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Cassiopeia Ère by Sini Majuri

Cassiopeia Ère by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ọnà Dídára àti Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Ìgbékalẹ̀ Competition Category.


IdẹIṣẹ́ Ọnà Dídára· 2021

Cassiopeia Ère

by Sini Majuri

Client: Sini Majuri

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Dídára Category

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The Design

About Cassiopeia Ère

Cassiopeia jẹ́ ère dígí tí a ṣe láti inú dígí àtúnlò àti dígí egbin ilé-iṣẹ́. Ohun èlò náà ìbá ti parí sí ibi ìsọ̀nù, ṣùgbọ́n dípò bẹ́ẹ̀, a yọ́ ọ pọ̀n tí a sì tún un ṣe ní ọ̀nà tuntun. Ẹ̀yà kọ̀ọ̀kan jẹ́ dígí stúdíò tí a fẹ́ pẹ̀lú ẹnu, tí a sì fi ọwọ́ ṣe. Ojú ilẹ̀ tí kò dán tí ó sì jẹ́ ti ẹ̀dá ń fi àṣà ẹwà ti Scandinavia àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ hàn. Dómù dígí kọ̀ọ̀kan ní ìmọ́lẹ̀ díẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀, àwọn ojú ilẹ̀ tí ó dà bí yìnyín sì ń dàpọ̀ mọ́ ara wọn di ìṣètò tí ó dàbí ilẹ̀-ilẹ̀. Ère náà tóbi ní sẹ̀ntímítà 150 ní gígùn, 50 ní ìbú, àti 30 ní gíga. Ète náà ni láti ṣe ìtumọ̀ oríkì kan nípa ìyàtọ̀ tí ó wà láàárín ohun èlò àtúnlò àti ohun èlò iyebíye.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Cassiopeia Ère jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Cassiopeia Ère yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Cassiopeia Ère ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Glass medium can be reused countless of times, as the material stays pure. The sculpture is made from unpure glass material that would en up as a landfill. Cassiopeia reflects Scandinavian aesthetics and light through organic surfaces. Each sculpture is made from mouth blown studio glass and shaped by hand. The design philosophy behind the Cassiopeia is to create poetic interpretation of the weightless yet strong nature of glass. How it allows to see to the deepness of the Universe though the lenses of telescope and into the smallest details of life in the microscopic world.
Dimensions & Packaging
Dimensions 150 cm x 50 cm x 30 cm. Every object has a unique dimensions.
Tags
glass, art, sculpture, finland, ice
Production Technology
Blown glass. Hand shaped.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was to ballance with strong and organic shapes in a way that the outcome is harmonious.
Research
The sculpture aims to highlight the timeless beauty of recycled glass material. How broken material that would otherwise been used as a landfill be metted back again and healed into something new.
Inspiration
Glass that is used in the sculptures is both industrial waste and recycled glass. Therefore the sculpture plays with organic surfaces and the contrast between recycled and waluable. Cassiopeia is inspired by the microscopic world and how something invisibly small can change the World.
Project Duration
Project was exhibited in Venice Glass Week 2020.
Operation Flow
The sculpture plays with rough and organic surfaces, glass and light. Every bumpy glass dome is slightly illuminated. The ice like surfaces are melting together into a landscape like installation.
Patents
Sini Majuri
Team Members
Sini Majuri
Image Credits
Sini Majuri

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