Etern Fagu Uaina by Zehui Ni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Meafale Umukuka Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale Umukuka· 2022

Etern Fagu Uaina

by Zehui Ni

Client: ZN Design

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Umukuka Category

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The Design

About Etern Fagu Uaina

O Etern o se fagu tioata ua mamanuina mo le tufatufaina o le uaina i luga o le laulau 'ai. O le foliga o Etern na maua mai i le va'aiga o le vaeluaga o le taimi, ma o le pulepule pi'opi'o e fa'aalia ai taimi ta'itasi e pei o se vaega tulaga ese o le faavavau. Ua fa'aaogaina le tioata ona o lona uiga manino, lea e fa'aalia ai le lanu o le uaina fa'apea ma le foliga mama o le fagu a'o fa'agasolo le tufa mai o le uaina. A o sasaa le uaina, e ui atu le ea i le vai ma fa'aeaina ai. O Etern ua fa'afoliga i le auala o le manu'a tioata (glass blowing), ma sa fausia se faiga fa'apitoa ina ia fetaui ma le mamanu. O le mea ua faia e fa'amoemoe ai o se fa'ailoga filemu mo le laulau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Etern Fagu Uaina, 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 Etern Fagu Uaina 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 Etern Fagu Uaina 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: The Etern decanter is born from the perception of time. Appreciating each fragment of time as eternity from the cross-sections of time. Etern is a statement piece at the dining table about impermanence in time, cherishing each fragment and feasting on life. Both a celebration and remembrance of time, Etern is a one of kind elegance to add to the dining atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2700 mm x 1400 mm X 2600 mm
Tags: Decanter, Wine, Drinkware, Tableware
Production Technology: Etern is glassware for wine decanting. Glass material for its transparent properties in showing the beauty of wine and the airiness of form while decanting.
Design Challenge: Challenge with Etern is the philosophical and harmonious representations of time intersecting with glass blowing. A custom barrier and crust is created to match the design.
Research: On a macro perspective, the greatest moments of the planet and life's work, reside on one particle in the universe. Every moment is solidified in the cross-sections of time. Through harmonious elegance, Etern celebrates moments in time as eternity and gracefully performs the arts of decanting. Scholarly inspirations from philosophy, astronomy, and literature on impermanence have been researched for Etern. A graceful and celebrating combination of decanting.
Inspiration: Each flower that grows and withered away, is eternal in its own fragment of time. The Etern decanter is inspired by the fragment of time. It celebrates moments as an eternal fragment in life, inspiring people to feast and cherish moments of remembrance. The elegant contour of Etern is a statement piece that represents the cross-section of time and viewing each special moment as its own eternity. One eternal moment is forever.
Project Duration: Project duration from May 2021 to Nov 2021, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Operation Flow: As wine is poured into Etern, a delightful chorus of air breathing into wine sings a beautiful melody. Etern is about having a drink with the uncapturable time, but feasting on each special moment as its own eternity in time.
Team Members: Zehui Ni