Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo by Xiaoqian Wang

Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo by Xiaoqian Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Mekgabiso Competition Category.

BoronseMekgabiso· 2021

Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo

by Xiaoqian Wang

Client: Rushan

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Mekgabiso Category

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The Design

About Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo

Tao ke sehlopha sa diaparo tsa boitlhabollo se bululetsweng ke mokgwa wa setso wa Setšhaena wa Taichi. Sehlopha se kenyelletsa dibangele, mahlanyelo a ditsebe, thapo ya molala le lesale. Ka mokgwa wa monahano wa sebaka, mokgwa wa Taichi o hlophiswa hape hore o be dibopeho tse ngata tseo di ka aparwang ka mekgwa e fapaneng. Aksele e dumella karolo e halofo ya lehlanyelo la tsebe ho potoloha ka 180 degrees, e le hore sebopeho se sephethephethe se fetohe lehlanyelo le lelelele la tsebe. Dithibela tsa silicone tse kahare ho thapo ya molala di etsa hore ketane e be e ka lokisetswang boholo, mme buckle e fetola thapo ya molala hore e be ketane e kgutshwane e habedi. Dikarolo tsena di entswe ka brase e nang le silefera kapa gauda ya 24k e kwahetsweng ka lera.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Tao Sehlopha sa Diaparo tsa Boitlhabollo e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tao jewellery collection draws inspiration from the Chinese traditional Taichi pattern. By using a spatial thinking, the pattern is deconstructed and diversified into several "Taichi" structures with different wearabilities. Movement and multi-way for wearing are introduced to the earring and necklace piece to bring the vitality and delight for the wearing experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: Big bangle: Width 60mm x Depth 53mm x Height 45mm
Small bangle: Width 62mm x Depth 34mm x Height 45mm
Earrings: Width 28mm x Depth 28mm x Height 4mm
Necklace: Width 41mm x Depth 41mm x Height 9mm
Ring: Width 20mm x Depth 20mm x Height 20mm
Tags: Fashion jewelry, Chinese Traditional culture, 3d printing
Production Technology: Production includes sketching, 3d modeling, 3d printing, handicraft, and finishing. The jewelry collection is made by brass with silver/24k gold plated.
Design Challenge: Decision making runs through every stage of the design and prototyping. Whether to remain the pattern of 3D printing and how; where to build the inlet and the support structures; how to turn the movable structure of the jewelry into reality and function well...As a designer and the 3D modeler of the project, I needed to adjust the 3D models and helped the factory to solve the problems, thinking through practicing.
Research: Taichi pattern has a history of 3000 years in China. It represent a philosophy of perfection, harmony, the infinite potential and the energy. I dug into the pattern, using sketches, paper models, 3D digital modeling to help me to understand the movement and energy that generated by the dance of Yin and Yang, and translated the energy inside the Taichi pattern into vibrant and graceful jewelry.
Inspiration: Taichi is a Chinese philosophical and cosmological concept for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potential, the oneness before duality. The pattern of Taichi is a symbol of perfection, harmony, the infinite potential and the energy.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2017 in Beijing and finished in February 2018 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: There is an axle on the earring and it allows half part of the earring to rotate 180 degrees, and the ear stud on one half of the earring could pass through the hole on the other half, so the earring could transform from a stable round shape to a dynamic long earring.
Tiny silicone stoppers are used inside the back of the necklace so the necklace chain is adjustable.
The buckle at the end of the necklace could be linked at the back of the neck so the necklace could transform into a double-chain short necklace.