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Silver A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Goes to Supersymmetry Lamp by Alexey Danilin
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Alexey Danilin for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Supersymmetry Lamp by Alexey Danilin, designed for Maytoni GmbH. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored 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.
More About Supersymmetry Lamp
Supersymmetry is a transformable lamp designed for homes that are also used as work spaces. The fixture changes from a vertical source of soft diffused light into a horizontal source of concentrated light for work, creation and close conversation. The change is made by splitting or joining the symmetrical parts of the lamp, which are held by magnetic retainers. A bottom-centered wire bracing system keeps the height stable in both positions, so the light level on the table stays even. Metal, acrylic and LED sources are used. The total height ranges from 550 to 1500 mm.
About Alexey Danilin
I was born in 1987 in a Russian-Ukrainian family. Graduated from the university with a degree in fine arts. I started working in 2010 as an interior designer with French decorator Vanina Boudet. Later I continued my career as event designer and decorator. My New Year's jewelry was published in the book Holiday Design - THE FESTIVE&JOYFUL by SendPoints. Later, I tried myself as a modern artist. I exhibited my works at the Youth Biennale of Modern Art with the installation "Futuristic cross", which then decorated the Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. I am a member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
Award Record
This recognition makes Alexey Danilin a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award
The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. Awarded lighting designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/lighting
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://designers.org/117451
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117451
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117451
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/284795
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Supersymmetry Lamp
- Function
- Lamp
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Black, Light Gray, Silver, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Maytoni GmbH
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alexey Danilin
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #117451
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The fixture is designed in a very specific unique way, which allows to transform it from a general vertical source of soft diffused light to the specific horizontal source of concentrated functional light for work, creation, and close communication. Thoroughly engineered construction with magnetic elements and bottom-centered wire bracing system enables to provide stable height level of the fixture for both horizontal and vertical configurations. It helps to keep the lamp close to the table and maintain an equal illumination level on the table surface along with a comfortable face and body backlight.
- Inspiration
- The year 2020 brought us through incredible transformations that affected our social and personal spheres of lives. People had to reinvent their lifestyles, habits, approaches to work and recreational space. The two most significant fields of professional and private appeared at the edge of brutal collision within the most casual homes and apartments. The pursuit of a humane and profound solution for this problem leads us to find inspiration in one of the most elegant concepts of modern partial physics – supersymmetry.
- Research
- The main goal of the research is creating fine-drawn appliance design for living space zoning and transformation solutions for different pastime scenarios in the pandemic and post-pandemic world.
- Challenge
- The key designing challenge was developing the solution for stable height level of the lamp through several configurations, (comparing to classic solution which would lead to height fluctuation of at least 450 mm), which provided the most efficient ergonomics and created no obstacles and limitations for light flow on working surface.
- Realization and Technology
- Metal, LED, Acryl, electric cable, magnetic retainers.
- Operation and Interaction
- Lighting fixture transformation is operated by a simple user’s move of splitting or joining together symmetrical parts of the lamp in order to reach the required illumination effect. The kinetic effect provided by construction and enchased by magnetic elements provides deep tactile emotional rebound and experience the sense of interaction with high-end technology. It helps to expand the perception of the lamp as an interior complement to the image of a solid hi-tech object.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project development took place in Moscow and started in August 2020. Mass production market release is planned for November 2021.
- Specifications
- The total height for any modification is from 550 to 1500 mm.
- Keywords
- lamp, lighting, lighting design
