Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo by Mana Khaloo

Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo by Mana Khaloo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vito na Mapambo Competition Category.

ChumaVito· 2023

Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo

by Mana Khaloo

Client: Anabell Jewelry

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

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Colors

The Design

About Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo

Kirekodi cha Tarehe cha Lotus ni kishikizo kinachorekodi tarehe maalum. Muundo huu una petali ndogo 31 kwa ajili ya siku na maumbo 12 ya marquise kwa ajili ya miezi. Alama ya dhahabu kwenye petali moja na marquise moja huonyesha tarehe iliyochaguliwa, ambayo husomwa kwa mwelekeo wa saa. Kishikizo hiki kimepakwa dhahabu ya waridi (rose gold) na kina vipimo vya milimita 50 kwa 50 kwa 2.5. Umbo lake limechochewa na seti ya hereni kutoka Milki ya Waachaemenidi, likizingatia ua la lotus lililochorwa kwenye kuta za Persepolis. Lotus ilikuwa ni ishara ya kutokufa na iliwakilisha jua pamoja na miezi kumi na miwili ya mwaka.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award

Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima unaotolewa kwa miundo mizuri inayokidhi mahitaji ya kitaalamu na ya kiviwanda yanayotarajiwa kutoka kwa kazi zilizobuniwa vizuri. Washindi wa Chuma huonyesha ustadi mkubwa, utaalamu wa hali ya juu, uelewa wa kitaalamu na uwezo wa kibunifu wa waumbaji wao. Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo inatarajiwa kuwa kazi inayothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambayo ni ya vitendo na bunifu. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora za tasnia na una sifa za kiufundi zenye uwezo zilizounganishwa na ujuzi na kipaji. Lotus Date Recorder Kishikizo inaheshimiwa kwa uangalifu wake na imebuniwa kutoa maboresho ya ubora wa maisha yanayosaidia kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi.

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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