thickness: 1.0mm
Outer Surface: Mirror-polished
Tags: stainlesssteel, bowl, polygonal,
Production Technology: The creativity is totally beyond the production possibilities. Abnormal and polygonal design of bowl requires special metalworking techniques that the defective rate is high.
Design Challenge: The creativity is totally beyond the production possibilities. Abnormal and polygonal design of bowls requires additional metalworking techniques that the defective rate is high.
Research: Exploring various metalworking production techniques were crucial to the success of the production of this project.
Inspiration: The design idea is from the philosophy of The Equality of Things by Zhuangzi who was the philosopher in the ancient Asia. Under ZEN, everything is the same, and people agree or deny other’s point of views are based on their own perspective subjectively. This inspires us to create the polygonal bowl set of 5 which are seen as 5 different bowls, but in fact the bowls are the same, just the open top is on the different planes. From a start to the end, it is the same thing, no matter of race & origin.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2020 in Hong Kong and finished in September 2020 in China.
Operation Flow: This set of bowls can be used as tableware,home decors and also modern blocks for meditation.