Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Goes to Uod Chandelier by Andrea Cingoli and Umberto La Sorda
The international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Andrea Cingoli and Umberto La Sorda for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Uod Chandelier by Andrea Cingoli and Umberto La Sorda, designed for CONCEPTICONstudio, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2017 - 2018 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 Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Uod Chandelier
Uod is a smart chandelier designed for homes and work areas. The chandelier is anchored to the ceiling and can also serve as a task light for reading or working. A system of mobile stems bends the light OLED panels so that the illuminated surfaces face the working surface below. A connected mobile application measures the light level and adjusts the light power and the shape of the fixture. Visual comfort is improved by changing the position of the panels rather than by raising the power, which saves energy. Brushed aluminium, steel and OLED panels are used.
About Andrea Cingoli and Umberto La Sorda
Architect /Designer/Contractor. He graduated cum laude in architecture at the University G. D'Annunzio of Pescara in 2006. Since 2000 he is technical director of the "Cingoli Consolidation and Restoration" ( www.impresacingoli.it). In 2007 he is co-founder of Zo_loft architecture & design (www.zo-loft.com). In the last seven years he ranks with Zo-loft consistently at the top of several worldwide competitions such as IDA AWARD, Atlanta International Design AwardS, MACEF Design Award and others. In 2010 he is selected as one of the Best Young Italian talents in the world in the Young Blood Competition.
Award Record
Andrea Cingoli and Umberto La Sorda is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2017 - 2018 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/59066
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/59066
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!59066
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/150735
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.concepticondesign.com/projects/uod/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Uod Chandelier
- Function
- Chandelier
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Silver, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- CONCEPTICONstudio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Andrea Cingoli and Umberto La Sorda
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #59066
Credits
- Image Credits
- CONCEPTICONstudio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Uod is a smart lamp. It is capable to discover the user, understand a particular functional circumstances and an environmental context; later it proposes the most comfortable solution and ideal to allow doing what is preferred, without exceeding in the mechanisms and energy consumption. It is anchored to the ceiling however able to turn into a table lamp for reading or working, placing its own illuminated surfaces in parallel to the working surface to improve the visual comforts of the users.
- Inspiration
- The mechanism which contributed to shape the chandelier has been inspired by the artificial satellites which adjusts the position of its own photovoltaic panels, according to its movements. Therefore the panels, instead of intercepting the solar/natural light, irradiate artificial light.
- Research
- I wanted to focus on the user experience and try to combine a functional tool and an image archetype in order to produce an innovative object that guarantees flexibility and functionality, while keeping that familiarity of the object we're used to seeing. By using these familiar images, creating a hybrid of parallel world and languages, we decontextualize these forms and give them new meaning and make our lives better. The object fulfills its task by being innovative, not technological.
- Challenge
- Today the objects are smart,but I want CLEVER objects; not just for being connected and automated, but in their design as well. Being online just allows them more immediate and powerful characteristics. The challenge here was to create a smart and sensitive object not only using high technology, but also turning something ordinary into something more, making it very user friendly and giving it a unique design and concept.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials: brushed aluminum, steel, OLED panels, electronics. The manufacturing process is done by press,bending, turning and cutting the elements. Hereabove it is possible throughout a system of mobile stemswhich bend the extremely light oled panels allowing the direct light on the underlying working area. An electrical box coordinates all the system and connects the chandelier to the mobile devices.
- Operation and Interaction
- The transformation, from a triangular base prism to an unidentified illuminating object, occurs independently. Uod is connected via bluetooth to each frequent users mobile, which is the tool used to feel the light on the table during the users work. At this point the oled panels start the orientation until the smartphone will report to the chandelier that the light is enough to do the willed function in the best way. Therefore the illuminating panels stop themselves. The app which manages the measurement of the light intensity also has a manual regulation system of the light power and the chandelier’s shape configuration.
- Project Duration and Location
- Started in March 2016 and finished in November 2016, in Teramo.
- Specifications
- W 1100mm x D 1100mm x H 500 mm In particular: Open 1100 mm of diameter. Close 200 mm of diameter. Chandelier height: 500 mm. Besides the comfort of oled light use, it is added an important energy saving. The chandelier uses not only the oled panels but also its transformation system to minimize the energy delivered; in fact in this way it doesn’t need to increase the power of the lighting sources but only to change thier position to improve the visual comfort on the beneath working surface.
- Keywords
- Lamp, chandelier, smart, oled, satellite, movement, software, energy saving
