Rhapsody Mkufu by Arash Raad 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

Rhapsody Mkufu

by Arash Raad

Client: Arash Raad

Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award Winner in Vito Category

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The Design

About Rhapsody Mkufu

Rhapsody ni mkufu uliotengenezwa kwa mikono kwa kutumia fedha ya 925. Muundo huu unategemea mifumo ya kijiometri ya Kiislamu iliyositawi kwa karne nyingi katika Mashariki ya Kati na Afrika Kaskazini. Mikunjo na vipande vya urembo vyenye mwonekano wa sanamu hubadilisha jiometri ya pembe kali ya mifumo hii kuwa umbo linalovaliwa ambalo hufuata mwili wa binadamu. Rhapsody hutengenezwa mjini Mashhad, Iran, mji unaojulikana kwa ufundi wa jadi, ukitumia zana, mbinu na malighafi za kienyeji. Mkufu huu una vipimo vya milimita 175 kwa 160 kwa 45. Lengo ni kuunganisha urithi tajiri wa kitamaduni na muundo wa vito vya kisasa.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award

Rhapsody Mkufu 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. Rhapsody Mkufu 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. Rhapsody Mkufu ni kazi inayotamaniwa mno inayochochea hamu, huleta hisia chanya na huzua mshangao na mastaajabu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Rhapsody is a hand-crafted fine jewellery designed for today’s most elegant and sophisticated tastes, while it revives the glory of Middle-Eastern cultures and their rich and epic history. It is made by employing traditional techniques and material in Mashhad city in Iran, a destination of Muslim pilgrimage and a center of traditional crafts. Rhapsody is a modern wearable sculpture based on Islamic geometry that is made for anyone who is eager for an elegant and stylish look.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension: 175 mm x 160 mm x 45 mm
Material: Silver 925
Tags: Jewelry, jewellery, necklace, art jewelry, art jewellery, geometric jewelry, geometric jewellery, contemporary jewelry, contemporary jewellery, accessories
Production Technology: Design begins with searching through a variety of Islamic geometry sources to select capable patterns to be developed into a novel design. Designing continues with developing irritations through hybrid hands-on and digital process, and then narrowing down sketches and producing mock-ups. The next is trying mock-ups on the human body, collecting feedback from users, and refining the product through a round of revisions. The jewelries are hand-crafted with traditional techniques and material.
Design Challenge: In this project, we encountered two significant challenges. First, we are committed to design jewelleries that are innovative and fresh to a contemporary eye, while they are rooted in history. Tightrope walking and maintaining balance between the past and future is the hardest creative challenge we often encounter. Second complicated challenge we faced was to transform the angular geometry of architectural patterns into a sculptural and wearable form that fits and adorns the human body.
Research: In the first instance, I'm working with patterns and geometry embedded in Islamic architecture and design, which I have grown up surrounding by it, therefore it's organically inherent to my knowledge of design. Over the course of years, I have integrated the vernacular knowledge of Islamic geometry with the contemporary aesthetics and theories. For this project we searched through over 200 different patterns to find one through which we can develop a wearable, innovative, and elegant design.
Inspiration: This project is inspired by Islamic geometric patterns that have evolved over centuries in the Middle East and North Africa. The sculptural folds and ruffles recall the vicissitudes of history and life of these people, where its glory and beauty is woven together with pain and grief. And its rigidity and cohesion manifest the strength, richness and glory of a culture and people that have been hardened through conflicts and invasions and have been invincibled with the power of love and beauty.
Project Duration: This project started in February 2020 in Mashhad, Iran and the first sample produced in December 2020. A' Design Award & Competition will be the premiere introduction of this product to the world.
Operation Flow: Influenced by the Middle-Eastern cultural pride and growing tendencies towards revisiting the heritage, in Arash Raad Design, we are dedicating our effort to create products that fulfills both the dignity of a rich culture, and the elegance of today. We believe “Rhapsody” conveys authenticity and novelty at the same time. To aim this goal, we combined vernacular knowledge and traditional tools and material with contemporary aesthetics and theories.
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #2: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #3: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #4: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #5: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021.
Video: Director Ali Ebrahimi Sani, Rhapsody, 2021.