Iron Homeware Design · 2025
Eshta Candle With Liquid Fuel
- A' Design Award 2025 Iron Winner in Homeware Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: Roch
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About Eshta Candle With Liquid Fuel
Eshta is a liquid fuel candle designed for modern interiors. Eshta gives the flame of a real candle, yet the body does not melt or run out. The candle can be refilled with low cost liquid fuel, so the flame remains continuous and stable. Glass and concrete are the two materials used. The base is shaped by a CNC machine, then cast in a silicone mould and finished in reformed concrete. The glass container keeps the design transparent. Both materials are neutral, so Eshta suits a wide range of spaces.
Mohammad Meyzari's Eshta Candle With Liquid Fuel exemplifies the contemporary revival of elemental lighting design that honors ancestral relationships with flame while engaging innovative material technologies and minimalist sculptural vocabularies, positioning this work within broader cultural movements toward mindful domesticity, sustainable living practices, and the re-enchantment of everyday rituals in an increasingly digital age where physical presence and sensory engagement acquire renewed significance; the design emerges from rich historical lineages of candle making and ceremonial lighting that span global cultures, drawing perhaps upon Scandinavian traditions of long winter illumination, Japanese aesthetic philosophies of material restraint and seasonal awareness, and modernist imperatives toward functional beauty and honest material expression, synthesizing these diverse influences into coherent contemporary statement; the compositional architecture demonstrates sophisticated understanding of asymmetrical balance principles, employing varying heights and subtle spacing variations to create dynamic equilibrium that rewards sustained viewing, the designer seemingly conscious of how grouping transforms individual elements into collective presence greater than sum of parts, establishing dialogue between singular and multiple, individual and community, solitude and gathering; the material palette reveals thoughtful chromatic restraint, selecting neutral tones that recede rather than demand attention, allowing flame itself to become chromatic accent and primary source of visual warmth, this decision suggesting values aligned with Scandinavian hygge concepts or Japanese wabi-sabi appreciation for subtle beauty and understated refinement; technically, the work achieves notable material synthesis between transparent glass or acrylic tubular shafts and opaque ceramic bases, this pairing creating visual interest through contrast while maintaining tonal harmony, the transparency of vertical elements allowing light to penetrate and interact with liquid fuel within, creating secondary luminous effects beyond flame itself, while ceramic anchors provide both functional stability and aesthetic grounding through their organic sculptural presence; the teardrop base morphology introduces botanical metaphor, each element reading simultaneously as functional object and organic reference, suggesting seeds, pods, buds, or bulbs from which vertical growth emerges, this formal choice connecting contemporary design back to natural world and growth cycles, perhaps inviting contemplation of renewal, potential, and life force; the use of liquid fuel rather than traditional wax represents functional innovation, potentially offering advantages in burn duration, flame stability, and environmental considerations, while maintaining essential phenomenological experience of tending flame, this technological choice balancing tradition with progress, ritual with efficiency, nostalgia with contemporary sensibility; the extreme vertical proportions create striking visual presence that commands attention through height rather than mass, achieving monumentality through attenuation rather than volume, this formal strategy particularly effective in contemporary interiors where vertical space often remains underutilized, the slender profiles allowing multiple elements to coexist without visual crowding while their collective height draws eye upward, expanding perceived spatial volume; the work invites consideration of light as sculptural medium and flame as living element within domestic space, asking viewers to contemplate how we create sanctuary, mark time, establish ritual, and cultivate presence in an era of constant digital distraction, whether such objects serve merely decorative functions or fulfill deeper human needs for elemental connection, sensory engagement, and contemplative pause within daily rhythms.
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- Unique Properties
- The biggest advantage of this product is a candle that never ends, and more importantly, it gives you the flame of a real candle. The ability to recharge and use cheap fuel to charge the product are among other advantages of this plan Providing a continuous and stable flame during the fuel and using light and cheap materials has made this effect more attractive and effective.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- diagonal 12cm
Height 95/110/125 cm - Tags
- Candle. Concrete. glass. modern design. modern. Concrete candle. Liquid Candles
- Production Technology
- Glass and concrete are the two materials used in this product. After the design, the basic design is executed by CNC machine, then it is molded by silicon and the final product is made by reformed concrete.
- Design Challenge
- The purpose of producing this product was to present and introduce a type of candle in the form of today's modern spaces, considering that ordinary candles will eventually run out after a few hours and will be deformed during burning, we came to this decision that our product has these two characteristics which does not have these cons and at the same time it burns as beautifully as a candle.
- Project Duration
- The project designed in December 2024 in Isfahan.
- Operation Flow
- The use of concrete material for presence in today's modern spaces and also glass in order to maintain the transparency and originality of the design, the use of two completely neutral materials to bring out the possibility of presence in a wide range of spaces and to provide a high degree of harmony in living together with others items.
- Research
- By researching and visiting the markets in order to know the purchasing power of the majority of the people of a country for buying popular goods, we came to the conclusion to find a kind of candle with a low cost matchable with a wide range of spaces, and the ability to recharge and also a cheap charging source. Studying about cheap materials finally led us to concrete and glass which are Light and long-lasting materials.
- Inspiration
- The idea for the glass containers was similar to paraffin wax candles, which were made with solid paraffin. The idea for the base design was also formed by redesigning old stands.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer, Nastaran Derakhshan, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer, Nastaran Derakhshan, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer, Nastaran Derakhshan, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer, Nastaran Derakhshan, 2024.