Press Release
A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Goes to Cobra Pendant Light by Catarina Santos
Catarina Santos recognized for lighting products and fixtures 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 announced that Cobra Pendant Light by Catarina Santos, designed for Tromilux - Iluminação Técnica Lda., has been granted the A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
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 Cobra Pendant Light
Cobra is a pendant light designed for the central area of an office building. The form follows the fluid shape of a snake in motion and is built from modules of quarter circles, eighth circles and a straight section in bent aluminum. Downward light is projected along the full length and is activated by a motion sensor placed at one end. The curved polycarbonate diffuser is fixed with a clip system, and all aluminum parts are powder coated. Installed together with an indoor garden, Cobra links artificial lighting and nature.
About Catarina Santos
Simplicity is a good word to define her. She believes that life is to be lived with the utmost authenticity, believes that we go further when we cooperate and care for each other. She is important in the sense that we are all important and this expanded vision makes all the difference. It is by example that we help the World to become a better place, and to set an example it is necessary to be very resilient, demanding, focused, interested, curious, flexible and authentic. Life has already shown her that in the end the most important thing is love and that is why she always try to place love in everything that she does.
Award Record
With this recognition, Catarina Santos is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. It 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. Typical entries include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. The awarded lighting designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/lighting
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/118563
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/118563
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!118563
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/287339
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.tromilux.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cobra Pendant Light
- Function
- Pendant Light
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Silver, Light Slate Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tromilux - Iluminação Técnica Lda.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Catarina Santos
- Country
- Portugal
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #118563
Credits
- Team
- Catarina Montenegro, Francisco Silva, Paulo Grilo, Cláudia Santos, Liliana Viana, Carla Estrada, Pedro Maia, Joaquim Fontes, João Oliveira, Aleksandra Wawrzyniak, Manuel Granja and José Lopes and others
- Image Credits
- Designer Liliana Viana, Cobra Up, 2021.; Designer Liliana Viana, Cobra Down, 2021.; Photographer Mariana Santos, Cobra Light, 2021.; Photographer Mariana Santos, Cobra Garden, 2021.; Photographer Mariana Santos, Cobra Reflection, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This product aims to create a relationship with the unconscious, adding to the primary function of the product questions about human nature, the spiritual and ecological domains, and ideas of responsible consumption. Designed to be installed with an indoor garden so as to create a specific language and convey a message, the design went from a simple lighting product to an art installation, where the form itself becomes self-reflecting. In this dialogue between nature and the animal that frightens but that, at the same time, illuminates, here is a space that invites individualised thinking that can be different from the collective.
- Inspiration
- There is a profound relationship between light and vision, as there is between human beings and nature. Without light there is no vision, no form, no shadow. Without the Sun there is no life. The Serpent design was inspired by this relationship, which is not evident on the surface. To illuminate is to interfere, to alter, to evolve. The Cobra design intends to develop this relationship between artificial lighting and nature, between that which is animal, wild, and innocuous and human action.
- Research
- The pursuit of perfection in artificial lighting involves getting as close to natural light as possible. Scientific research raises questions about the consequences that excessive and inappropriate use of light can cause on human, animal and plant health. There are several examples of lighting products inspired by nature, in terms of form, materials, and interaction, and we wanted to bring all these together, given that light and nature have never existed separately.
- Challenge
- The initial creative challenge was to start with a standard product already in the brand's range and give it a new life and purpose. The test was to take a product that is not often associated with creativity, given its ubiquity in everyday life, and to give it a value that goes beyond mere necessity, opening space for questions about its causes and the consequences it presents.
- Realization and Technology
- This product is shaped using aluminum sheet bending technology. Other components of construction are mainly made from turned and milled aluminum. The luminaire is equiped with HV5 LED Fortimo by Philips’ (their latest generation LED), as well as Xitanium drivers, also from Phillips. The curved polycarbonate diffuser is made with a clip attachment system. There is also the possibility of installing a Tunable white Casambi control system. All the aluminum parts are powder coated.
- Operation and Interaction
- The product is made of modules of quarter circles, octaves of circle and a straight line in aluminum, creating the asymmetrical and fluid shape of a snake in motion. It has a downward light projection along its entire length that is activated by a motion sensor located at one end.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project was conceived and developed to be installed in the central area of an office building of a Portuguese company that produces technical lighting, Tromilux. Through a specific combination of products, the intention was to convey a thought. Assuming a distinct sensitivity to issues such as responsible manufacturing and consumption, this design takes the idea of a showroom further and convey some of the thoughts that echo in the minds of designers. This project was developed between September and December 2020 and installed in January 2021, it will be on display indefinitely.
- Specifications
- Length: 9000mm Curve Radius: 1245mm (the luminare is composed by quarters and eighths of the circles) and a straight linear part with 850mm. The original diameter is 1200mm, the height is 170mm,with 30kgs in total weight. Electrical specifications: 249W, 45.650lm, 3000K, RAL7016 (textured matte).
- Keywords
- light, pendant, minimal, nature, wild, lamp, modern, cobra, snake, garden
