Bow ランプ by Davide Mezzasalma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 照明製品・器具デザイン Competition Category.
銅照明· 2022
Bow ランプ
Client: Davide Mezzasalma
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 照明 Category
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The Design
About Bow ランプ
天然木アッシュ材を曲げて作ったランプです。その形状は単純な木製の弓のように見えますが、統合されたタッチ スイッチを押したときにのみ表示される LED ライト レールが隠されています。同様に目に見えない磁石のおかげで、鉄の表面や専用のサポートに美しく貼り付けられますが、モジュラー原理に従って、複数の部品からなる床またはペンダント照明器具に変えることもできます。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Bow ランプは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Bow ランプは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Bow ランプは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A lamp made of bent natural ash wood. Its shape seems to be a simple wooden bow, but it conceals an LED light rail that only becomes visible when the integrated touch switch is pressed. Thanks to an equally invisible magnet, it adheres beautifully to any iron surface or dedicated support, but can also - according to the modular principle - be transformed into a multi-part floor or pendant luminaire.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The dimmable LED railing integrated in the lamp emit a power of 6W (equivalent of a 40 watt standard bulb) optimal output for a reading lamp. Its width is 55 mm, length 500 mm (excluding connectors and support), thickness 13 mm.
- Tags
- Modular lamp, Magnetic lamp, Wooden lamp, LED lamp, Bow lamp, Minimal lamp, Magic lamp
- Production Technology
- The lamp body is realized through lamination, thin 1 mm previously cut ash wood slices are pressed and glued in a mold.
- Design Challenge
- I wanted to push the material to the limit to acknowledge its properties and get the best performance, that took long time and tries until it all worked out. To determine the right kind of wood, the thickness and amount of the layers, the distance between the LEDs and find a proper light diffusion I built in total 24 prototypes. The biggest challenge was definitely finding the appropriate electrical components and achieve the right magnetic force to make it stand in any condition.
- Research
- A practical research, the words: minimal, natural, light weight, summarize its objectives. After sketching I started testing materials. Every step has been recorded with notes and drawings while working in a workshop through wood processing tools. The experimentation allowed me to find the right thickness of the skin layer of wood, the right light intensity and the way the light should spread. The result was a surprising efficiency, a completely new design solution and a promising market entry.
- Inspiration
- The idea of bending wood myself was always appealing, when I started experimenting with the first pieces, the concept of this lamp started being every day more clear. I wanted to get to the feeling of a natural and soft shape hiding its function, a sculpture with a plus. Each step of the development was strictly connected to experiencing and discover the properties of the material I was working with to reach my goal.
- Project Duration
- I developed this project in my Berlin atelier, the first experimentation were made in 2017, a full functioning prototype was finished in 2019. The lamp was exhibited in April 2019 at Fuorisalone in Milano and in September 2019 at the London Design Fair.
- Operation Flow
- The most common reaction when people interact with this lamp is: „Oh wow, that's magic!“ The way it operates is generating amazement as anyone could imagine a light can come out of an „apparently“ solid wooden shape, it actually looks like just a sculpture when is off. Moreover the integrated touch switch emphasize this magic feeling, delivering to the user a full emotional experience.
- Patents
- Patented. No. DM/207392. Davide Mezzasalma. 2019. European Union
- Team Members
- Davide Mezzasalma
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Liron Leibu, Bow lamp, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Liron Leibu, Bow lamp, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Davide Mezzasalma, Bow lamp, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Liron Leibu, Bow lamp, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Davide Mezzasalma, Bow lamp, 2020.
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