Press Release
King Him Ho Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Sunnest Table Lamp in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
King Him Ho acknowledged for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Sunnest Table Lamp by King Him Ho has been granted the A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Sunnest Table Lamp
Sunnest is a bedside table lamp with a breathing light that offers behavioral interaction with users to reduce stress during sleeping by mimicking the fading out of light of the natural phenomenon: Sunset. Inspired by an iris shutter of lens, users can twist the top cloudy plastic part, composed of two 3D printed shutter bases and six shutter blades, in an anti-clockwise way to make the light fading out when it is projected on the wall or ceiling. The gradual disappearance of light related to sunset can relieve the users and create a soothing ambience to fall asleep.
About King Him Ho
As a product design major student in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he is keen on developing household products with the goal of balancing and integrating the concepts of aesthetics and engineering, physical and psychological well-being. Balance is a lifelong and tough process, whether for a personal life or the world's diversity and complexity. He endeavors to balance and integrate the concepts and make everything in moderation, providing a state of spontaneity and harmony for lifestyle as well as user experience.
Award Record
This recognition makes King Him Ho a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award
The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. The awarded lighting designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/lighting
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/149408
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149408
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149408
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/339872
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sunnest Table Lamp
- Function
- Table Lamp
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Rosy Brown, Tan, Dark Slate Gray, Burly Wood and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- King Him Ho
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149408
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Sunnest is a bedside table lamp with a breathing light that provides behavioral interaction with users to reduce stress during sleeping, mimicking the fading out of the light of the natural phenomenon: Sunset. Utilizing an iris shutter of lens, users can twist the top part in an anti-clockwise way to make the light fading out. The gradual and subtle disappearance of light can be related to sunset which relieves the users.
- Inspiration
- According to a study conducted by Cigna Corporation in 2018, people aged 18 to 34 years old in Hong Kong suffer from the highest level of stress. As more people are struggling to sleep well recently because of uncertainty in their career and academic performance, they toss and turn all night but still not sleep well. This project aims to design a bedside lamp to improve their sleeping quality.
- Research
- This is houseware lighting research that discovers the pain points of sleeping quality. The research has covered world and Hong Kong general sleeping problems, evolution of lifestyle in bedroom, an interview with a user and a product analysis that study table, floor, and wall lamps. The study has found that sleeping with lights on can be a habit for some people and reachability from bed to the lamp is key. Hence, an analysis of possible lamp locations is made according to 5 different bedroom layout including beds placing at centred, corner, under the window, opposite to the door, and bed island.
- Challenge
- Internally, one creative challenge is to discover the use of iris shutter mechanism. Based on many different sketches and prototypes, it is yet far from satisfactory. After many trials and observation, the lens of a camera is accidentally discovered and then inspired. Externally, it is hard to mass produce the product as it is still on concept and initial prototyping stage. Further study should be conducted.
- Realization and Technology
- For the main body of the product, a lathe machine is used to rotate wood pieces in an axis to turn a wood from rectangular to conical. As for the iris shutter mechanism, 6 shutter blades and 2 shutter bases are 3D printed. For the breathing light, an Arduino board is connected to the light bulb to create this effect.
- Operation and Interaction
- The product can simply be divided into 3 levels. By twisting the top black cloudy plastic part in an anticlockwise way, the diameter of the iris will decrease, and the size of light projected on the ceiling will become smaller. The top part is represented as a T shaped in order to provide an indication for placing purlicue.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in early September 2022 and finished at the end of December 2022 in Hong Kong.
- Specifications
- Width 96mm x Depth 96 mm x Height 155 mm
- Keywords
- Bedside table lamp, behavioral interactions, stress relieve, mood lamp, emotions
