DESIGN NAME: Mulian
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Sofa
INSPIRATION: A plethora of appealing designs and forms pass our looks throughout our daily lives as to our geographical locations, however, in the eyes of an industrial designer, each of them is a rich source of inspiration.
Due to the vast climatic diversity and grand history of Iranians, we possess a rich background in these resources, one of which is the original Iranian instrument, such as Oud, Qishak, Tar, Tanbur, Tonbak, etc.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This 7m wide sofa has been designed for premium rooms and lobbies in luxurious hotels. The source of inspiration for this design has been the original Iranian musical instruments and so the dramatic story of the famous poetry which reads;
It smells like the Moulian river
It reminds me of the kindest lover
And illustrates the return of a king to his homeland and his origin beautifully.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: This sofa has a built-in audio system which allows you to listen to Persian traditional instrumental songs using a dedicated mobile app for two minutes to be entertained while waiting and have a better experience in regards with Persian culture and design. This sofa suits luxurious lobby or office waiting rooms.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: This sofa suits luxurious lobby or office waiting rooms.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: This product, due to the organic form of the body and the middle form, can be made through a foam injection method to a metal casing. The sitting spot of this sofa is cut by a sponge-layer of polyurethane or the hot foam, and so cut out and coated with the body. The middle form, which can be covered with metal and wood, is to be executed by the professors of Iranian mosaic in the texturizing piece of Nastaliq's poetry Mulian. The treatment can be made of leather or fabric.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Width 7000 mm x Depth 2600 mm x Height 1500 mm
This sofa has a built-in audio system which allows you to listen to Persian traditional instrumental songs using a dedicated mobile app for two minutes to be entertained while waiting and have a better experience in regards with Persian culture and design.
TAGS: furniture, sofa, Mulian, persian, Lobby, hotel, leather, mosaic,
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: First of all, we started to design a set of furniture being inspired by Persian music instruments as can be seen in our sketches. In our research process, we have faced one dramatic story about one of the famous Persian poems, which means you should always return to your originality, because of that you will be unique. Then we started to merge this influential story with shape of Persian music instruments. And about the location, we have found the best place in the lobby of hotels. The people all around the world who are away from their home and the poem says that:
It smells like the Mulian river
It reminds me of the kindest lover
To represent this poem in the design of the sofa we decided to choose a form of a mixture of calligraphy called: Shekasteh Nastaliq (a form of broken writing in Persian calligraphy), this idea helps us in texturing and making our sofa more beautiful and more understandable by all nations. and if they are curious about the story of texture or this design, they could find that within a mobile app named Moulian. And this poem should be engraved or mosaiced by handwork of the Persian artist.
CHALLENGE: This sofa has a built-in audio system which allows you to listen to Persian traditional instrumental songs using a dedicated mobile app to be entertained while waiting and have a better experience in regards with Persian culture and design.
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-27 14:26:08
TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Hamid Packseresht, Reza Salianeh , Roshanak Rahbar and Pardis Eskandari
IMAGE CREDITS: Hamid Packseresht and Reza Salianeh, 2017.
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