Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina by MrSmith Studio

Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui Competition Category.

KeleaweKukui· 2022

Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina

by MrSmith Studio

Client: CONCRETAmente

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Kukui Category

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The Design

About Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina

ʻO Dream he kukui papa ʻaina i hoʻolālāʻia e hāʻawi i ka mālamalama māʻalahi a laulā. Hana ʻia ke kumu ma ke ʻano o ka uluna a hana ʻia mai ke konakuriki, a ʻo ka mea hoʻopuehu naʻe he pōpō aniani i puhi lima ʻia ma Venice. Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ke konakuriki he mea paʻakikī, anuanu, a kaumaha, no laila hoʻolālā ʻia ke ʻano e nānā ʻoluʻolu, māmā, a mahana. Ma o kahi ʻano hana hoʻolālā hou a me ke konakuriki huna liʻiliʻi loa, loaʻa i ka ʻili ke kālailai like ʻole me nā puka ea ʻike ʻia ʻole. He 24 sanimika ka lōʻihi, 24 sanimika ka laulā, a 14 sanimika ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kukui, a hoʻohana ʻia kahi ampuli G9 hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia, no laila hiki ke hoʻopololei ʻia ka mālamalama mahana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Dream Kukui Papa ʻAina i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A dream, a lamp thought during the exploration with concrete sparked by the CONCRETAmente objects collection.
An oxymoron comes to life where a pillow made in concrete cuddles a globe of light, creating a cocoon atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: 24 x 24 h14 cm
3,5 kg
G9 dimmerable bulb
220V
Tags: Tablelamp, lamp, design, soft, hard, concrete, glass, light
Production Technology: Through an innovative molding method and a particular type of very fine-grained concrete, we were able to obtain a unique shape that breaks the shemes and the usual stiffness of concrete.
The diffuser is obtained from a blown glass globe, handmade by the best glass masters of Venice.
Design Challenge: We were looking for a clever way of using concrete as main material for a table lamp. Our aim was to disconnect from the cold and solid sensation received from concrete.
Research: Starting from a deep research on small table lamps, we focused then on understanding which could be the right kind of light source.
Because the aim of this product is not to be a reading lamp, but to be an ambient lamp, the diffused light is the right choice.
What consumers are looking for in this category, is something that can warm up the environment. So concrete had to disconnect from the cold feeling that usually creates, and light had to be warm and dimmerable.
Inspiration: Concrete as a material is always associated in the collective imagination with something hard, cold and heavy. In MrSmith Studio we believe that the role of the designer should be also to break the schemes and subvert the collective imagination, suggesting new interpretations.
This is why we modeled concrete to give it a soft, enveloping, light and warm shape.
Project Duration: Development of the project took 6 months and has been entirely don in MrSmith Studio
Operation Flow: The project of Dream started with a deep research on concrete moulding techniques.
We've made several trials for defining the best material both for the mould, the concrete and the procedure.
The final result is a soft looking pillow, with a uniform fine grain an no bubbles visible.
Patents: MrSmith Studio
Team Members: MrSmith Studio team
Image Credits: MrSmith Studio