Float Kukui Kau by Kinknot is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui Competition Category.

KeleaweKukui· 2020

Float Kukui Kau

by Kinknot

Client: Kinknot

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Kukui Category

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The Design

About Float Kukui Kau

He kukui kau ʻo Float i hoʻolālāʻia no nā keʻena kūloko. Hana ʻia ka pale mai ka papa alumini piko, a lana ia ma waena o nā ʻāpana ʻōpuʻu ʻelua, waiho ana i kahi āpau ʻikeʻia ma waena o nā ʻāpana. Hana ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe mai ka alumini i hoʻohuli ʻia a ʻoki ʻia me kahi hoʻopau paʻa pauka. Hoʻohana ka kumu kukui i ka ʻenehana LED me kahi mea hoʻopālahalaha i hana ʻia mai ka PMMA. He 1200 mm ke anawaena o ke kukui a 170 mm kona kiʻekiʻe. Kau ʻo Float mai ke kaupaku ma nā kikowaena paʻa ʻelua, a huna kekahi pahu alumini lahilahi i nā uea. ʻAʻohe mea hoʻopaʻa i ʻikeʻia, akā hiki ke wehe ʻia a hoʻololi ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻāpana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Float Kukui Kau 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 Float Kukui Kau 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 Float Kukui Kau 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: Ascetic, light and minimalist luminaire, floating in space and only with a few flexes creates a poetic, gentle and dynamic mood and fills surroundings with beautiful and warm light. The shade floats between two cylindrical parts and makes a clearance between elements that creates a beautiful tension.
Dimensions & Packaging: Diameter 1200mm, height 170mm, weight 11kg. Electrical specification: 18.4W, 3000K, RA86
Tags: "light", "pendant", "minimal", "float", "ascetic", "lamp", "space", "modern"
Production Technology: Shade is shaped using aluminum sheet bending technology. Other components of construction are mainly made from turned and milled aluminum. The light source uses LED technology and diffusor made from pmma. Aluminum parts are powder coated.
Design Challenge: Because at first it was made as bespoke lamp, the assembly was made in welding technic. After decision to put lamp in bigger market, the question of feasibility arose, but intention of clean and monolithic aesthetics remained. During design process a great consideration was shown for integrating technology components into the lamp design itself. It helped to avoid additional boxes on ceilings for power sources. There are no visible fasteners, but still every element can be detached and replaced separately.
Inspiration: Inspiration came from architecture and nature. It's like floating leaf in space, light and delicate, but in the same time it is a formant of space, the element of scale, the present, no noise, just beautiful relationship between space and object.
Project Duration: Lamp design process started in late 2017 as part of individual interior project. In 2019 it was put on serial production in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Operation Flow: The lamp is delivered already assembled. It hangs from the ceiling on two anchor points. Only 6mm diameter aluminum box mounted to ceiling conceals wiring. Lamp is controlled by a standard switch or dimer.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kinknot
Team Members: Designers: Adomas Rimselis and Tadas Antanavicius
Image Credits: Darius Petrulaitis