Press Release
Golden A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Goes to The Lory Duck Chandelier by Serghei Calarash
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Serghei Calarash for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ The Lory Duck Chandelier by Serghei Calarash, designed for Siero Carandash brand, 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 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 assessed 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.
About The Lory Duck Chandelier
The Lory Duck is designed as a suspension system assembled from modules made of brass and epoxy glass, each resembling a duck sliding effortlessly through cool waters. The modules also offer configurability; with a touch, each can be adjusted to face any direction and hang at any height. The basic shape of the lamp was born relatively quickly. However, it needed months of research and development with countless prototypes to create its perfect balance and the best look from all possible angles.
About Serghei Calarash
Nowadays people live busy lives, rushing everywhere and are absorbed by their work. The life of an architect does not differ, busy schedules, established routines, and never enough time to create create that which satisfies not only work, but the soul.My true inspiration comes from daily drawing. Frequently at work I can take a small break, and get away from the present reality and start designing. One day while drawing I noticed that my sketch resembles me some unique design products and at that very moment I realized that this if what I would like to dedicate my life to.
Award Record
Serghei Calarash is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/89993
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/89993
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!89993
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254152
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/spyyyriitcc4d
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Lory Duck Chandelier
- Function
- Chandelier
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Wheat, Tan, Dark Olive Green, Gainsboro and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Siero Carandash brand
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Serghei Calarash
- Country
- Moldova
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #89993
Credits
- Team
- Nasulea Vera
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Lory Ducks Chandelier is designed as a suspension system assembled from modules made of brass and epoxy glass, each resembling a duck sliding effortlessly through cool waters. The modules also offer configurability; with a touch each can be adjusted to face any direction and hang at any height.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration in the design of this chandelier arose from seeking to capture the fluidity and serenity of a duck floating in calm waters. For reference and inspiration, Serghei Calarash created several sketches from photos of birds in nature; the wings, torso, beak and other such shapes that resembles a duck.
- Research
- The basic shape of the lamp was born relatively quickly . However,it needed months of research and development with countless prototypes to create its perfect balance and the best look from all possible angles .
- Challenge
- The biggest creative challenge for Serghei was to create a piece that was both minimalistic and yet still rich in character. He strived to create a chandelier with clean & simple lines, with each module of the piece composed to resemble a stylized duck. Again and again Serghei returned to a single them; paring away all unnecessary detail to leave only the essential and pure elements of the design.The final challenge was cost; production of a custom glass bulb is quite expensive, but in the end the designer came upon a good solution by using epoxy glass as the material.
- Operation and Interaction
- During the design process,the designer Serghei Calarash developed a multitude of sketches and drawings, with special attention paid to the shape and technical characteristics of the modules, as well as the overall design and style of the chandelier. Special attention was drawn to shape and technical characteristics, as well as the design and style of the product. Those detailed drawings later proved to be essential in solving the many challenges in both the production and lighting of the piece, all of which culminated in the creation of the final concept for the Lory Ducks chandelier.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project had started in May 2018 in Moldova,Chisinau and finished in September 2018 .
- Specifications
- Height - 800 mm Diameter - 1000 mm Lamp type - 3 LED Type - chandelier Color - brass Material - brass, epoxy glass style - minimalism, art deco
- Keywords
- chandelier, Lory Duck, light, lightning, lustre,lamp
