Essence 耳環 by Masoud Serati Nouri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 珠寶設計 Competition Category.

銅珠寶· 2022

Essence 耳環

by Masoud Serati Nouri

Client: Gemod’art

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 珠寶 Category

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The Design

About Essence 耳環

《本質》係一款耳環設計,靈感源自新冠肺炎疫情前後人與人之間嘅連結變化。主體造型為球形,線條喺表面上穿梭交織。呢啲線條包圍住一顆半隱藏嘅白色珍珠,象徵住生命嘅本質。線條末端連接住細粒對比色嘅深色珍珠,寓意住社交距離。球體下方懸掛住一個獨立嘅吊墜,長20毫米。呢個設計以軟件建模,通過3D打印同直接鑄造工藝製作而成,珍珠部分由人手鑲嵌。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Essence 耳環是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Essence 耳環將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Essence 耳環出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The spherical shape of the design inherently has the power to attract the viewer, in which the movement and intersection of the lines on it creates a stronger connection, which his relationship is strengthened by the presence of a semi-hidden pearl and small visible pearls with a contrasting color and a pendant separated from the design.
Dimensions & Packaging: The general shape of this design can be made in any size and of course in a size that the earrings do not bother the user, and also the length of the pendant is 20 mm and the length of 10 prongs for small pearls are 5 mm.
Tags: corona virus, earrings, life, human connections, social distancing
Production Technology: This design’s modeling was done using the Matrix software, which 3D printing technology was sued to make it in the first stage, and then direct casting. In the final stage, pearls are placed manually.
Design Challenge: The main challenge and goal of this project was to create an everlasting work with the concept and view that is correct and consistent with its time, which shows the situations and relationships of human life in the period of the outbreak of Corona virus, which years later will be mentioned.
Research: The designer's involvement and influence from the corona outbreak, as well as the influence from the circumstances of the people and the unprecedented number of incidents and casualties, led to the fact that among all the related incidents and issues of human social communication and comparing it with before and after the Corona virus outbreak, lead to creation of this idea and work.
Inspiration: The life before and after the outbreak of the Corona virus as the world's main topic has been the inspiration of this work.Before the Corona virus all the people were communicating with each other while after that connection between people was weakened and the social distance between them occurred where even the essence of human life beings was broken, leadingly everyone sank into their own.
Project Duration: The ideation of the design and it's design started at the fastest possible time in early April 2021 and on May 10,2021,it was completed in Iran and the city of Tabriz.
Operation Flow: The continuity of the lines of the work from the pendant to the movement on the spherical surface and enclosing the white pearl as a precious gem of life and finally stopping the lines when turning them into small pearls with dark and contrasting color, delivers the idea and purpose of the design to the audience.
Image Credits: Image #1:Illustrator, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Render, 2021
Image #2:Illustrator, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Render, 2021
Image #3:Illustrator, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Render, 2021
Image #4:Illustrator, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Render, 2021
Image #5:Illustrator, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Render, 2021