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Mohammad Mahdi Najafi Receives the A' Design Award for Dandelion Seed Speaker Light in Digital and Electronic Device Design
Mohammad Mahdi Najafi recognized for digital and electronic device 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 A' Design Award in the Digital and Electronic Device Design category for Dandelion Seed Speaker Light by Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, designed for Najafi Design Studio. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Dandelion Seed Speaker Light
Dandelion Seed is a speaker with an integrated light. The design is based on respect for plants as living beings. The form refers to three stages of a dandelion life: seed, growing and death. A hollow glass ball is made by glass blowing and holds batteries and LED lights. Magnetic field technology gives the ball a sense of levitating above the base. Sound is spread in 360 degrees, and a device can be connected by Bluetooth. The music played by the speaker is presented as a symbol of the silent sound of the plant. The soft light is intended to help people relax.
About Mohammad Mahdi Najafi
Mohammad Mehdi Najafi was born in the beautiful and artistic city "Esfahan" in Iran in 1998. He completed his education in the best art high school and university in Isfahan. While he was studying at the university, he was working as well. He could establish his studio that is equipped for design services and building prototypes in Isfahan. He believes that people's social behaviors are affected by their environment therefore besides the aesthetics he cares about the audience's sense. He is inspired by natural forms and according to his perspective nature forms have the best connection with audiences and these types of forms are infinite. His honors include three national design awards.
Award Record
With this recognition, Mohammad Mahdi Najafi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Digital and Electronic Device Design Award
The A' Consumer Electronics Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good consumer electronics designs by leading brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to consumer electronics designers, consumer electronics brands, consumer electronics manufacturers and electronic product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include smartphones, laptops, televisions, cameras, headphones and smartwatches. The awarded consumer electronics designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/consumer-electronics
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/114560
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/114560
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!114560
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/291759
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dandelion Seed Speaker Light
- Function
- Speaker Light
- Category
- Digital and Electronic Device Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Silver, Lavender, Light Gray, Dark Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Najafi Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mohammad Mahdi Najafi
- Country
- Iran
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #114560
Credits
- Image Credits
- Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed, 2020; Creator Mohammad Mahdi Najafi, Dandelion seed 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The quality sound of a 360-degree speaker beside a soft light, creating a sense of levitating by the magnetic field technology, makes this design unique. A combination of the user's feelings and technology turned this design indelible. In addition to an exceptional function, this product helps people reveal the tensions and stress.
- Inspiration
- The design of this product is based on respect for plants as living beings that human beings ignore. It's been tried to create meaning to this design, that people reflect it in their lives. This product includes the three levels of a dandelion's life: seed, growing, and death. This product has been used the reversing method, not in its form but its philosophy. The music will be playing on this speaker is a symbol of the silent sound of the plant. The lifting ball as a moving object can represent this design as a living creature.
- Research
- Some researchers have been done on the magnetic field technology, glass-blowing. Due to the increasing stress in human lives, this design can help people to wind down their minds.
- Challenge
- One of the main challenges of this design was emphasized that the glass ball being one piece, to the consultations with a glassblower was decided to make the glass ball with the blowing method. To enter the small black ball into the glass ball, the glassblower recommended using a flexible material like a sponge so the central black ball is made with a sponge that can be pressed and entered into the glass ball.
- Realization and Technology
- A hollow glass ball is made by glass-blowing with five holes for batteries and LED lights, and a bottom hole is a place for a magnet to create a magnetic field. There is a small black sponge ball that has is a six-way piece inside of it for tightening the pipes.
- Operation and Interaction
- You can connect your device to this speaker Via Bluetooth technology. To charge the light's battery is needed connecting the ball to the port on the base. One of the main traits is protecting the interior ball with external cover in unexpected situations as a power outage.
- Project Duration and Location
- It started in Esfahan, Iran in October 2020 and finished in December 2020.
- Specifications
- 150 mm x 150 mm x 280 mm, Light Speaker, Magnetic field technology.
- Keywords
- Light, speaker, Nature, Dandelion, seed, levitating speaker.
