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Moono Pendant Sliding Light by Iva Mazmanishvili Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Iva Mazmanishvili honored for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Moono Pendant Sliding Light by Iva Mazmanishvili, designed for SHRE Studio. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Moono Pendant Sliding Light
Moono is a sculptural pendant light that redefines how light is shaped and experienced. Designed with a sliding mechanical system, it allows the user to physically adjust both direction and intensity in real time. Crafted from solid oak and walnut with integrated led technology, its two part structure filters and reshapes illumination through movement. Balancing precision engineering with tactile warmth, Moono transforms light into an interactive spatial element, where function, material authenticity, and poetic motion converge.
About Iva Mazmanishvili
Who we are SHRE Studio is a Tbilisi-based architecture and interior design firm founded by Iva and Tsotne Mazmanishvili. We combine architectural design with our own manufacturing resources to create high-quality products and functional spaces. What we do and achieve Our goal is to create innovative product designs that reflect a modern Georgian aesthetic. This approach was proven successful in 2025, when our "Moono Sliding Light" series won the LIT Lighting Design Award. We focus on turning local design ideas into globally competitive products.
Award Record
Iva Mazmanishvili is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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. The competition 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. Entries typically include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. Awarded lighting designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/lighting
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/180544
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180544
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180544
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/379342
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.shre.ge/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Moono Pendant Sliding Light
- Function
- Pendant Sliding Light
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Rosy Brown, Dark Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- SHRE Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Iva Mazmanishvili
- Country
- Georgia
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #180544
Credits
- Image Credits
- Designer Iva Mazmanishvili, Moono Rendering, 2024.; Photographer Giorgi Parkaia, Moono In Interior, 2025.; Photographer Salome Chirgvaia, Moono, 2024.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Moono’s defining feature is its mechanical sliding construction that modifies both light distribution and intensity through a two-element wooden form. The moving lower component acts as a physical filter around the LED source, enabling gradual transitions between diffused and concentrated light while maintaining a minimal silhouette. Solid oak and walnut provide structural clarity and tactile authenticity, while the lighting components remain visually quiet and integrated. This combination of manual control, precise craftsmanship, and sculptural simplicity makes Moono both a functional fixture and a spatial object.
- Inspiration
- Moono was inspired by the way the moon filters and redirects light through its phases, subtly altering intensity and direction. The project explores the idea of creating a physical filter for a light source, where mechanical movement reshapes illumination. As the light element slides, it concentrates and follows movement, echoing the calm, responsive behavior of lunar light within architectural space.
- Research
- Type of Research: Design based research. Research Objectives: To explore physical control of light intensity and direction through modular movement. Methodology: Iterative prototyping and material testing. Data Collection and Tools: Physical models, light behavior observation, and led testing. Participants or Experiments: Designer led experimentation. Results: A sliding lighting system enabling intuitive intensity control. Insights and Impacts: Demonstrates how mechanical interaction can replace digital control, influencing user experience, spatial atmosphere, and contemporary lighting design.
- Challenge
- The main challenge was developing a sliding system that allows smooth physical control of light while integrating electrical components safely within a minimal wooden structure. Balancing handcrafted solid wood elements with precise tolerances required multiple prototypes. Additional challenges included ensuring durability, user safety, and consistent light behavior while preserving the calm, sculptural quality inspired by lunar lighting.
- Realization and Technology
- Moono is handcrafted using solid oak and walnut wood, combined with optional brass or copper metal coverings. The body consists of two precisely milled wooden elements connected through a custom sliding mechanism that enables smooth vertical movement. An integrated Led strip is concealed within the structure, while the power supply is hidden inside the upper element, ensuring a clean architectural appearance.
- Operation and Interaction
- Moono operates through a modular sliding system that allows the user to control light intensity physically. By moving the lower element closer to or farther from the light source, the light becomes more focused or more diffused. This movement acts as a light filter, reshaping both brightness and direction. The interaction is simple and intuitive, giving users direct control over atmosphere without switches or digital interfaces.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2022 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and was completed in 2023. The design was developed and finalized as part of SHRE Studio lighting collection.
- Specifications
- Moono is available in two sizes: length 1110 mm and 880 mm. The pendant features an integrated Led strip with power consumption of 18 W for the 1110 mm version and 15 W for the 880 mm version. Power supply is 220 V. Light color options include 3000 K, 4000 K, and 6500 K, with cri above 90. Ceiling suspended installation with adjustable cables. ip20 rating. The product is packaged in a custom protective textile sleeve designed for safe transport and storage.
- Keywords
- Pendant light, Sliding light, Adjustable lighting, Wooden lighting, Architectural lighting, LED lighting, Sculptural light, Interactive lighting,
