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Rafal Czaniecki and Mike Mak Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Svper 11 Wrist Watch in Jewelry Design
Rafal Czaniecki and Mike Mak acknowledged for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category for Svper 11 Wrist Watch by Rafal Czaniecki and Mike Mak, designed for Svper11. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Svper 11 Wrist Watch
Svper 11 is a wristwatch inspired by the NASA Apollo 11 mission. The dial is a three-dimensional topographic representation of Mare Tranquillitatis, the landing site area, with steps of 0.1 mm shaped to reproduce the terrain of the Moon. A four-arm seconds hand with a sweeping motion marks the landing location. The crown takes the shape of the oxygen valves of the NASA spacesuit. The case back is made of technical ceramic, a reference to the ceramic shield of the Space Shuttle. The case measures 42 by 42 by 12 mm and is water resistant to 10 ATM.
About Rafal Czaniecki and Mike Mak
Rafał Czaniecki finished his studies at Warsaw's Art Academy, right after moved to Shenzhen, China to start his career as a UI Designer at HARMAN International, working for brands like Harman/Kardon and JBL. He managed to grow withing the organisation and got an opportunity to reinvent AKG brand with new design and branding and marketing direction. Later on Rafał was challenged with leading the JBL Packaging Design and JBL Industrial Design Teams. Through the years Rafał is inspiring other designers by releasing passion projects as an independent designer. His watch design was successfully funded via Kickstarter campaign.
Award Record
With this recognition, Rafal Czaniecki and Mike Mak is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Jewelry Design Award
The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international jewelry design competition recognizing good jewelry designs by best jewelry designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Entries typically include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. Awarded jewelry designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/117696
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117696
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117696
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/295686
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.svper11.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Svper 11 Wrist Watch
- Function
- Wrist Watch
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Indian Red and Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Svper11
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Rafal Czaniecki and Mike Mak
- Country
- Poland
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #117696
Credits
- Team
- Mike Mak
- Image Credits
- Video Credits: Rafal Czaniecki
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- SVPER11 watch is a celebration of the NASA Apollo11 mission - one of the most inspiring achievements in our history. The face is a 3D topographic representation of the landing site area - Mare Tranquilitatis. The unique 4-arm seconds hand and sweeping motion movement resembles a radar constantly marking the exact location of the landing. The crown took a shape of oxygen valves from the NASA spacesuit and case back is made out of technical ceramic - a reference to NASA Shuttle ceramic shield.
- Inspiration
- The idea came about during Super Moon event in 2016 - when the Moon gets as close to Earth as possible. Just looking at it make you feel how abstract yet amazing and inspiring it is, that NASA have successfully landed humans on Moons surface. I wanted to create an object, that would celebrate that, be available for everyone and allow one to get inspired every time you'd look at it. The wrist watch became a vehicle for that idea. A piece of the Moon on your wrist.
- Research
- The most important part was to properly replicate the area of the Apollo11 Mission landing. The highly detailed, publicly available maps of the Moon were a key to achieve the effect, get the details and scale right. Another element that required a lot of research was the crown element. It is based on the air valve from the front of the spacesuit. There is quite a lot of reference photography, but only after obtaining the 3D scanned data of the archived spacesuit I was able to recreate the proper dimensions and ratios to achieve the final effect.
- Challenge
- The face of the watch required excellent detail reproduction. The final product is made by pressing a brass disc with 300 Tonnes of pressure at least 5 times in order to replicate every nanometer of the form. The brittle nature of ceramic in combination with finishing procedures created a challenge for caseback element. If the raised letters were too thin they would crack during final polishing stage. This required to prepare few test runs and toolings to get the durability and the looks right.
- Realization and Technology
- Thanks to detailed maps of the Moon I was able to recreate topographic 3D map of the Mare Tranquilitatis - place where the mission crew landed. The face of the watch has multiple 0.1mm steps that are shaped to represent the terrain. A process to achieve such detail replication involves 300 tonnes pressure being applied to brass disc in order to replicate every nano-meter of the form. The case back made from technical ceramics needed multiple tries to achieve proper thickness of embossed elements taking under consideration the production process and the brittleness of the material.
- Operation and Interaction
- The watch features a diver-grade submersion properties, that require the crown of the watch to be constructed with double-lock mechanism. For user to change the time one needs to unscrew the crown, then after crown pops-out gently, user needs to pull it out slightly to lock the mechanism for changing the time. The reversed operation closes the crown and ensures, that the watch is water-tight up to 10ATM. The watch is easy to open (8 screws) for maintenance or battery replacement.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2016, it took quite a few months for it to brew and take a form of 3D file and documentation, that could be taken around the watch factories and selecting one that would be up to the task. The watch debuted publicly at Watch Fair 2019 in Hong-Kong, right after being published on Kickstarter. The campaign was successful and we were able to proceed with production.
- Keywords
- wristwatch, SpaceExploration, Inspirational, Apollo11
