Waterlight 램프 by Jiahua Zhang, Nitesh Reddy and Kejun Li

Waterlight 램프 by Jiahua Zhang, Nitesh Reddy and Kejun Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 동상 in 조명 제품 및 기구 디자인 Competition Category.

동조명· 2021

Waterlight 램프

by Jiahua Zhang, Nitesh Reddy and Kejun Li

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 조명 Category

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The Design

About Waterlight 램프

워터라이트(Waterlight)는 수도꼭지에서 영감을 얻은 탁상용 조명이다. 조절 레버를 위아래로 돌리면 빛의 밝기가 변하고, 좌우로 돌리면 색온도가 조절된다. 구체 내부에 수평과 수직으로 각각 배치된 두 개의 가변저항이 입력 전압을 변화시켜 이러한 효과를 구현한다. 빛은 베이스에 장착된 LED 셀에서 나온다. 헤드는 청동으로, 상단 뚜껑은 천연 대리석으로, 외부 셸은 유리로 제작되었다. 하단 뚜껑에는 무선 충전 회로가 내장되어 있어 램프를 방과 방 사이로 자유롭게 옮겨 사용할 수 있다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Waterlight 램프, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Waterlight 램프, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Waterlight 램프, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Waterlight generates a unique and amazing experience of light control. Turning the control bar up and down changes the intensity of brightness. Turning it from left to right adjusts the temperature of light.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: Width 80mm x Depth 80 mm x Height 300 mm.
Technical Properties: The potentiometer is the bridge between the action from the user and the effect of the lamp. It changes the brightness and temperature of the lamp by modifying the input voltage which is controlled by the user through the control bar.
Tags: Light, Aesthetic, Water, Faucet, Lamp, Desktop
Production Technology: The head is fixed with two potentiometers inside the sphere, one is horizontal and the other is vertical. Thus, when the user is turning the control bar up and down, the horizontal potentiometer changes the voltage of the electricity to adjust the brightness of the light; when the user is rolling the control bar left and right, the vertical potentiometer changes the voltage of the electricity to modify the temperature of the light.

The light is provided by the LED cells on a base.

For charging, the bottom lid is integrated with a circuit for wireless charging when it is put on the independent wireless charger that is connected to plugs with wire. The lamp can be taken away after charging (e.g. the lamp is charged in the living room when the user is reading there and taken to the bedroom when the user wants to go there).

The head is made of high-quality bronze, the top lid is made of natural marble. And the outer shell is made of glass.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was to build the functional potentiometer and circuit to make this design into reality. In the beginning, it was really hard to link the control action and the change of the brightness and temperature of the light in a proper way. The change always went too much or too little. Finally, we found the balance and created a perfect control feeling.
Research: We would like to create an amazing new interaction between the user and the lamp. After a lot of sketches and brainstorming, we came up with this idea and found out that there was not anything like it in the market. So we did five versions of 1:1 scale prototypes to find the best proportion of the shape, enable the potentiometer working, and find the manufacturing process of the marble. It turned out that we need a horizontal and a vertical potentiometer to control the voltage and hence the brightness and temperature of the light. And we found out that the marble can be made by CNC.
Inspiration: Waterlight was inspired by the water faucet which adjusts the volume of water by being turned up and down, and controls the temperature of water by being turned left and right. It enables users to adjust light like using a water faucet, creating a similar feeling between light control and water control, and bringing about more insights into life.
Project Duration: This project started in October 2019 and finished in January 2020 in Milan.
Operation Flow: Turning the control bar up and down changes the intensity of brightness. Turning it from left to right adjusts the temperature of light.
Team Members: Nitesh Reddy N
Kejun Li