Fred Isongo by Diana Sokolic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2013 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Imfashini Competition Category.

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Fred Isongo

by Diana Sokolic

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

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The Design

About Fred Isongo

Kunezinhlobo eziningi ezahlukahlukene namasongo nama-bangles: abaklami, begolide, ipulasitiki, ashibhile futhi ayabiza… kodwa muhle njengoba enjalo, onke ahlala elula futhi angamasongo kuphela. UFred ungokunye okwengeziwe. Lama-cuffs ngokulula kwawo avuselela ubuhle obukhulu bezikhathi zakudala, nokho abesimanje. Zingagqokwa ngezandla ezingenalutho nakotshani noma ngesikibha esimnyama, futhi ziyohlala zengeza ukuthintana kweklasi kulowo ogqokile. Lamasongo ahlukile ngoba eza njengendoda. Kukhanya kakhulu okwenza ukuthi ukugqoka kube kuhle. Ngokugqoka zona, umuntu uzobuye aqaphele!

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Fred Isongo 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. Fred Isongo 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. Fred Isongo iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: These bracelets are unique because they come as a pair. They are very light which makes their wearing comfortable
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension, Package and Technical properties: Cuffs are 13 cm long, 12 cm high and 6 cm wide. They come in pair and are packed in an orange - pink protective pouch tied with the orange bow.
Tags: cuffs, bracelets, accessories, fashion, plastic
Production Technology: Cuffs are made out of light white plastic used for billboards.
Design Challenge: The real challenge was finding the way to bend the material at home without professional machines and to find something that would look as a cuff link. But it also was a work with many gleeful errors.
Research: The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs and finding the way to make something weareable out of the material ment for something else.
Inspiration: The inspiration: I often go to the theatre and like to dress for the occasion. I like to have something new and different every time I go. Once while I was thinking what to wear this time, there was a movie with Fred Astaire on the TV. I saw his sleek suit, his cuffs… and voila – the idea was born! I remembered cuffs and plastrons worn by men in the last century and decided to revive it in a modern way, this time as a part o woman garment.
Project Duration: The project started in March of 2012. in Zagreb and was finished in two weeks. During that time I was trying to find out the right dimension for comfortable wearing bracelets and the way to bend the plastic at home.
Operation Flow: The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs.