Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen by Hisham Elessawy

Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen by Hisham Elessawy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Argiztapen Produktu eta Lanparen Diseinua Competition Category.

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Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen

by Hisham Elessawy

Client: Heds

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Argiztapena Category

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The Design

About Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen

Khepri zoruko lanpara bat eta zintzilikario bat da, Khepri antzinako egiptoarrengan oinarrituta diseinatutakoa, goizeko eguzkia irteteko eta berpiztearen jainkoaren eskarabajoa. Ukitu Khepri eta argia piztuko da. Iluntasunetik argira, antzinako egiptoarrek beti uste zuten bezala. Egiptoko scarab formaren bilakaeraren arabera garatua, Khepri-k ukipen-sentsorearen etengailu baten bidez erregulatzen den LED dimmagarri batez hornituta dago, ukipen bidez hiru ezarpen erregulagarria den distira ematen duena.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Khepri Argiztapen-Unitatea Argiztapen jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Khepri is a floor lamp and also a pendent that is designed based on ancient Egyptians Khepri concept. Just touch Khepri and light will be on: From the Darkness to the Light - as ancient Egyptians always believed. Developed from the evolution of Egyptian scarab shape, Khepri is equipped with a dimmable LED that is regulated by a touch sensor switch that provides three settings adjustable brightness by a touch.
Dimensions & Packaging: Floor Light Height is 1500 mm, Base diameter is 500 mm and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm.
Pendant Light Height is 700 mm, Base diameter is 300 m and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm.
Materials are Metal and Glass.
Colors are Black & Various of Colors.
LED Bulb is 14W bulb that is equivalent to a 100W, require 80 to 90 percent less energy to run at the same rate. The 2700K temperature to receive a warm lighting for indoors, with the maximum brightness of 1521 lumens. With CRI of 85 and the LED last around 15,000 hours.
Switch: LED Touch Sensor Switch, settings adjustable brightness by touch.
Tags: Lighting, Pendent, Egypt, Scarab, Khepri, LED, Lamp
Production Technology: Khepri was designed by HEDS, a Design Studio based in Cairo. Specialized in innovation product design.
Design Challenge: The Integration of Anicent Egyptian believes and the Modern Style, as we worked on developing a complex form (Scarab Beetle), to extract the outline of khepri (Lighting Unit) to be functional and deliver the concept of Scarab Beetle God of Light and recreation that believed by Ancient Egyptian.
Research: The central belief surrounding Khepri was the god's ability to renew life, in the same way he restored the sun's existence every morning. Mummified scarab beetles and scarab amulets have been found in Pre-dynastic graves, indicating that Khepri was respected early on in the history of Ancient Egypt. Khepri was principally depicted as a scarab beetle and this is the form that i started to abstract it to it's minimal form showing the rebirth of light coming from the heart of the darkness of Khepri in a modern Lighting unit.
Inspiration: The Ancient Egyptians watched the scarab rolling dung into a ball and pushing it along the ground to its burrow, they made a connection between the movement of the sun across the sky and the movement of the dung ball pushed by the scarab. Egyptians believed that it pushes the sun every morning into the sky (light), then back to the underworld in the evening (Darkness).
They named it Khepri: The scarab god of rising of morning sun and rebirth. Khepri is our inspiration for lighting units.
Project Duration: The project started as an individual project from 15th February 2021, to 20th March 2021, in HEDS Design Studio. Located in Cairo, Egypt.
Operation Flow: Khepri is inspired from the ancient Egyptian myth of the god of sunrise, Khepri lighting unit design is evolved from the shape of the scarab god while it is bringing the light to the world from the darkness. This was the main idea and function behind Khepri new lighting unit, to have this concept in an indoors lighting unit in a contemporary way. with just a touch any one can bring the light to his place using Khepri lighting unit.