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Swirl Lamp Lighting by Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos Wins the A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos honored for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Swirl Lamp Lighting by Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos, designed for Kazoo Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
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 Swirl Lamp Lighting
The Swirl pendant lamp, designed with the delicate shape of a meringue cookie in mind, adds character to various rooms in a home. It is particularly striking when arranged in clusters above a long table or as a solo piece above a coffee table. The lamp's symmetrical structure and flowing curves, reminiscent of piped icing from a pastry bag, bring a touch of Pop Art-inspired home decor to the space.
About Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos
For more than 20 years, Zeynep and Kostas have been working with computer generated imagery to create pre-viz for architecture, ads, short films and visual effects in documentaries and movies. All these years have led up to the formation of their brand Kazoo, which is solely based around their passion to create. Kazoo design studio is a place where curiosity has no boundaries, ideas and inspiration can come any moment. Kazoo objects are designed digitally, then a prototype is printed and post-processed and molds are made in order to finally hand-cast copies. Materials that are currently used for the final products are: Ceramics, Porcelain, Polyurethane Resin and Acrylic Resin.
Award Record
This recognition makes Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos 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/157039
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/157039
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!157039
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/351488
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://kazoo.com.tr/tr/urun/swirl-lamp-concave-red/
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
- Swirl Lamp Lighting
- Function
- Lighting
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Red, Dark Red, Firebrick, Maroon and Indian Red
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Kazoo Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zeynep and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #157039
Credits
- Team
- Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos and Zeynep Önder Paradeisopoulos
- Image Credits
- Image #No 1: fizkes, Courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc. The photo integration was done by Kazoo Design Studio. Image #No 2: Courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc. The photo integration was done by Kazoo Design Studio. Image #No 4: Pinkystock, Courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc. The photo integration was done by Kazoo Design Studio.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Inspired by the soft form and delicate curves of a Meringue cookie, the Swirl pendant lamp brings the fun character to any the space whether it’s hanging as a cluster of pendants over a dinner table or as a single bedside lamp. The lamp was designed and crafted in many different pop colors as well as two different shapes for matching and grouping.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration behind the lamp's design stems from the Meringue cookie, with a process involving 3D scanning of edible items and translating them into practical design elements for everyday household decor. The lamp's symmetrical form and the curves that flow through contribute to its charm in enhancing living spaces with a touch of Pop Art inspired home decor.
- Research
- The Swirl Lamp design has emerged during a design research/challenge to find foods that can be turned into practical home decorations. Many food scan data has been formed during this research, but The Meringue cookie's scan was selected since it had a great pattern. Through 3D scanning and careful remodeling, the unique meringue shape is transformed into a symmetric lamp, complemented by carefully chosen brass accessories that follow the lamp's curved form.
- Realization and Technology
- The Merengue lamp stands out due to its intricate mold-making process. The mold requires both an inner casting as well as an outer casting to achieve its distinctive curvatures both inside and outside. The lamp's unique design also includes a white inner color that reflects true light emitted by its temperature accurately. Notably, the Merengue lamp has been released in various pop colors, but each have white inner coloring.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Swirl lamp's material allows for translucent properties that show through intricate details of the lamp's curves when illuminated, creating a surprising detail in visual display when the lamp is lit.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Lamp design started in late 2020 and was completed in 2021. The design appeared in Maison Francaise December 2022.
- Specifications
- The dimensions are 162mm x 123 mm
- Keywords
- pendant lamp, lighting, contemporary, lighting design, product design, home decoration
