Mandarinfish ፔንደንት by Mohammad Amin Moradi

Mandarinfish ፔንደንት by Mohammad Amin Moradi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ጌጣጌጥ Competition Category.

ሓጺንጌጣጌጥ· 2025

Mandarinfish ፔንደንት

by Mohammad Amin Moradi

Client: Delmor

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ጌጣጌጥ Category

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The Design

About Mandarinfish ፔንደንት

ማንዳሪንፊሽ ፔንደንት ንክልቲኡ ጾታ ዝኸውን 18 ካራት ወርቂ ፔንደንት ኮይኑ፡ ብማንዳሪን ዓሳ ተነቓቒሑ እዩ። እዚ ዓሳ እዚ ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ ባህልታት ምልክት ስምምዕን ሓጎስን እዩ፡ ከምኡ'ውን ሓድነትን ዓሚቕ ምትእስሳርን ይውክል። ማንዳሪንፊሽ ፔንደንት ነቲ ዝሕብራዊ ኣካል ማንዳሪን ዓሳ ብእይታ ይገልጽ፡ ኣብቲ ዲዛይን ዝተፈላለዩ ጽላላትን ሕብርታትን ሳፋየር፡ ዝመራራድን ዳይመንድን ከም ክቡራት እምኒታት ብምጥቃም፡ ህይወትነት፡ ጽባቐ ናይ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ፍጡራትን ዕድልን ንምምልካት እዩ፡ እዚ ድማ ነቲ ፔንደንት ካብ ክኽደን ዝኽእል ጌጋ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ምስ ማያዊ ስነ-ህይወታዊ ስርዓታት ንምትእስሳር መገዲ ይገብሮ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Mandarinfish ፔንደንት 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። Mandarinfish ፔንደንት 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። Mandarinfish ፔንደንት 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: This 18k gold pendant is designed to capture the essence of the mandarin fish's radiant hues, Using different shades and different colors of Sapphire, Emerald and Diamond as gemstones symbolize vitality, beauty, and good fortune, making the pendant not only an exquisite adornment but also a talisman of positive energy. Designing it's curved fins and a gracefully arching tail, is to show the fluid motion and grace of this fish. Due to the large number of gemstones Micro-setting can be hard.
Dimensions & Packaging: (W) 45.10mm X (L)27.53mm X (H) 11.54mm Weight : 9.320g Gemstones : sapphire- Brilliant Cut - 1.2 X 1.2 mm sapphire- Brilliant Cut - 1 X 1 mm sapphire- Marquiz Cut - 2.5 X 1.5mm Diamond - Brilliant Cut - 1.2 X 1.2 mm Emerald - Brilliant Cut - 1.2 X 1.2 mm
Tags: Mandarin, pendant, fish
Production Technology: This design is 3D modeled in MatrixGold software after hand sketching. As 18k Gold has been considered as the material, For the production, 3D printing, casting, polishing, and simple electroplating are required. selective Silver electroplating is optional.
Design Challenge: Considering the rich colors of the mandarin fish, designing the patterns of the body using different shades of colors was one of the challenges of the project.
Research: In this design, the features and unique characters of mandarin fish have been researched, and the Delphi method was employed. These investigations led to the refinement of the ideation process.
Inspiration: This unisex pendant is inspired by the stunning Mandarinfish, a species renowned for its strikingly colorful and intricate appearance. This fish is often revered in various cultures for it's symbolism of marital harmony and happiness, as it is known to swim in pairs, representing unity and lasting bonds. A fascinating fact about them is that they don't have scales, Also, their bright coloration is not for attracting a mate, but It is to mislead predators into believing that they may be toxic.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2025 in Tehran, Iran and finished in January 2025 in Tehran, Iran.
Operation Flow: This piece is designed as a pendant but it can easily transform into a brooch.
To be used as a pendant, the suggestion weight of the chain is at least 1.5gr.
Image Credits: video music: Hillsong UNITED, oceans, 2013