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Acorn Light System Mga Lampara by Desislava Sredkova

Acorn Light System Mga Lampara by Desislava Sredkova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award nga Puthaw in Disenyo sa Produkto ug Fixture sa Suga Competition Category.


PuthawSuga· 2023

Acorn Light System Mga Lampara

by Desislava Sredkova

Client: Awblak

A' Design Award nga Puthaw Winner in Suga Category

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The Design

About Acorn Light System Mga Lampara

Ang acorn usa ka sistema sa suga sa malungtarong mga lampara nga nagpahimulos sa kahayag sa adlaw. Ang matag landong gitabunan ug salamin sa likod nga bahin niini. Atol sa adlaw ang mga samin mokuha sa silaw sa adlaw ug modan-ag kini sa lawom nga bahin sa kwarto, nga mopataas sa gidaghanon sa kahayag sa adlaw sulod sa luna sa natural nga paagi. Sa panahon sa kagabhion mahimo silang magpakita sa usa ka tinubdan sa suga nga gibutang sa kisame ug mapadako ang kalig-on niini alang sa lain nga malungtaron nga pamaagi o paglihok ingon regular nga mga lampara. Ang sistema naglangkob sa wall-mounted, ceiling, freestanding, ug table-top lamps. Ang matag usa mahimong usbon pinaagi sa paghiusa sa lainlaing mga porma sa mga shade.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Puthaw

Acorn Light System Mga Lampara usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Puthaw, usa ka dungganon nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa maayong mga disenyo nga nakatagbo sa propesyonal ug industriyal nga mga gikinahanglan nga gipaabot gikan sa maayo ang pagkadisenyo nga mga paglalang. Ang mga mananaog sa Puthaw nagpakita og dakong kahanas, taas nga espesyalisasyon, eksperto nga pagsabot, ug mamugnaon nga abilidad sa ilang mga tiglalang. Gilauman nga ang Acorn Light System Mga Lampara mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga paglalang nga praktikal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Puthaw naghiusa sa labing maayong mga praktis sa industriya ug adunay hanas nga teknikal nga mga kinaiya nga nalambigit sa kahibalo ug talento. Acorn Light System Mga Lampara gitahod tungod sa pagkamaabtik niini ug gidisenyo aron maghatag og mga pagpaayo sa kalidad sa kinabuhi nga makatabang sa paghimo sa kalibutan nga mas maayong dapit.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Acorn is a sustainable lighting system concept that utilizes natural daylight. The flip side of each led-lit leaf, circle, or oval is covered with mirrors, which capture sunlight during the day and reflect it deeper into the room, increasing the amount of natural light indoors. At night, the mirrors can reflect a single ceiling-mounted light source, amplifying its brightness for a more sustainable lighting solution. Additionally, the products from the Acorn system can be used as regular lamps.
Dimensions & Packaging
width 850 mm x depth 850 mm x height 1750 mm - when arranged
width 850 mm x depth 500 mm x height 250 mm - when packed
Tags
lamp, mirror, freestanding, reflection, light, natural light, sustainability
Production Technology
The technology used to create this lamp is very straightforward - metal tubes attached to a metal body that illuminates with LED-lit panels. However, what sets this lamp apart is the acrylic mirror installed to the back of the LED-lit surface. This treatment is both simple and effective, and it makes a significant difference in the lamp's performance.
Design Challenge
The main objective of this project was to assign a second role to an everyday object found in everyone's homes. Acorn achieves this by adding mirrors to the lamp, providing enhanced daylight inside interior spaces and amplifying a single source of light to save energy at night.
Research
The research for this product focused on two main groups: people living in 20th-century homes where smaller windows limit the amount of natural light entering the space, and people living in contemporary homes with wider windows but deeper spaces, which can result in a dark interior. In both cases, a mix of artificial and natural light is often necessary during the day. This is not only unhealthy for the eyes and overall health, but also increases unnecessary electricity consumption.
Inspiration
Like many children, I spent countless hours playing with light and mirrors when I was little, and that childhood memory inspired me to create this product. In today's world, energy conservation is becoming increasingly critical, which naturally provoked me to search for a way to bring additional light into our homes and workplaces without consuming more electricity. My goal was to find a natural and sustainable solution to this problem.
Project Duration
The project started in October 2022 and finished in January 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Operation Flow
Acorn lighting system contains of a freestanding lamp, a table lamp, a wall-mounted lamp, and a ceiling lamp. Each Acorn product can be customized by creating different combinations of the three basic shapes of the shades - circle, oval, and leaf. Each shape comes in three different sizes, and the shade itself can be rotated around its axis for better adjustment and to capture the sun's rays. Depending on positioning the lamps can also function as backlit mirrors.
Team Members
Desislava Sredkova
Image Credits
Main Image: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #1: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #2: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #3: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #4: Designer Desislava Sredkova

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