Gala 装飾照明 by Guliz Tavukcuoglu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 照明製品・器具デザイン Competition Category.

鉄照明· 2025

Gala 装飾照明

by Guliz Tavukcuoglu

Client: Gnt Interior Architecture

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 照明 Category

18,351

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #168635

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Gala 装飾照明

薔薇は最も高い周波数を持つ自然要素として、それが置かれるあらゆる空間にエネルギーをもたらします。この概念を基に、蕾の形状は様々なインテリア用途に対応できるようスタイライズされています。複数の接続オプションにより、磁器本体の透光性を活かし、装飾オブジェクトと照明要素の両方として機能します。テーブルランプ、ウォールスコンス、またはペンダントライトとして使用できます。隠された光源が蕾の内部から柔らかな光を放ちます。手作業による製作を通じて、職人技の持続可能性が保たれています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Gala 装飾照明は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Gala 装飾照明は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Gala 装飾照明は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The stylized bud-shaped porcelain body has a different appearance from different angles and has the freedom to use in various functions with different base shapes. It can be used as a decorative lighting, as a pendant lighting, either individually or in groups, on a console or as a wall sconce, depending on the place of use. The thin and light-transmitting feature of the proselene emits a soft light. The Led bulb can be easily changed, and being hidden inside the body provides visual comfort.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height 260 mm. Diameter 120 mm. Translucent Audrey Blackman Porcelain. Brass. Led. 3000K.
Tags: rose, bud, sconce, lighting, brass, porcelain, decorative design
Production Technology: The stylized bud form was created by casting into a plaster mold. The porcelain process includes drying the first clay, biscuit firing, fine wet sanding, glazing and final firing. Transparent cables pass through the brass connection pipes. All the ceiling or wall connections, intermediate connections or holder parts are connected to each other with a natural brass materials countersunk head insert system. The Led bulb is hidden in the light-transmitting porcelain model with a brass socket.
Design Challenge: Since the slightly inclined stance of the rosebud and the flow of its organic form that tapers upwards towards the tip are quite difficult to shape by hand in porcelain clay, a 3d model was created and the plaster mold casting method was preferred. The holes where the brass fittings would pass for the desired angle were opened while the clay was wet. It was necessary to adjust the shrinkage rates of the porcelain clay when it was fired.
Research: Wanting to integrate his professional experiences with his own name, the designer focused on the philosophy of the "rose" and the frequency it emits, based on the meaning of her name, in order to leave a trace in the space, and directed the concepts of "other" and "gaze" in Jean-Paul Sartre's existential philosophy into a stylized form. Our existence is shaped by the gazes of others. The stylized model inspired by this philosophy gains meaning according to the viewer.
Inspiration: The rose, a natural product with the highest frequency, carries this frequency to the environment it is in in every form. It represents love and balance. The idea of carrying this high frequency of the rose to spaces and spreading the energy of serenity and love to the human soul has been an inspiration. In the stylization of the rosebud form, the concepts of the "other" and the "gaze" in Sartre's existential philosophy have been guiding, and the freedom to perceive from different perspectives, shaped by the gazes of others, has been the main goal of the design.
Project Duration: The project started in the ceramics workshop in Istanbul in November 2023. Production work has been ongoing in Istanbul since February 2025 and is planned to be exhibited in June 2025.
Operation Flow: This decorative lighting collection is a versatile model. If mounted on the power line, it functions as a lighting fixture. It can be used as a decorative object in areas without an electrical connection. While the transparent glazed surface inside the model sends light upwards, the light-transmitting structure of the porcelain offers a soft light. It can be used on the table, on the nightstand, and you can decorate different areas as a pendant on the ceiling or as a wall sconce.
Patents: pending patent number 2024/010946
Image Credits: Resim #1: 3D Artist, İhsan Doğancıl, 2025,
Resim #2: 3D Artist, İhsan Doğancıl, 2025,
Resim #3: 3D Artist, İhsan Doğancıl, 2025,
Resim #4: 3D Artist, İhsan Doğancıl, 2025,
Resim #5: 3D Artist, İhsan Doğancıl, 2025,