Follow Me ቀርፃዊ ማዘር by Heloise Rajkumari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ስነ-ጥበብን ምትካል ስነ-ጥበብን Competition Category.

ሓጺንስነ-ጥበብ· 2015

Follow Me ቀርፃዊ ማዘር

by Heloise Rajkumari

Client: Heloise Rajkumari

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ስነ-ጥበብ Category

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The Design

About Follow Me ቀርፃዊ ማዘር

ቀስ በለኒ ናይ ዝተቐርጹ ዕንባባታት ኣወዳድባ ንምድጋፍ ተባሂሉ ዝተሰርሐ ቀርፃዊ ማዘር እዩ። ቅርጹ ካብ ስዋ ዝተመሃዘ ኮይኑ፣ ቀጥ ዝበለ ኣካልን ክልተ ክንፍታትን ዘለዎ እዩ። እዚ ማዘር ካብ ሰለስተ ቁርጣጻት ዝተሰርሐ ኮይኑ፣ ካብዚኦም ክልተ ተፈላለዩ ስርርዓት ዘለዎም ብዙሓት ነኸስቲ ዘለዎም ተፈናቓሊ ክንፍታት ቁርጣጻት ይርከቦም። እቲ ፍርቂ-ክፉት ቅርጺ ኣየር ኣብ ከባቢ ኣንደታት ናይ ዕንባባታት ክዘውር ይፍቅድ፣ ከምኡ እውን ማይ ብዘይ ምዝንባል ናይቲ ኣወዳድባ ኩሉ መዓልቲ ክውሰኽ ይኽእል። እቲ ተጠቃማይ ሓደ ካብ ክንፍታት ቁርጣጻት ይመርጽ፣ ኣብ ኣካል ይቕንቦ ከምኡ እውን ንኽፈታት እቲ ንቅርጺ ንኽፈጥር ይስዕቦ። ዕላማ እዚ ስራሕ ንዕምሪ ዝተቐርጹ ዕንባባታት ንምንዋሕ እዩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Follow Me ቀርፃዊ ማዘር 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። Follow Me ቀርፃዊ ማዘር 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። Follow Me ቀርፃዊ ማዘር 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: Follow Me is a sculpture which functions as a vase. The idea is to make the vase take part in arrangement and conditioning of cut flowers. This vase is a set of three pieces with semi open form to allow air circulation around the stems keeping them moisture free and to allow users to add water daily without disturbing the arrangement. The two detachable wing pieces are perforated in a certain pattern to aid the arrangement. The vase provides aids while the flowers complete the overall form, forming a complementary pair.
Dimensions & Packaging: size of body : 220 mm x 60 mm x 260 mm
size of wing : 120 mm x 230 mm
Overall size : 250 mm x 120 mm x 260 mm
Tags: Vase, functional sculpture, Peacock Inspired , Flower arrangement aid.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to solve a conflicting criterion and bring the bird form and functions together. For easy adding of water, wide mouth is good but it does not provide enough aid for arranging flowers in pattern. Additional aid may be needed for arrangement. The design has been developed as semi open form with three pieces separating the conflicting functions. The perforated wing part serves as the aid, while user can easily add water below the wings. The large gap also allows air circulation.
Research: From study on conditioning of flowers, it is found that flowers suck lots of water and one has to keep adding water as needed. And while doing this, arrangement is disturbed or water is spilled. Enclosed form of vases with water creates the moist environment and increases bacterial growth. A large mouth is convenient for adding water but do not provide enough aid for arrangement in pattern. These lead to design a vase which increases post harvest life instead of just a container to hold flowers.
Inspiration: The form of Follow Me is inspired from the bird Peacock. This bird has a unique tail which forms a semi circular pattern when it fans its highly elongated upper tail covert feathers. This inspired me to develop the form of the vase as a bird with long upright tail and a pair of wings with perforated back to provide support for cut flowers. The intent is to make the flowers a part of the form.
Operation Flow: User has to choose a wing piece out of the two options according to the profile of the openings or perforation. The user can anchor it to the body of the vase with the help of the anchoring points provided in the body and then he can add water in to it. Its ready for arranging flowers. Now, the user can follow the profile of the openings or skip in between to create a pattern in the arrangement.
Image Credits: Image #1,#2,#3,#4,#5 : Heloise Rajkumari, 3D Modeling and Rendering, 2014.