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Acorn Light System Oriọna by Desislava Sredkova

Acorn Light System Oriọna by Desislava Sredkova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwaahịa Ìhè na Ihe E Kwụnyere Competition Category.


IgweÌhè· 2023

Acorn Light System Oriọna

by Desislava Sredkova

Client: Awblak

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ìhè Category

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The Design

About Acorn Light System Oriọna

Acorn bụ usoro ọkụ nke oriọna na-adịgide adịgide nke na-erite uru nke ìhè ehihie. A na-eji enyo kpuchie ndò ọ bụla n'akụkụ azụ ya. N'ụbọchị, enyo na-ejide ụzarị anyanwụ ma na-atụgharị ha n'ime ime ụlọ ahụ, na-eme ka ìhè ehihie dị n'ime oghere ahụ n'ụzọ nkịtị. N'ime abalị, ha nwere ike igosipụta otu isi iyi ọkụ na-agbanye n'uko ma welie ike ya maka ụzọ ọzọ na-adigide ma ọ bụ rụọ ọrụ dị ka oriọna oge niile. Usoro ahụ na-agụnye oriọna ndị a na-agbanye mgbidi, n'uko ụlọ, ndị na-akwụghị ụgwọ na tebụl. Nke ọ bụla nwere ike gbanwee site na ijikọta ụdị dị iche iche nke ndo.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Acorn Light System Oriọna meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Acorn Light System Oriọna ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Acorn Light System Oriọna maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Acorn is a sustainable lighting system concept that utilizes natural daylight. The flip side of each led-lit leaf, circle, or oval is covered with mirrors, which capture sunlight during the day and reflect it deeper into the room, increasing the amount of natural light indoors. At night, the mirrors can reflect a single ceiling-mounted light source, amplifying its brightness for a more sustainable lighting solution. Additionally, the products from the Acorn system can be used as regular lamps.
Dimensions & Packaging
width 850 mm x depth 850 mm x height 1750 mm - when arranged
width 850 mm x depth 500 mm x height 250 mm - when packed
Tags
lamp, mirror, freestanding, reflection, light, natural light, sustainability
Production Technology
The technology used to create this lamp is very straightforward - metal tubes attached to a metal body that illuminates with LED-lit panels. However, what sets this lamp apart is the acrylic mirror installed to the back of the LED-lit surface. This treatment is both simple and effective, and it makes a significant difference in the lamp's performance.
Design Challenge
The main objective of this project was to assign a second role to an everyday object found in everyone's homes. Acorn achieves this by adding mirrors to the lamp, providing enhanced daylight inside interior spaces and amplifying a single source of light to save energy at night.
Research
The research for this product focused on two main groups: people living in 20th-century homes where smaller windows limit the amount of natural light entering the space, and people living in contemporary homes with wider windows but deeper spaces, which can result in a dark interior. In both cases, a mix of artificial and natural light is often necessary during the day. This is not only unhealthy for the eyes and overall health, but also increases unnecessary electricity consumption.
Inspiration
Like many children, I spent countless hours playing with light and mirrors when I was little, and that childhood memory inspired me to create this product. In today's world, energy conservation is becoming increasingly critical, which naturally provoked me to search for a way to bring additional light into our homes and workplaces without consuming more electricity. My goal was to find a natural and sustainable solution to this problem.
Project Duration
The project started in October 2022 and finished in January 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Operation Flow
Acorn lighting system contains of a freestanding lamp, a table lamp, a wall-mounted lamp, and a ceiling lamp. Each Acorn product can be customized by creating different combinations of the three basic shapes of the shades - circle, oval, and leaf. Each shape comes in three different sizes, and the shade itself can be rotated around its axis for better adjustment and to capture the sun's rays. Depending on positioning the lamps can also function as backlit mirrors.
Team Members
Desislava Sredkova
Image Credits
Main Image: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #1: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #2: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #3: Designer Desislava Sredkova
Optional Image #4: Designer Desislava Sredkova

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