DESIGN NAME: Dolatabad Garden
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Necklace and Earrings
INSPIRATION: The Dolatabad Garden of Yazd, which was built about 260 years ago and was built at the end of the Afsharid period, is a type of gardens-state-owned gardens. To provide its water, an aqueduct (called Qanat or Kariz in Farsi) was built 65 km long from Mehriz to Dolat Abad. From different aspects like geometry, tree diversity, irrigation system, architecture and decoration its among the most prominent examples of "Iranian Garden", which has been registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Hashti' ceiling (main entrance section) from the interior section of the garden has fantastic Karbandi which designed and made by master architect Ali Akbar Akhundi.
Karbandi created by Iranian architects when covering a polygon plan by dome was desired. This art, which has rich variety of designs and historic background in Iranian architecture and decoration, is a glorious image of applied geometry and has been used as design inspiration.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Simplicity as the most priority in design process made the object obviously easy and daily use. The exclusive design and uniqueness bring more pleasure and satisfaction. With such rich cultural background of object, the audience feels much more confidant and tries to acquire deeper realisation of his/her cultural achievements, current advantages and weaknesses at the same time. Emotionally point of view, these subjective challenges lead to a hidden bond between audience and article; it contributes vaster connection, which does not make sense by ordinary accessories or jewelries.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The Project Started in July 2014 and finished in January 2018 in Tehran, Iran and is not exhibited before the A' design Award Competition.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Through designing Dolatabad Garden earring and necklace, it is been tried to respect the geometric proportions, which has structural function as well as decorative, and to promote same mathematical designs in jewellry industry and a semi-cabochon with same pattern and orientation cut designed for the mother of pearl as the color gem.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Design with Matrix, Made by 18k gold, Stone: Nacre (or Agate), Weight of Necklace about 7.00 Grams, Weight of Earrings about 7.00 Grams
Necklace dimension about 45mmx20mm, Earrings dimension about 30mmx8mm
TAGS: Wearable Architecture, Necklace, Earrings, Yazd, Jewellry, Jewellry Design, Persian Architecture, Iran, Somayeh kianpour, Kia Gallery
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: As an architect and individual interest in jewellery design, I tried to design a jewellery collection, which called Wearable Architecture inspired by Persian architectural artworks; taking into consideration different social, cultural or environmental subjects was my aim; Although all the constructions from palaces to urban elements are masterpieces architecturally point of view but only few of them considered as designing inspiration due to their architectural values; mostly chose to emphasise on a specific subjects as mentioned earlier.
CHALLENGE: Through designing process of Wearable Architecture collection it was tried to make the pieces easy as much as possible not only to simplify delivering the main idea of design but also considering not complicated making process and keeping the industrial ability of production which make the collection definitely accessible to all who are interested in. Commitment and loyalty to the main artworks that were the inspiration resource of the collection was another challenging aspect of the design process while transformation an urban scale structure to a jewellery function and scale desired.
ADDED DATE: 2019-02-26 18:41:53
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IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1,2: Photographer Hedieh Kavoosian, Dolatabad Necklace and Earrings, 2018
Image #3,4: Photographer Photographer Barax Studio, Dolatabad Necklace and Earrings, 2018
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