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Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta by Patrizia Donà
Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta by Patrizia Donà
Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta by Patrizia Donà
Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta by Patrizia Donà
Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta by Patrizia Donà

Balaatiin Alaab Dheeraad · 2020

Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta

by Patrizia Donà

  • Abaalmarinta Balaatiinka ah ee A' Design Award 2020 in Alaab Dheeraad
  • CLIENT: Donà
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 1,973,043
  • Verification code 9C952A4579 · Verify this award
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About Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta

Sida la mid ah isbeddelka naqshadeeyayaasha qorayaasha ayaa muujinaya isbeddelka qaab muuqaal ahaan aad u murugsan una beddelaya qaab nadiif ah, qaab joomatari oo fudud, Qwerty-elemental waa qaab-dhismeedka xoogga, sumadda, iyo fududeynta. Qeybaha bir-dhiska ee ay farsameeyaan farsamoyaqaanno kaladuwan waa muuqaal muuqaal ah oo soosaara, oo bacda siiya muuqaal muuqaal ah. Awoodda daruuriga ah ee boorsadu waa laba fure furayaal oo kuwa iskood u sameysan oo ay isku soo dubariday naqshadeeyaha lafteeda.

About the Abaalmarinta Balaatiinka ah ee A' Design Award

Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Balaatiinka ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf aad u sarreeya oo la siiyo naqshado runtii aan caadi ahayn, qurux badan oo quruxsan. Guuleystayaasha Balaatiinka waa mucjisooyin hal-abuur, marag ka ah xuduudaha hal-abuurka maskaxda, waxayna muujiyaan xirfad aan la dhaafi karin iyo caqli naqshadeeyayaashooda. Naqshadahan waxaa laga filayaa inay noqdaan shaqooyin aad loo yaqaan oo qeexa qurxinta xilli, u adeega wanaagga bulshada una hormariya xuduudaha farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada. Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta waa shaqo muujinaysa heer sare oo hufnaan ah, iyadoo aan shaki lahayn adduunka ka dhigaysa meel ka wanaagsan sifooyinkeeda waxtarka leh iyo kuwa qiimaha leh. Qwerty Elemental Boorsooyinka Gacanta waa shaqo ku guuleysatay Abaalmarinta Balaatiinka ah ee A' Design Award oo kicisa rabitaanno, dhiirigelisa, farxisa una abuurta farxad weyn.

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Unique Properties
Just like typewriters’ design evolution shows the transformation from a highly complex visual form to the clean-lined, simple geometric form, Qwerty-elemental is the embodiment of strength, symmetry, and simplicity. Constructive steel parts made by various craftsmen are distinctive visual feature of the product, which gives the bag an architectonic appearance.The highlight of "Qwerty" collection were the typewriter keys, firstly re-applied from the original Remington typewriters, and later, according to Donà's design, constructed and manufactured by a metal craftsmen company. Since 2013 Donà has her own production of typewriter keys.
Dimensions & Packaging
1. qwerty large:28x31x10,5 cm
2. qwerty medium:26x24x10,5 cm
3. qwerty small: 25x13x3 cm
Tags
Typewriter bags, Qwerty bag
Production Technology
For the realization of this collection Donà collaborated with different manufactures with one aim: to improve each detail to the level of excellence and to combine craft and industrial methods of production. The typewriter keys are made from brass metal sheet. We made special tools for the typewriter keys production. Using these tools a brass sheet is going through a several stages: cutting, curvature, perforation. Next step is galvanization (electroplating) and finally assembling the chrome ring with laser cut disk with engraved sign (letter, number…). Hardware are cut and highly polished from stainless steel by metal craftsman. For the leatherwork Donà found skilled craftsman who use time-honored tanning and finishing techniques (hand-finished edges). The product shows old tried and tested techniques and materials, but a modern and up-to-date design approach.
Design Challenge
making a tool for typewriter keys, it took ca six months to develop a "machine" for typewriter keys production
Research
The most time is dedicated to the details of the bags:typewriter keys, laser cut hardware that are made from stainless steel
Inspiration
The durability is femininity of QWERTY design built in the Donà's collection of the same name. It evolved from Donà's fascination with the highly aesthetical and complex mechanical object - the Remington typewriter. It is one of the earliest brands of typewriters, dating from 1874.
The name of the collection “Qwerty” refers to the oldest typing template that was invented by a newspaper editor Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873. Unchanged for 150 years, it was designed to prevent the metal arms of the typewriter letters from clashing and jamming. So what Sholes basically did was to place the most frequently used letters as far apart as possible, making the typist's fingers (at that time, which was the practice that persisted throughout the next century, all typists were women) do the work. In a 1888 Manual of the Typewriter, John Harrison explained, "The typewriter is especially adapted to feminine fingers. They seem to be made for typewriting. The typewriting involves no hard labor and no more skill than playing the piano."
Project Duration
2018-2020, Zagreb-Venezia-Vicenza
Operation Flow
Qwerty Elemental line features perfect everyday city pieces suitable for the daylong activities and the evening occasion.
Image Credits
Image #1:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #2:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #3:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #4:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #5:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019

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