Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla by Patrizia Donà

Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla by Patrizia Donà is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ibhaso Leplatinam le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweZongezelo zeFashoni kunye nokuHamba Competition Category.

IplatinamIsongezelo· 2020

Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla

by Patrizia Donà

Client: Donà

Ibhaso Leplatinam le-A' Design Award Winner in Isongezelo Category

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The Design

About Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla

Njengokuvela koyilo labashicileli kubonisa ukutshintsha ukusuka kwifomathi ebuntsokothileyo ebonakalayo ukuya kwifomati-ecocekileyo, elula yejometri, Qwerty-elemental kukubonisa amandla, ulungelelwano kunye nokulula. Amalungu enziwe ngentsimbi enziwe ngobugcisa ahlukileyo kwizinto ezibonakalayo zemveliso, enika isikhwama imbonakalo yoyilo. Ubaluleko olubalulekileyo kwingxowa zizitshixo zokuchwetheza ezimbini ezizezazo kwaye zihlanganiswe ngumyili ngokwakhe.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Leplatinam le-A' Design Award

Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Leplatinam le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo eyahlukileyo ngokwenene, entle nenobungangamsha. Abaphumeleleyo bePlatinam zizimanga zendalo, ubungqina bemida yobuchule bengqondo, kwaye babonisa ubungcali nobuchule obungenakuthelekiswa babayili babo. Le miyilo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yeyona misebenzi idumileyo echaza ubuhle bexesha, ineegalelo kwintlalontle yoluntu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla ibonisa inqanaba elingaphaya kokuqhelekileyo lokugqwesa kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo yenza ihlabathi libe yindawo engcono ngeempawu zayo eziluncedo nezixabisekileyo. Qwerty Elemental Iingxowa Zezandla ngumsebenzi ophumeleleyo weIbhaso Leplatinam le-A' Design Award ovusa iinqwenelo, ukhuthaza, ushukumisa, uvuyisa kwaye udala uvuyo olukhulu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Just like typewriters’ design evolution shows the transformation from a highly complex visual form to the clean-lined, simple geometric form, Qwerty-elemental is the embodiment of strength, symmetry, and simplicity. Constructive steel parts made by various craftsmen are distinctive visual feature of the product, which gives the bag an architectonic appearance.The highlight of "Qwerty" collection were the typewriter keys, firstly re-applied from the original Remington typewriters, and later, according to Donà's design, constructed and manufactured by a metal craftsmen company. Since 2013 Donà has her own production of typewriter keys.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1. qwerty large:28x31x10,5 cm
2. qwerty medium:26x24x10,5 cm
3. qwerty small: 25x13x3 cm
Tags: Typewriter bags, Qwerty bag
Production Technology: For the realization of this collection Donà collaborated with different manufactures with one aim: to improve each detail to the level of excellence and to combine craft and industrial methods of production. The typewriter keys are made from brass metal sheet. We made special tools for the typewriter keys production. Using these tools a brass sheet is going through a several stages: cutting, curvature, perforation. Next step is galvanization (electroplating) and finally assembling the chrome ring with laser cut disk with engraved sign (letter, number…). Hardware are cut and highly polished from stainless steel by metal craftsman. For the leatherwork Donà found skilled craftsman who use time-honored tanning and finishing techniques (hand-finished edges). The product shows old tried and tested techniques and materials, but a modern and up-to-date design approach.
Design Challenge: making a tool for typewriter keys, it took ca six months to develop a "machine" for typewriter keys production
Research: The most time is dedicated to the details of the bags:typewriter keys, laser cut hardware that are made from stainless steel
Inspiration: The durability is femininity of QWERTY design built in the Donà's collection of the same name. It evolved from Donà's fascination with the highly aesthetical and complex mechanical object - the Remington typewriter. It is one of the earliest brands of typewriters, dating from 1874.
The name of the collection “Qwerty” refers to the oldest typing template that was invented by a newspaper editor Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873. Unchanged for 150 years, it was designed to prevent the metal arms of the typewriter letters from clashing and jamming. So what Sholes basically did was to place the most frequently used letters as far apart as possible, making the typist's fingers (at that time, which was the practice that persisted throughout the next century, all typists were women) do the work. In a 1888 Manual of the Typewriter, John Harrison explained, "The typewriter is especially adapted to feminine fingers. They seem to be made for typewriting. The typewriting involves no hard labor and no more skill than playing the piano."
Project Duration: 2018-2020, Zagreb-Venezia-Vicenza
Operation Flow: Qwerty Elemental line features perfect everyday city pieces suitable for the daylong activities and the evening occasion.
Team Members: Patrizia Donà
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #2:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #3:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #4:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019
Image #5:Photographer Vanja Solin, 2019