Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant) by Mana Khaloo

Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant) by Mana Khaloo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Dahabka iyo Xardhanka Competition Category.

BirDahab· 2023

Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant)

by Mana Khaloo

Client: Anabell Jewelry

Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Dahab Category

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The Design

About Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant)

Qoraalka Buugga: Lotus Date Recorder waa laasin duuban oo diiwaangeliya taariikh gaar ah. Naqshaddu waxay sida 31 ubax yaryar oo u taagan maalmaha bilaha iyo 12 qaab marquise ah oo u taagan bilaha sanadka. Calaamad dahab ah oo ku yaal hal ubax iyo hal qaab marquise ayaa muujinaysa taariikhda la doortay, taas oo la akhriyo si u dhaqaaqda saacadda. Laasinku waxa uu ka sameysan yahay dahab casaan ah (rose gold), waxaana cabbirkiisu yahay 50 x 50 x 2.5 millimitir. Qaabka waxa uu ka soo dhashay hal-abuur laga soo qaatay xarago dhego ah oo taariikh ahaan ka soo jeeda Boqortooyadii Achaemenid, kaas oo ku salaysan ubaxa lotus ee ku xardhan derbiyada Persepolis. Ubaxa lotus wuxuu ahaa astaan matalaysa waaridarrada (immortality) waxaana uu ka dhigan yahay qorraxda iyo laba iyo tobanka bilood ee sanadka.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award

Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant) waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf leh oo la siiyo naqshado wanaagsan oo buuxiya shuruudaha xirfadeed iyo kuwa warshadeed ee laga filayo hal-abuurro si wanaagsan loo naqshadeeyay. Guuleystayaasha Birta waxay muujiyaan xirfad weyn, takhasus sare, fahan khabiir iyo awood hal-abuur oo abuurayaashooda. Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant) waa hal-abuur la filayo inuu noqdo mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, wax ku ool ah oo cusub. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu isku daraa hab-dhaqannada ugu wanaagsan warshadda wuxuuna leeyahay sifooyin farsamo oo karti leh oo ku xiran aqoon iyo hibo. Dhammaystirkeeda awgeed, Lotus Date Recorder Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Laasin (Pendant) waa mudan ixtiraam, waxaana loo naqshadeeyay inay keento hagaajin nololeed oo ka caawisa in adduunka laga dhigo meel ka wanaagsan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Lotus collection is rare since it records special dates. All the collection's necklaces are similar in their basic form, but they are unique, as they each show a specific date. There are 31 small petals as the days, and 12 marquises to indicate the months. You will be gifted by your own date keeper. A gold marking on the picked petal and marquise corresponds to show the desired date. The date is read clockwise. The recorded date on the pendant shown as the main image is Oct 7th (My Birthday).
Dimensions & Packaging: This gold pendant is rose gold plated in dimension of : length 50 mm x Width 50 mm x Height 2.5mm. The gold piece of jewelry weighs 20 grams, including 30 petal-shaped gems and 11 emerald marquise gems in the size of 8 mm.
Tags: jewelry, date recorder, calendar, pendant, design, lotus, achaemenid, culture, interaction
Production Technology: Pencil sketches,Adobe Illustrator,3D Modeling
Design Challenge: Rearranging the petals in a way to correspond to the number of days and months while keeping the original form of the Achaemenid lotus earrings was challenging , deciding on what colors could be felt more as real lotus flower while representing the Iranian nobility was another challenge.
Research: Spending a long time to find the conceptual aspect and symbolic meaning of the twelve-petaled rosette, it was decided to rearrange the petals in Achaemenid earrings the way that represent the 31 days of a month, and the 12 months of a year in order to be able to record the date of a special event.
Inspiration: The matchless pendant is inspired by the set of earrings from the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, that is now being exhibited in the Louver museum. The shape of these earrings is taken from the twelve-petaled rosette, based on the lotus flower that is engraved on almost all walls in Persepolis. This flower was the symbol of immortality and perpetual beneficence, and also embodies the sun and the twelve months of the year. That had been held by an emperor, as a sign of peace and union and a symbol of Anahita, the goddess of water and wisdom in the ancient Persian empire.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 in Shiraz/Iran. The first production of the collection in silver was exhibited in Mehregan Exhibition, Tehran/Iran in Oct 2019.
Operation Flow: I personally believe an intelligent design is about creating an art that stays in mind. Having a magnificent symbolic background, the lotus pendant tells a meaningful story of time.
Image Credits: Image #1: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022
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