Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui by Hisham Elessawy

Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui by Hisham Elessawy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui Competition Category.

KalaKukui· 2021

Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui

by Hisham Elessawy

Client: Heds

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Kukui Category

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The Design

About Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui

He kukui papahele ʻo Khepri a he pendant hoʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka poʻe kahiko o ʻAigupita ʻo Khepri, ke akua scarab o ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā kakahiaka a me ka hānau hou. Hoʻopā wale iā Khepri a ʻā ke kukui. Mai ka pōʻeleʻele a hiki i ka mālamalama, e like me ka manaʻo mau o ko ʻAigupita kahiko. Hoʻomohala ʻia mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ke ʻano scarab Egyptian, ua lako ʻia ʻo Khepri me kahi LED dimmable i hoʻoponopono ʻia e kahi pihi sensor touch e hāʻawi ana i ʻekolu mau hoʻonohonoho hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia e ka pā.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Khepri ʻo Ka ʻāpana Kukui e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.