Eastern Blocks Primary Function: Vito vya Zege by Gerda Liudvinaviciute is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vito na Mapambo Competition Category.
FedhaVito· 2021
Eastern Blocks Primary Function: Vito vya Zege
Client: Celsius 273
Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award Winner in Vito Category
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About Eastern Blocks Primary Function: Vito vya Zege
Eastern Blocks ni mkusanyiko wa vito vya zege ulioongozwa na majengo ya vitalu ya paneli ya Ulaya Mashariki. Mkusanyiko huu unajumuisha mikufu na herini zinazofuata maumbo ya majengo ya vyumba yaliyotengenezwa awali. Zege hutumika kwa sababu nyenzo hii ni nyepesi, haisababishi mzio na haivunjiki kwa urahisi. Kila kipande huanza kama mchoro wa pande tatu, ukifuatiwa na mifano ya awali na vipimo vya silikoni kwa ajili ya kumwaga. Kisha sehemu za zege zilizokamilika huunganishwa na fedha na ngozi. Mkusanyiko huu unaalika mtazamo mpya kuhusu urithi wa usanifu majengo wa Ulaya Mashariki.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award
Eastern Blocks Primary Function: Vito vya Zege ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa ya ajabu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya hali ya juu kabisa, ya kupendeza na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Fedha ni kazi zinazong'aa mno na bunifu kupita kiasi zinazoonyesha utaalamu bora, kipaji na busara ya wabunifu wao. Eastern Blocks Primary Function: Vito vya Zege inatarajiwa kuwa kazi nzuri ya kuigwa ambayo ni ya kitaalamu kwa kiasi kikubwa na yenye ubunifu wa kina. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award ni uvumbuzi unaojulikana sana na kupendwa, unaonufaisha na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Eastern Blocks Primary Function: Vito vya Zege ni kazi inayotamaniwa mno inayochochea hamu, huleta hisia chanya na huzua mshangao na mastaajabu.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This design is wearable architecture. Concrete material and brutalist design with the story behind makes these accessories more than wearable - it's an educational, fashionable manifesto about architectural heritage and society.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Necklaces approx.17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and other 18x11 thickness 0.5- 1 cm. Earrings 4x2 cm concrete detail and optional 5-9 cm silver wire long. Other earrings 14.5x2 cm.
- Tags
- concrete jewelry, architectural jewelry, eastern european, blockhouses, brutalist jewelry, soviet architecture, brutalist architecture, jewelry artist, jewelry designer,
- Production Technology
- I chose concrete material - light, non-allergenic, and less fragile to create an ode of a brutalist dystopia. First of all, I designed 3d drawings, made prototypes, and then, started to create molds for concrete details with silicon. When the concrete pieces were finished, I started metalworking with silver and leather materials.
- Design Challenge
- To find a form, which would be understandable, that it's blockhouse jewelry, but minimalist, aesthetic and impressive.
- Research
- I made monitoring of the architecture and society attitude of Eastern European houses. My objective was to find a way, how to talk about post-Soviet society and Eastern European architecture heritage in fashion accessories. The main point is to start a discussion with locals' minds about this unique architecture and spread this wearable message. In this collection, I question people’s attitudes towards Soviet heritage and invite you to take a fresh look at Soviet architecture and society's illusions.
- Inspiration
- The collection was inspired by Eastern European panel blockhouses as an iconic modern community symbol. Shapes of panel buildings and us - people, who live in individuality fiction, because the truth is that only a few centimeters between the walls separate us and our individuality is just fiction in this world.
- Project Duration
- This project started as an idea 2018 but I finished this collection 2020.
- Operation Flow
- Wearable jewelry made of concrete. Light, strong, and non - allergic material make jewelry more comfortable and wearable. This technology and design give a chance to wear architecture in real form and material as a piece of jewelry.
- Team Members
- Designer and artist Gerda Liudvinaviciute (artist name CELSIUS 273).
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ieva Rudzionyte Model: Paulina Judzinskyte, Make up and hair: Indrija Kneize
Video credits:
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Model: Gabija Rostovskyte
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