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Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд by Arash Raad

Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд by Arash Raad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ҷоизаи нуқрагии A' Design Award in Дизайни ҷавоҳирот Competition Category.


НуқраҶавоҳирот· 2021

Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд

by Arash Raad

Client: Arash Raad

Ҷоизаи нуқрагии A' Design Award Winner in Ҷавоҳирот Category

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The Design

About Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд

Rhapsody гарданбанди дастсозест, ки аз нуқраи 925 сохта шудааст. Тарҳ ба нақшҳои геометрии исломӣ асос ёфтааст, ки дар тӯли асрҳо дар Шарқи Наздик ва Африқои Шимолӣ инкишоф ёфтаанд. Печу тобҳо ва чиноҳои муҷассамавӣ геометрияи кунҷноки ин нақшҳоро ба шакли пӯшидашаванда табдил медиҳанд, ки ба бадани инсон мувофиқат мекунад. Rhapsody дар Машҳади Эрон, шаҳре, ки бо ҳунарҳои анъанавӣ машҳур аст, бо истифода аз асбобҳо, усулҳо ва маводи анъанавӣ истеҳсол мешавад. Андозаи гарданбанд 175 ба 160 ба 45 миллиметр аст. Мақсад муттаҳид кардани мероси бойи фарҳангӣ бо тарроҳии ҷавоҳироти муосир мебошад.

The Recognition

About the Ҷоизаи нуқрагии A' Design Award

Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд ғолиби Ҷоизаи нуқрагии A' Design Award аст, ки эътирофи фавқулодда обрӯманд буда, ба тарҳҳои сатҳи олӣ, зебо ва таъсирбахш дода мешавад. Ғолибони нуқра асарҳои бағоят дурахшон ва бениҳоят эҷодкоронаанд, ки таҷрибаи барҷаста, истеъдод ва зиракии тарроҳони худро нишон медиҳанд. Интизор меравад, ки Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд асари аҷоиб ва намунавӣ бошад, ки ба таври назаррас касбӣ ва амиқан навоваронаанд. Ин тарҳи ғолиби Ҷоизаи нуқрагии A' Design Award ихтирои хеле назаррас ва мавриди таҳсин аст, ки судманд аст ва ҳудуди санъат, илм, тарроҳӣ ва технологияро пеш мебарад. Rhapsody Функсияи асосӣ: Гарданбанд офаридаест, ки бисёриҳо ба он ҳасад мебаранд ва хостаҳоро бедор мекунад, эҳсосоти мусбат меорад ва ҳайрат ва тааҷҷуб ба вуҷуд меорад.

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.

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