Press Release
Unvisible Landscapes Lamp by Andreas Guskos Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Andreas Guskos acknowledged for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Unvisible Landscapes Lamp by Andreas Guskos, designed for Broken Symmetry. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 scored 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.
About Unvisible Landscapes Lamp
Unvisible Landscapes is a series of lamps based on three dimensional fractals. The forms recall urban landscapes and are generated in fractal modelling software. Displacement maps are applied to the surfaces in three dimensional modelling software, and the resulting shapes are printed with PLA filament. Each printed object is fitted with LED strips and a power supply, so the fractal is presented in the form of light. The series makes mathematical structures visible in physical space and brings them into the field of art and design.
About Andreas Guskos
PhD D.Sc. Andreas Guskos, Associate Professor Phd and D.Sc. in Art. MA Eng. In Architecture Working in the fields of Art, Design and Architecture. Exhibited and presented his works in Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, UAE, USA, Taiwan, Hongkong, Mainland China, Israel and Japan. Dean of Visual Arts, Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland. President of the Association for the Support of Art, Science and Technology Development MEDEA. Originator and developer of the International Interdisciplinary Symposia on Art, Science and Technology MEDEA.
Award Record
This recognition makes Andreas Guskos 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. 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/87232
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/87232
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!87232
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/251282
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/2Zdq3Xl
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Unvisible Landscapes Lamp
- Function
- Lamp
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- White, Dark Gray, Gray, Silver and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Broken Symmetry
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Andreas Guskos
- Country
- Poland
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #87232
Credits
- Image Credits
- Andreas Guskos
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- 3 dimensional fractals that bring associations with urban landscapes generated in fractal generation software and then transposed to physical space by 3d printing and presented in the form of light.
- Inspiration
- Objective mathematical notions must be thought as timeless entities and are not to be regarded as being conjured into existence at the moment that they are first humanly perceived. Roger Penrose, The Road to Reality. A complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. Eternal beauty (...) nor this beauty will appear like the beauty of a face or hands or anything corporeal, or like a thought or knowledge, or existing in any other being, but a beauty itself constant and eternal. Plato, The Symposium
- Research
- Fractals generated by mutation of formulas and navigation in Mandelbulb 3d software. Then rendered and transposed into video, digital prints and 3d prints.
- Challenge
- This design is a part of the project 'Unvisible Spaces' with the aim to visualize and sonify 'unvisible' phenomena that take place in nature and introduce them to the field of art and design.
- Realization and Technology
- Fractal generation through Mandelbulb 3d software. 3d processing was made by applying displacement maps to surfaces in 3d modeling software. Physical objects were printed on a 3d printer with te use of PLA filament and then equipped with LED strips for lighting.
- Operation and Interaction
- A light with a power supply
- Project Duration and Location
- The project starded in 2019, and was exhibited in Pavilion 02 in Venice in May 2019
- Specifications
- Model 1: Width 170 mm x Depth 120 mm x Height 26 mm Model 2: Width 200 mm x Depth 150 mm x Height 16 mm Model 3: Width 420 mm x Depth 320 mm x Height 15 mm
- Keywords
- fractal, fractals, 3d print, 3d printing, light
