Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn by Arash Raad

Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn by Arash Raad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara Competition Category.

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Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn

by Arash Raad

Client: Arash Raad

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara Category

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The Design

About Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn

Book Text: Rhapsody jẹ́ ẹgba ọrùn tí a fi ọwọ́ ṣe láti inú fàdákà 925. Àpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ dá lórí àwọn àpẹẹrẹ jiọmẹ́trì Islam tí ó dàgbà ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọ̀rúndún ní Àárín Gbùngbùn Ìlà Oòrùn àti Àríwá Áfíríkà. Àwọn àpọ́n àti gbọ̀nrọ̀ tí ó dàbí ère yí jiọmẹ́trì olókùnkùn àwọn àpẹẹrẹ wọ̀nyí padà sí ìrísí tí a lè wọ̀ tí ó ń tẹ̀lé ara ènìyàn. A ń ṣe Rhapsody ní Mashhad, Iran, ìlú kan tí ó gbajúmọ̀ fún àwọn iṣẹ́-ọnà ìbílẹ̀, ní lílo àwọn irinṣẹ́, ọgbọ́n àti ohun èlò ìbílẹ̀. Ẹgba ọrùn náà wọ̀n 175 sí 160 sí 45 mílímítà. Èrò náà ni láti so ohun ìní àṣà ọlọ́rọ̀ pọ̀ mọ́ àpẹẹrẹ ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ òde òní.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award

Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Rhapsody Primary Function: Ẹgba Ọrùn jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.

Behind the Design

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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.