Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo by Gerda Liudvinaviciute is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ubucwebe Competition Category.

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Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo

by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Client: Celsius 273

Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Winner in Ubucwebe Category

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The Design

About Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo

I-Eastern Blocks iqoqo lobucwebe bekhonkolo eligqugquzelwe amabhilokhi ezindlu zamapaneli aseYurophu yaseMpumalanga. Iqoqo lifaka amaketanga entamo namacici alandela izimo zezakhiwo zamafulethi alungiselelwe kusengaphambili. Ikhonkolo lisetshenziswa ngoba le nsimbi ilula, ayibangeli i-allergy futhi ayiphuki kalula. Isiqephu ngasinye siqala njengomdwebo onezinhlangothi ezintathu, kulandele ama-prototype nezitsha zesilikoni zokuthela. Izingxenye zekhonkolo eziqedelwe zibe sezihlanganiswa nesiliva nesikhumba. Iqoqo limema ukubuka okusha kwefa lezakhiwo laseYurophu yaseMpumalanga.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo iwinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile ngokungajwayelekile okunikezwa imiklamo esezingeni eliphezulu, ebukekayo nethinta kakhulu. Abawinile beSiliva yimisebenzi egqamile kakhulu nedala kakhulu ebonisa ubungcweti obuphawulekayo, italente nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo ilindeleke ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omuhle wesibonelo, onobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezijulile. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award uyinto entsha ebonakala kakhulu nethakazelisayo esiza futhi isunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Eastern Blocks Ubucwebe Bekhonkolo iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This design is wearable architecture. Concrete material and brutalist design with the story behind makes these accessories more than wearable - it's an educational, fashionable manifesto about architectural heritage and society.
Dimensions & Packaging: Necklaces approx.17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and other 18x11 thickness 0.5- 1 cm. Earrings 4x2 cm concrete detail and optional 5-9 cm silver wire long. Other earrings 14.5x2 cm.
Tags: concrete jewelry, architectural jewelry, eastern european, blockhouses, brutalist jewelry, soviet architecture, brutalist architecture, jewelry artist, jewelry designer,
Production Technology: I chose concrete material - light, non-allergenic, and less fragile to create an ode of a brutalist dystopia. First of all, I designed 3d drawings, made prototypes, and then, started to create molds for concrete details with silicon. When the concrete pieces were finished, I started metalworking with silver and leather materials.
Design Challenge: To find a form, which would be understandable, that it's blockhouse jewelry, but minimalist, aesthetic and impressive.
Research: I made monitoring of the architecture and society attitude of Eastern European houses. My objective was to find a way, how to talk about post-Soviet society and Eastern European architecture heritage in fashion accessories. The main point is to start a discussion with locals' minds about this unique architecture and spread this wearable message. In this collection, I question people’s attitudes towards Soviet heritage and invite you to take a fresh look at Soviet architecture and society's illusions.
Inspiration: The collection was inspired by Eastern European panel blockhouses as an iconic modern community symbol. Shapes of panel buildings and us - people, who live in individuality fiction, because the truth is that only a few centimeters between the walls separate us and our individuality is just fiction in this world.
Project Duration: This project started as an idea 2018 but I finished this collection 2020.
Operation Flow: Wearable jewelry made of concrete. Light, strong, and non - allergic material make jewelry more comfortable and wearable. This technology and design give a chance to wear architecture in real form and material as a piece of jewelry.
Team Members: Designer and artist Gerda Liudvinaviciute (artist name CELSIUS 273).
Image Credits: Photographer: Ieva Rudzionyte Model: Paulina Judzinskyte, Make up and hair: Indrija Kneize
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Model: Gabija Rostovskyte