Icy Galaxy 冰模 by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad

Icy Galaxy 冰模 by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 廚具設計 Competition Category.

銀廚具· 2020

Icy Galaxy 冰模

by Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad

Client: Creator studio

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 廚具 Category

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The Design

About Icy Galaxy 冰模

大自然一直是設計師靈感的最重要來源之一。通過考察銀河系的空間和形象，設計師想到了這個想法。本設計中最重要的方面是創造一種獨特的形式。市場上的許多設計都著重於製作最清晰的冰塊，但在此演示設計中，設計師故意將注意力集中在水變成冰塊時礦物製成的形式上，更明確的是設計師改變了自然缺陷變成美麗的效果。這種設計產生了螺旋球形形狀。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Icy Galaxy 冰模是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Icy Galaxy 冰模將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Icy Galaxy 冰模是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The most important aspect in this design was to create a unique form. Many designs that are in the market focus on making the most clear ice but in this presented design, the designers intentionally focused on the forms which are made by the minerals while the water turns into ice, to be more clear the designers transformed a natural defect into a beautiful effect. The presented design is a mold that creates a spiral spherical form.
Tags: Ice, Icy galaxy, Ice mold, Ice maker, Silicon mold, Spiral spherical, Galaxy, Cocktail drink, Design, Bartender
Production Technology: The presented design is a mold which creates a spiral spherical shape, it could be used to make ice or chocolate bars, cakes, jelly, etc. The mold has two main parts, a silicon part which is the most important piece of this design. The silicone part is made from a food grade flexible silicon. The second part is a plastic frame to hold the silicon part vertically.
Design Challenge: The most challenging aspect was to design a mold that has the correct cutting point and design it in a way that could be used easily and get the expected form with no trouble. Also choosing the material was challenging, the designers had to do a vast research on different types of silicon and other materials that provides the expected results.
Research: The designers had to do a vast research on different types of silicon and other materials that operate the same and also consider the exact amount of flexibility which was needed. If the exact amount of flexibility was not considered, it could cause a deformation in the final result. too much flexibility or too much hardness could lead the result into failure.
Inspiration: Nature has always been one of the most important sources of inspiration for designers. The idea came to designers' minds by looking into the space and the image of Milk Way Galaxy.Considering the fact that the minerals inside water causes irregular globes and streaks appearing inside the ice when water turns into ice and the similarity that it has with the image of galaxy, it stroke into designers' minds to use all this to create an ice that could represent a galaxy. Imagine having a drink with a piece of ice that reminds you of a galaxy. A galaxy floating in your glass!
Project Duration: The project started and finished during the Summer of 2019.
Operation Flow: One of the important points while designing a product is to consider a way that it could perform better comparing to other designs. The presented design has several advantages in comparison to other designs. Because of its special form it takes less time to make ice, also it is important to mention that the spiral shape that provides a larger contact surface with the drink makes it able to cool the drink much faster. Not to mention that with this design, the designers minimized the amount of water used to make the same size ice balls.
Team Members: Ladan Zadfar
Mohammad Farshad
Image Credits: Ladan Zadfar and Mohammad Farshad