Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili by Jun Zhou and SunYujia

Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili by Jun Zhou and SunYujia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-èlò Ìdáná, Ohun-èlò Oúnjẹ, Ohun Mímu àti Ohun Ìṣe Oúnjẹ Competition Category.

IdẹOhun-èlò Ìdáná· 2023

Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili

by Jun Zhou and SunYujia

Client: University of South China

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-èlò Ìdáná Category

14,684

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #148619

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili

Lotus jẹ́ àkójọ ohun-èlò tábìlì tí a fi amọ̀-ifun (porcelain) ṣe, tí a rí ìmísí rẹ̀ láti inú àwo òdòdó lotus ti iléeru-amọ̀ Changsha. Àpẹẹrẹ lotus ìbílẹ̀ ni a ti sọ di àwòrán jiometirì tí ó rọrùn, tí a sì fi sí orí àwo tí gíga àti ìwọ̀n wọn yàtọ̀ síra. Nígbà tí a bá kó àwo wọ̀nyí jọ pọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ̀n wọn, àpẹẹrẹ lotus náà máa hàn jáde, tí ó mú kí àkójọ náà di ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ nígbà tí a bá ń fi pamọ́. A lè yọ àwọn ohun-èlò náà kúrò, kí a sì tún wọn ṣopọ̀ mọ́ ara wọn fún lílò gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ṣe nílò. Àwọn àpẹẹrẹ ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ oríire láti ìgbà ìjọba Tang bá onírúurú ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ mu. A fi láàkì aláwọ̀ ewé cẹ́lédọ̀nì (celadon) bo amọ̀-ifun náà, a sì fi ọwọ́ ṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili 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 Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili 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. Lotus Ohun-elo Tabili 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: New Style of Lotus with Celadon Color.The bowl is disassembled into a vessel for use and combined into a decoration for storage, allowing the user to experience the ritual of restoring the Changsha kiln lotus bowl pattern. In addition, the bowl is accompanied by a pattern of auspicious objects from the Tang Dynasty to correspond to different scenes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Round dinner plate: Width 225mm×Depth 225mm×Height 25mm Square dinner plate：Width197mm×Depth 197mm×Height 23.5mm Flower-shaped dinner plate：Width186mm×Depth 186mm×Height 22mm Slimline dinner plate： Flower Vase：Width174mm×Depth 64mm×Height 20.5mm
Tags: Combination dinner plate, lotus decoration, Changsha kiln
Production Technology: Creative porcelain realized by hand by professional ceramic artists, mold opening and standardization process.
Design Challenge: On the basis of retaining the uniqueness of regional culture, let the tradition regenerate and enter the modern home life.
Research: Changsha kiln is a representative of cultural accumulation and cultural heritage with distinctive regional characteristics. To study, interpret and innovate Changsha kiln by means of product design is to record, store, disseminate and exploit the regional culture, to develop and market Changsha kiln cultural products driven by design creativity, and to integrate Changsha kilnization education and dissemination into modern daily life, which is to respect and inherit the culture.
Inspiration: Inspired by the classic object of Changsha kiln, the bowl with lotus flower pattern in green glaze and brown-green color, the traditional pattern is abstracted into a pure geometric figure and evolved into a series of tableware adapted to modern home life through the combination of height and size.
Project Duration: The project was completed in Hunan in September 2022
Operation Flow: Overlapping placement in accordance with the size in turn, showing the lotus pattern, disassembly can be matched according to the use of demand, combined use.
Patents: pending patent number：202222444345.9
Team Members: Sun Yu Jia
Image Credits: Image #1：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings01, 2022.
Image #2：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings02, 2022.
Image #3：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings03, 2022.
Image #4：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings04, 2022.
Image #5：Photographer Zhou Jun&Sun YuJia，Renderings05, 2022.