Etern 醒酒器 by Zehui Ni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 烘焙用具、餐具、饮具与炊具设计 Competition Category.

铁厨具· 2022

Etern 醒酒器

by Zehui Ni

Client: ZN Design

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 厨具 Category

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The Design

About Etern 醒酒器

Etern 是一款专为餐桌葡萄酒侍酒而设计的玻璃醒酒器。其造型灵感源自时间的横截面,流畅的曲线轮廓将每一个瞬间呈现为永恒的独立片段。设计选用玻璃材质,正是看重其通透特性——既能展现葡萄酒的色泽,又令器皿在醒酒过程中呈现轻盈的观感。当酒液倾注时,空气穿透液体,完成充分的醒酒。Etern 采用玻璃吹制工艺成型,并为契合该设计专门开发了定制工艺。这件作品旨在为餐桌带来一份宁静而笃定的表达。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Etern 醒酒器是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Etern 醒酒器将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Etern 醒酒器因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Etern decanter is born from the perception of time. Appreciating each fragment of time as eternity from the cross-sections of time. Etern is a statement piece at the dining table about impermanence in time, cherishing each fragment and feasting on life. Both a celebration and remembrance of time, Etern is a one of kind elegance to add to the dining atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2700 mm x 1400 mm X 2600 mm
Tags: Decanter, Wine, Drinkware, Tableware
Production Technology: Etern is glassware for wine decanting. Glass material for its transparent properties in showing the beauty of wine and the airiness of form while decanting.
Design Challenge: Challenge with Etern is the philosophical and harmonious representations of time intersecting with glass blowing. A custom barrier and crust is created to match the design.
Research: On a macro perspective, the greatest moments of the planet and life's work, reside on one particle in the universe. Every moment is solidified in the cross-sections of time. Through harmonious elegance, Etern celebrates moments in time as eternity and gracefully performs the arts of decanting. Scholarly inspirations from philosophy, astronomy, and literature on impermanence have been researched for Etern. A graceful and celebrating combination of decanting.
Inspiration: Each flower that grows and withered away, is eternal in its own fragment of time. The Etern decanter is inspired by the fragment of time. It celebrates moments as an eternal fragment in life, inspiring people to feast and cherish moments of remembrance. The elegant contour of Etern is a statement piece that represents the cross-section of time and viewing each special moment as its own eternity. One eternal moment is forever.
Project Duration: Project duration from May 2021 to Nov 2021, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Operation Flow: As wine is poured into Etern, a delightful chorus of air breathing into wine sings a beautiful melody. Etern is about having a drink with the uncapturable time, but feasting on each special moment as its own eternity in time.
Team Members: Zehui Ni