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2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin by Bianca Tresoldi

2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin by Bianca Tresoldi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Valaistustuotteiden ja -kalusteiden muotoilu Competition Category.


HopeaValaistus· 2023

2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin

by Bianca Tresoldi

Client: Bianca Tresoldi

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Valaistus Category

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The Design

About 2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin

2D-kaupunkilyhdyssä on vain kaksi ulottuvuutta, sillä ei ole syvyyttä, se kehittyy vain tasaiselle pinnalle, ikään kuin se olisi taivaalle kirjoitettu piirros. Sen muoto on näkyvä ja näkymätön riippuen siitä, miten suunnittelijat sijoittavat sen tilaan. Elementti, joka ilmaisee läsnäolonsa vain syttyessään sulautuen huomaamattomasti kaupunkikontekstiin. Urbaanilyhdyt antavat kaupungeille identiteetin, ne ovat merkkejä, jotka jäävät jäljelle kollektiivisen muistin kulttuuriin ja tulevat osaksi kaupunkielämän kerrontaa.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. 2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. 2D Lantern Kaupunkivalaisin on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
2D urban lantern has only two dimensions, it has no depth, it only develops on a flat surface, as if it were a drawing written in the sky. Its shape is both visible and invisible depending on how the designer includes it in the space. An element that manifests its presence only at the moment it is illuminated, discretely integrating itself into the urban context.
Dimensions & Packaging
max 400mm - min. 160mm x max 160mm - min. 20mm x 1105mm
Tags
urban lighting, urban lantern, outdoor fixtures, designer lighting fixture, city light
Production Technology
Lantern is in cold galvanized steel, 2mm. which, powder coated to protect it from corrosion. The optical part in aluminum guarantees correct heat dissipation to the LED cobs.The silicone lens allows you to equip the lantern with different optics. A final prismatic glass elevates visual confort by reducing glare.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was to be able to insert in such a small size, only 160mm in diameter, a high-tech optical unit capable of illuminating very large areas over heights of up to 8m
Research
Bianca Tresoldi is a lighting designer who designs light for urban spaces.There are contemporary and stylish lanterns on the market the latest ones are historical fakes. In 2018 the Municipality of Gozzano commissioned her to lit up the historic center. The government department of historic buildings didn't want the modern lamps so she proposed the 2D lantern, designed in 2013. Its design resembles the ancient lantern while declaring its contemporary. The historic department approved it; declaring that: "the 2D has given identity to Gozzano place"
Inspiration
She's always thought that subtracting vision is a good way to render something visible. In a world full of objects, she wants to allow herself the luxury of thinking of what is essential. She shared the idea of an unusual lantern, a very small but high-tech luminaire. Her urban lantern project was born from a work based on research leading her to create a thin shape expressing extraordinary lightness. Renewal means combining what exists into new forms, creating something that was not there before.
Project Duration
The project started in 2013 and finished in May 2020. It's the last simplification of a series of lanterns she has designed for some public works. The urban lantern have always fascinated her, they tell the identity of places; the lanterns characterize the places. In 2018 she included it in the lighting project for a small town Gozzano (NO) Italy, in April 2020 she made the patent and
in May 2020.
Operation Flow
2D is a lantern that illuminates urban public spaces, .
The urban lantern with its transparency and slender and elongated shape fits into the context of historic cities without characterizing them too much. If you put it face to face on a building you see its outline but if you put it sideways you only see a vertical line; this feature makes it almost invisible. The light of the 2D is very important, different optics and powers allow to illuminate different areas. Visual comfort was a priority in the development of the project
Patents
Patent No. 007814579-0001 EU and UK registered design. 17/04/2020 - EUIPO European Union Intellectual property office.
Copyright: Bianca Tresoldi 17/04/2020
Trademarker holder: Bianca Tresoldi
Image Credits
image #1 Photographer and illustrator Lorenzo Piovella
image #2 Photographer and illustrator Lorenzo Piovella
image #3 Photographer and illustrator Lorenzo Piovella
image #4 Photographer and illustrator Lorenzo Piovella
imege #5 Photographer and illustrator Lorenzo Piovella

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