Press Release
Infinity Freelight Luminaire by Centrsvet Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Centrsvet recognized for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Infinity Freelight Luminaire by Centrsvet has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Infinity Freelight Luminaire
Infinity Freelight is a cylindrical track luminaire designed for the Infinity lighting system. The luminaire emits light from its whole surface, with a 360 degree beam angle. Flexible neon allows the body to be shaped freely, so lighting compositions and light objects can be created. The luminaire is available in lengths of 1.6 metres and 5 metres. Installation in the track is simple, and a patented click fixation adapter holds the luminaire in place. The 48 volt supply provides electrical safety. The flexible neon is odourless and releases no harmful chemicals.
Award Record
This recognition makes Centrsvet a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2021 - 2022 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/136035
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136035
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136035
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/260308
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.centrsvet.com/catalog/infinity_dali2/inf_liana/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Infinity Freelight Luminaire
- Function
- Luminaire
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, White Smoke, Snow and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Centrsvet
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136035
Credits
- Team
- Georgy Skotchenko, Alexander Vorontsov
- Image Credits
- Photographs: Mikhail Lomakin Retouching: Alfiya Mankina Video: Oleg Evseev
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Cylindrical track luminaire for Infinity system. The luminaire produces light with its whole surface, 360° beam angle. Flexible neon allows to shape the luminaire in any way you want and create unique lighting compositions and art objects. The length is 1.6 m or 5 m. The luminaire is easy to install in the track. Patented Dali click mechanical fixation adapter guarantees that the luminaire will not fall out. Power source in in the kit. 48V connection. Low voltage ensures complete electrical safety.
- Inspiration
- We were driven by the thought of making an ecologically safe luminaire for interiors.
- Research
- CENTRSVET luminaires of FREELIGHT series are odourless, they do not exude any harmful chemicals into the environment, and they are safe in operation. Produced using only ecologically neutral materials and are safe for domestic use. To confirm its safety, we tested FREELIGHT in compliance with the requirement for children toys safety that are significantly more rigorous than those for LED components and low voltage equipment. Tests were conducted in accredited testing laboratory "CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TESTING" that specialises in evaluating the quality of products, compliance with Russian and international norms.
- Challenge
- Tests were conducted in accordance with the requirements of Intergovernmental Standard of Safety of Toys GOST ISO 8124-3-2014 p.8.2, and Federative Conservational Regulatory Documents 14.1:2:4.140-98, GOST 31950-2012 p.3, MUK 4.1.1265-03, MUK 4.1/4.3.2038-05 p.6.2, p.6.3 addendum 2, for physical and chemical and toxicological and hygienic indicators, toxic elements. We tested for presence of a number potentially dangerous chemicals: benzene, phenol, formaldehyde, lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury, arsenic, selenium, barium, and many others in different environments.
- Realization and Technology
- Flexible neon used in all FREELIGHT luminaires is odourless, does not exude any harmful chemicals and has complete ecological safety. The luminaires are certified for biological safety and ecological safety: they can be used in residential environments, common rooms and nurseries, as well as in office spaces. We tested for presence of a number potentially dangerous chemicals: benzene, phenol, formaldehyde, lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury, arsenic, selenium, barium, and many others in different environments. Many stages of testing confirmed the safety of luminaires of FREELIGHT series, showed no presence of migration of harmful chemicals from the material to the environment.
- Operation and Interaction
- FREELIGHT can have any shape: its bending radius is 120 mm. The luminaire is easy to install in the track. Patented Dali Click mechanical fixation adapter guarantees that the luminaire will not fall out. Low voltage ensures complete electrical safety.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project in September of 2021 in Moscow. The product was released in January of 2022.
- Specifications
- 1.6 m or 5 m length.
- Keywords
- lighting, track system, track lighting, lighting system, pendant luminaire, freelight, infinity
