Rhapsody האַלדזבאַנד by Arash Raad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award אין זילבער in צירונג דיזײַן Competition Category.
זילבערצירונג· 2021
Rhapsody האַלדזבאַנד
by Arash Raad
Client: Arash Raad
A' Design Award אין זילבער Winner in צירונג Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Rhapsody האַלדזבאַנד
ראַפּסאָדי איז אַ האַנטגעמאַכטער האַלדזבאַנד געמאַכט פֿון 925 זילבער. דער דיזײַן איז באַזירט אויף איסלאַמישע געאָמעטרישע מוסטערן וואָס האָבן זיך אַנטוויקלט איבער יאָרהונדערטער אין מיטל־מזרח און צפֿון־אַפֿריקע. סקולפּטורעלע פֿאַלטן און קרייַזלען פֿאַרוואַנדלען די ווינקלדיקע געאָמעטריע פֿון די דאָזיקע מוסטערן אין אַ טראָגבאַרער פֿאָרעם וואָס גייט נאָך דעם מענטשלעכן קערפּער. ראַפּסאָדי ווערט פּראָדוצירט אין משהד, איראַן, אַ שטאָט וואָס איז באַקאַנט פֿאַר טראַדיציאָנעלע האַנטווערק, ניצנדיק טראַדיציאָנעלע געצייַג, טעכניקן און מאַטעריאַלן. דער האַלדזבאַנד מעסט 175 מאָל 160 מאָל 45 מילימעטער. די כּוונה איז צו פֿאַראייניקן אַ רײַכן קולטורעלן ירושה מיט צײַטגענאָסישן צירונג־דיזײַן.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award אין זילבער
Rhapsody האַלדזבאַנד איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין זילבער, אַן אויסערגעוויינלעך פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו שיינע, דערהויבענע און איבערצײַגנדיקע שפּיץ-דיזײַנס. זילבער-געווינער זענען העכסט בריליאַנטע און זייער קרעאַטיווע ווערק וואָס ילוסטרירן די אויסגעצייכנטע מומחיות, טאַלאַנט און שאַרפֿזיניקייט פֿון זייערע דיזײַנערס. פֿון Rhapsody האַלדזבאַנד ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ וווּנדערלעך, מוסטערהאַפֿט ווערק וואָס איז אויפֿפֿאַלנדיק פּראָפֿעסיאָנעל און טיף אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין זילבער איז אַ זייער אויפֿפֿאַלנדיקע, באַוווּנדערטע דערפֿינדונג וואָס ברענגט נוצן און שטופּט פֿאָרויס די גרענעצן פֿון קונסט, וויסנשאַפֿט, דיזײַן און טעכנאָלאָגיע. Rhapsody האַלדזבאַנד איז אַ באַשאַפֿונג וואָס מען מקנא זײַן זי ברייט, וואָס וועקט תּאוות, ברענגט פּאָזיטיווע געפֿילן און וועקט חידוש און פֿאַרוווּנדערונג.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Rhapsody is a hand-crafted fine jewellery designed for today’s most elegant and sophisticated tastes, while it revives the glory of Middle-Eastern cultures and their rich and epic history. It is made by employing traditional techniques and material in Mashhad city in Iran, a destination of Muslim pilgrimage and a center of traditional crafts. Rhapsody is a modern wearable sculpture based on Islamic geometry that is made for anyone who is eager for an elegant and stylish look.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimension: 175 mm x 160 mm x 45 mm
Material: Silver 925 - Tags
- Jewelry, jewellery, necklace, art jewelry, art jewellery, geometric jewelry, geometric jewellery, contemporary jewelry, contemporary jewellery, accessories
- Production Technology
- Design begins with searching through a variety of Islamic geometry sources to select capable patterns to be developed into a novel design. Designing continues with developing irritations through hybrid hands-on and digital process, and then narrowing down sketches and producing mock-ups. The next is trying mock-ups on the human body, collecting feedback from users, and refining the product through a round of revisions. The jewelries are hand-crafted with traditional techniques and material.
- Design Challenge
- In this project, we encountered two significant challenges. First, we are committed to design jewelleries that are innovative and fresh to a contemporary eye, while they are rooted in history. Tightrope walking and maintaining balance between the past and future is the hardest creative challenge we often encounter. Second complicated challenge we faced was to transform the angular geometry of architectural patterns into a sculptural and wearable form that fits and adorns the human body.
- Research
- In the first instance, I'm working with patterns and geometry embedded in Islamic architecture and design, which I have grown up surrounding by it, therefore it's organically inherent to my knowledge of design. Over the course of years, I have integrated the vernacular knowledge of Islamic geometry with the contemporary aesthetics and theories. For this project we searched through over 200 different patterns to find one through which we can develop a wearable, innovative, and elegant design.
- Inspiration
- This project is inspired by Islamic geometric patterns that have evolved over centuries in the Middle East and North Africa. The sculptural folds and ruffles recall the vicissitudes of history and life of these people, where its glory and beauty is woven together with pain and grief. And its rigidity and cohesion manifest the strength, richness and glory of a culture and people that have been hardened through conflicts and invasions and have been invincibled with the power of love and beauty.
- Project Duration
- This project started in February 2020 in Mashhad, Iran and the first sample produced in December 2020. A' Design Award & Competition will be the premiere introduction of this product to the world.
- Operation Flow
- Influenced by the Middle-Eastern cultural pride and growing tendencies towards revisiting the heritage, in Arash Raad Design, we are dedicating our effort to create products that fulfills both the dignity of a rich culture, and the elegance of today. We believe “Rhapsody” conveys authenticity and novelty at the same time. To aim this goal, we combined vernacular knowledge and traditional tools and material with contemporary aesthetics and theories.
- Image Credits
- Image #1:Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #2: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #3: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #4: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021. Image #5: Photographer Mojtaba Mohammadi, Rhapsody, 2021.
Video: Director Ali Ebrahimi Sani, Rhapsody, 2021.
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