Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር by Mana Khaloo

Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር by Mana Khaloo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ጌጣጌጥ Competition Category.

ሓጺንጌጣጌጥ· 2023

Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር

by Mana Khaloo

Client: Anabell Jewelry

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ጌጣጌጥ Category

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The Design

About Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር

ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር ንፍሉይ ዕለት ዝምዝግብ ንጎሮሮ ዝልበስ ኣቁሑት እዩ። እዚ ዲዛይን ን31 መዓልታት ዝውክሉ ንኣሽቱ ቅጠላት ኣበባ ከምኡ’ውን ን12 ኣዋርሕ ዝውክሉ ማርቂዝ ቅርጺታት ዝሓዘ እዩ። ኣብ ሓደ ቅጠል ኣበባን ሓደ ማርቂዝን ዘሎ ናይ ወርቂ ምልክት፣ ብሰዓት ኣንፈት (clockwise) ዝንበብ ንዝተመረጸ ዕለት ዘመልክት እዩ። እዚ ንጎሮሮ ዝልበስ ኣቁሑት ብሮዝ ወርቂ ዝተለበጠ ኮይኑ፣ ልክዑ 50 ብ50 ብ2.5 ሚሊሜተር እዩ። ቅርጺኡ ካብ ሓደ ብዘመን ኣከመኒድ ኢምፓየር ዝነበረ ናይ ኣዑንቲ ስንኻ ገጠም ዝተመስጠወ ኮይኑ፣ እዚ ድማ ኣብ መንደቓት ፐርሰፖሊስ ተቐርጺቡ ዝነበረ ሎቱስ ኣበባ ዝተመርኮሰ እዩ። ሎቱስ ኣበባ ናይ ዘልኣለማዊነት ምልክት ኮይኑ ንጸሓይን ንዓሰርተው ክልተ ኣዋርሕ ናይ ዓመትን ዘምልክት እዩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር 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። Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር 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። Lotus Date Recorder ናይ ሎቱስ ዕለት መዘክር 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: 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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