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Khepri Yunit Sa Suga by Hisham Elessawy

Khepri Yunit Sa Suga by Hisham Elessawy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Produkto ug Fixture sa Suga Competition Category.


PilakSuga· 2021

Khepri Yunit Sa Suga

by Hisham Elessawy

Client: Heds

A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Suga Category

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The Design

About Khepri Yunit Sa Suga

Ang Khepri usa ka lampara sa salog ug usa usab ka pendant nga gidisenyo base sa karaang mga Ehiptohanon nga si Khepri, ang diyos sa scarab sa pagsubang sa adlaw sa buntag ug pagkatawo pag-usab. Paghikap lang sa Khepri ug ang suga mosiga. Gikan sa kangitngit ngadto sa kahayag, sama sa kanunay nga gituohan sa karaang mga Ehiptohanon. Naugmad gikan sa ebolusyon sa Egyptian scarab nga porma, ang Khepri nasangkapan sa usa ka dimmable LED nga gi-regulate sa usa ka touch sensor switch nga naghatag tulo ka mga setting nga mapaigoigo nga kahayag pinaagi sa usa ka paghikap.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Pilak

Khepri Yunit Sa Suga usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Khepri Yunit Sa Suga mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Khepri Yunit Sa Suga usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.

Behind the Design

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Unique Properties
Khepri is a floor lamp and also a pendent that is designed based on ancient Egyptians Khepri concept. Just touch Khepri and light will be on: From the Darkness to the Light - as ancient Egyptians always believed. Developed from the evolution of Egyptian scarab shape, Khepri is equipped with a dimmable LED that is regulated by a touch sensor switch that provides three settings adjustable brightness by a touch.
Dimensions & Packaging
Floor Light Height is 1500 mm, Base diameter is 500 mm and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm.
Pendant Light Height is 700 mm, Base diameter is 300 m and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm.
Materials are Metal and Glass.
Colors are Black & Various of Colors.
LED Bulb is 14W bulb that is equivalent to a 100W, require 80 to 90 percent less energy to run at the same rate. The 2700K temperature to receive a warm lighting for indoors, with the maximum brightness of 1521 lumens. With CRI of 85 and the LED last around 15,000 hours.
Switch: LED Touch Sensor Switch, settings adjustable brightness by touch.
Tags
Lighting, Pendent, Egypt, Scarab, Khepri, LED, Lamp
Production Technology
Khepri was designed by HEDS, a Design Studio based in Cairo. Specialized in innovation product design.
Design Challenge
The Integration of Anicent Egyptian believes and the Modern Style, as we worked on developing a complex form (Scarab Beetle), to extract the outline of khepri (Lighting Unit) to be functional and deliver the concept of Scarab Beetle God of Light and recreation that believed by Ancient Egyptian.
Research
The central belief surrounding Khepri was the god's ability to renew life, in the same way he restored the sun's existence every morning. Mummified scarab beetles and scarab amulets have been found in Pre-dynastic graves, indicating that Khepri was respected early on in the history of Ancient Egypt. Khepri was principally depicted as a scarab beetle and this is the form that i started to abstract it to it's minimal form showing the rebirth of light coming from the heart of the darkness of Khepri in a modern Lighting unit.
Inspiration
The Ancient Egyptians watched the scarab rolling dung into a ball and pushing it along the ground to its burrow, they made a connection between the movement of the sun across the sky and the movement of the dung ball pushed by the scarab. Egyptians believed that it pushes the sun every morning into the sky (light), then back to the underworld in the evening (Darkness).
They named it Khepri: The scarab god of rising of morning sun and rebirth. Khepri is our inspiration for lighting units.
Project Duration
The project started as an individual project from 15th February 2021, to 20th March 2021, in HEDS Design Studio. Located in Cairo, Egypt.
Operation Flow
Khepri is inspired from the ancient Egyptian myth of the god of sunrise, Khepri lighting unit design is evolved from the shape of the scarab god while it is bringing the light to the world from the darkness. This was the main idea and function behind Khepri new lighting unit, to have this concept in an indoors lighting unit in a contemporary way. with just a touch any one can bring the light to his place using Khepri lighting unit.

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