The Alien Kukui by Sepideh Bayat is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui Competition Category.

KalaKukui· 2023

The Alien Kukui

by Sepideh Bayat

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Kukui Category

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The Design

About The Alien Kukui

He moʻolelo i hānau mai mai loko mai o ka naʻau wāhine - me ka palupalu a me ka mālama pono loa, paʻa iho e like me ka iwi, a mālama pono ʻia kona mau aʻa ma ka mālama a hoʻokumu ʻana i nā wahi hakahaka ma waena o lākou. Me he mea lā, ua hāʻawi nā iwi i ke ola a me ka ulu ʻana i kona noho ʻana palupalu, paʻa, a ikaika, a laila lū akula ʻo ia iho i loko o ka mālamalama, ʻo ia hoʻi, he mālamalama i pua mai ka loko mai. Ua loaʻa ka inoa ʻo Sepideh mai ka mea ʻē, no laila i ka wā e ʻike ai kekahi kanaka e like me he malihini a mea ʻē paha, ua like kona mau aʻa loko me ke ola hou. He kuko ko nā aʻa loko no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana a hilinaʻi i ka wahi malu o ka palena.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā The Alien 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 The Alien 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 The Alien 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: A story that originated from the sense of women - as delicately and carefully, ossified and just as carefully nurtured its roots by maintaining and creating empty spaces between them. It is as if the bones gave life and growth to its delicate, firm, and strong existence and then found itself immersed in a light, or other words, a light that blossomed from within.
Dimensions & Packaging: This work is based on parametric design and therefore its dimensions can be changed according to the place of use.
This means that these dimensions are proportional and due to the modularity of the parts and can be easily adjusted in molds with different dimensions.
height 330mm, width 200mm x 15mm. beam 360 degrees.
Tags: lamp, lighting, 3d printed, design, light, night light, lamps, interior, lamp, decor,
Production Technology: This lighting was created and inspired by looking inside myself and the human and emotional aspects of the people around me at this time when the world is all speaking with one voice about women and their life and manifestation in the world. Now that the lighting structure grows its roots from the delicate and hollow network inside and reaches its safe and reliable framework from every angle, it turns that structure into a connected whole and a pure and integrated structure. When the tubular pieces are based on their foundations and become pillars like a chest protecting the heart, it creates a pure being. That is when the light manifests in it. Light and light and light and ...
Design Challenge: To create this the designer aimed to innovatively combine 3D printing technology with modular organic forms so the entire piece could be produced in a specific way, with ecological materials.
Research: In designing this work, I found myself as a human and a woman inside it. In order to follow my first idea and inspiration from this piece, I based my research more on understanding & touching the feminine feeling that arose from looking at powerful women around the world. As a designer, I feel the responsibility to design works that give the human soul a sense of value to reach light and brightness regardless of gender.
Inspiration: I got its name from the alien, Alien is an adjective, and it means when someone or something has distinctive features with the characteristics of a place, time, or style, so when a person feels like a foreigner or alien, her inner roots are like a new life.The roots inside have a longing to be freed and rely on the safe point of the boundary. It grows strong and delicate so that it can establish and strengthen itself in the framework of wealth and strength and its foundation and rely on itself.
Project Duration: The project started in AUGUST 2022 Zanjan and finished in NOVEMBER 2022-ZANJAN-IRAN
Operation Flow: The Alien light has been designed to provide both direct downlighting and indirect side lighting.The Alien offers a beautiful play of light and reflection throughout the day. When illuminated, soft, lines of light appear. The Alien, its form gives the illusion of floating in a mysterious, and encourages the audience to discover. Everyone can hang it into the place with very amiable atmosfere.
Image Credits: Copyrights belong to Sepideh Bayat