Link Mama by Salomeh Sorouri and Salvi Samiei Kashi

Link Mama by Salomeh Sorouri and Salvi Samiei Kashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Mea Teuteuga Competition Category.

UʻameaMea Teuteuga· 2021

Link Mama

by Salomeh Sorouri and Salvi Samiei Kashi

Client: Atelier Sorouri

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Mea Teuteuga Category

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The Design

About Link Mama

Book Text: O le Link o se mama siliva na maua manatu mai i le foliga o se filifili. O le mamanu e aofia ai ni mama fesootai e mafai e le tagata e ofuina ona faaopoopo pe aveese, ma o lea e mafai ai ona maua e le mama se foliga fou i taimi taitasi. O mama lavelave i le ogatotonu e ese mai i le faavae siliva faigofie, ma fatuina ai se paleni i le va o le faatonutonu ma le le mautonu. E suia foliga o le mama pe a vaʻaia mai vaaiga eseese. O le tipiina, faafoliga ma le faafefeteina sa faia atoa i lima. O le filifili e faasino i le autasi ma le sootaga i le va o tagata ma le natura.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Link Mama, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Link Mama e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Link Mama ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each apparently invaluable piece can turn into a precious and meaningful piece. We only need to change our attitude towards the issues around us. Link consists of the loops and the user can either add or remove every hoop or piece and create a new form each time.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring size: 55
Dimensions:
2 x 3 x 1.5
Tags: Jewelry, Silver, Handmade, Ring, Link
Production Technology: The processes of cutting, forming and welding were completely done by hand.
Design Challenge: Link has been designed and made in a way that the user is able to either add or remove the number of hoops.
Research: In the design of this ring, the dynamism of form, understanding of human-nature relationship and the human themselves has been taken into consideration. The hoops used in this piece represent the universe in which the destruction of even one hoop will be dealt with punishment. One of the other properties of “link” ring is its view(appearance) which are different in different views.
Inspiration: The word Sustain means to keep alive and also the understanding of the relation between human beings and the nature and also the human beings with each other. The universe is a set of chains and there will be a punishment even if one of its hoops is destroyed. The ability of a chain is equal to the ability of its weakest hoop and due to this reason, everybody should cooperate like chain and show the importance of survival to the others with unity and reduce the amount of the nature destruction that badly impacts the mankind day after day.
Project Duration: This project kicked off in 2020 and was finalized after making the primary sample in 2021.
Operation Flow: In the design process of Link piece, with all the simplicities, the visual aspects have been the priority and the chain are the symbol of unity and bond. The complicated hoops in the center of the ring and also the minimal structure of the base part of silver, has made a beautiful and balanced design of unity and order with the disorder.
Team Members: seyedeh salvi samiei kashi
Image Credits: Salomeh Sorouri, Seyedeh Salvi Samiei Kashi