God's Math ካቢነት by Michael Potter is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኣቕሑ Competition Category.
ሓጺንኣቕሑ· 2021
God's Math ካቢነት
Client: P Squared Innovations
ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ኣቕሑ Category
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About God's Math ካቢነት
ናይ ኣምላኽ ሕሳብ ካብ ኣብ ተፈጥሮ ዝርከቡ ሒሳባዊ ስርዓታት ዝተመስጠረ ካቢነት እዩ። ናይ ፊቦናቺ ሽብልል ቀንዲ ናይ ዲዛይን ኤለመንት ኮይኑ፣ ብ ወርቃዊ ምጥጣንን ብ ክቢን ዝተኸበበ እዩ። እቲ ሽብልል ብ ዝተልሓመ ናይ ብረት ቅርጺ ተሰሪሑ፣ ነቲ ናይ ዕንጨይቲ ኣካል ደጊፉን ኣቢሉን ዝሓልፍ እዩ። እቲ ካቢነት ክልተ ማዕጹታትን ሰለስተ ክፍልታትን ዘለዎ ኮይኑ፣ ንምችው ኣጠቓቕማ ዝምጥን ቁመት ተመሪጹ ኣሎ። ናይ ሮዝውድ፣ በርድስ ኣይ ማፕልን ኮኮቦሎ ቬነርን ላሚነይትስ ዝድለ ጽኑዕ ዕንጨይቲ መጠን ይንኪ። እቲ ካቢነት 1219 ሚሜ ስፍሓት፣ 508 ሚሜ ዕምቆትን 1981 ሚሜ ቁመትን ኣለዎ።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award
God's Math ካቢነት ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። God's Math ካቢነት ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። God's Math ካቢነት ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- God's Math successfully melds multiple reoccurring mathematical phenomena in nature into an aesthetically pleasing and fully functional interplay of these phenomena, with the Fibonacci Spiral serving as the central design element, surrounded by the Golden Ratio and the divine circle. A fully functional cabinet seemingly floats in an ergonomically optimized location on a piece which is as interesting to look at as it is efficient and practical in its use - Much the same way nature finds order out of chaos.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 1219 mm x Depth 508 mm x Height 1981 mm
- Tags
- Fibonacci, mid-century modern, cabinet, metal, veneer, God, math
- Production Technology
- Project included welding, woodworking and advanced lamination techniques. Rosewood, birdseye maple and Cocobolo were veneer laminates to ensure a sustainable design. Custom forms and creative veneering processes required for both scale and non-linear faces of the piece.
- Design Challenge
- In order for the spiral to accurately represent the Fibonacci Spiral, the mathematical elements were scaled up and represented by the steel welded superstructure. The spiral itself is three distinct components: veneers bent around a form, pressed in a form, and laminated carved pieces of wood. Tangentially related, incorporation of the steel structure into the spiral as it sits within and extending through the spiral.
- Research
- Research conducted on both advanced methods for lamination and the recurring mathematical phenomenons found in nature. A great deal of time was spent pondering how to create an aesthetically pleasing and fully functional interplay of these phenomenons, with the Fibonacci Spiral serving as the central design element. Some experiments were run on stability of laminates for such a large and heavy piece, as well as veneering outside curves.
- Inspiration
- The repeating order in our universe, from galaxies to microorganisms shows repeating patterns which can be demonstrated through mathematics. Italian mathematician, Leonardo of Pisa, wrote about this in 1202 in his book, Liber Abaci. The golden ratio is another recurring mathematical ratio which has captured the attention of some of the greatest minds in history. No design referencing God’s math would be replete without the divinity represented by the circle.
- Project Duration
- Project began in November, 2019 in Greenville, SC and finished in April, 2020. Currently stored in studio.
- Operation Flow
- working cabinet with two doors and three compartments.
- Team Members
- Michael Potter
- Image Credits
- All images credited/edited by Seth Hunt, EP+Co
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