Shwood 탁상용 조명 by Joakim Ryden is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 철상 in 조명 제품 및 기구 디자인 Competition Category.

철조명· 2023

Shwood 탁상용 조명

by Joakim Ryden

Client: Joakim Ryden

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 조명 Category

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The Design

About Shwood 탁상용 조명

Shwood는 너도밤나무로 제작된 탁상용 조명입니다. 나무 표면을 손으로 만져 안쪽 기둥을 바깥 구조물 사이로 밀어 올리는 방식으로 작동합니다. 이 동작은 원목 부재가 서로 맞닿아 미끄러지며 내는 부드러운 소리를 만들어냅니다. 기둥을 들어 올리면 불이 켜지고, 뒷면의 작은 걸이가 기둥을 제자리에 고정해 줍니다. 조명은 닫았을 때 높이 25cm, 완전히 올렸을 때 40cm이며, 너비와 깊이는 각각 7cm입니다. LED 광원의 전기 부품은 모두 내부에 감춰져 있습니다. 목공예의 아름다움과 차분한 감성을 전하고자 한 디자인입니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Shwood 탁상용 조명, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Shwood 탁상용 조명, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Shwood 탁상용 조명, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Shwood desk lamp is a concept that wants to elevate wood craftsmanship and help the user reduce their stress levels. Operating the lamp requires touching the wooden surface, sliding the center pillar through the outer structure, emitting the sound of solid wood pieces sliding with ever so little friction alongside each other. This is also how the luminaire got its name, combining the sound with the material resulting in Shwood. It's a piece of nature that stands alongside you to present you with light and a calming sensation.
Dimensions & Packaging: The luminaire is 25 cm in height when closed and 40 cm when it is all the way up. Width and depth are equally 7 cm. Beech wood is used for its ease of use, light color and environment friendly growing and harvest. Wooden pieces are mostly whole pieces without the need for screws or glue. The electrical parts for the LED light sources are hidden within the pillar and the bottom of the outer structure.
Tags: wood, nature, light, touch, interactive, warm, memories, relaxed
Production Technology: This concept was entirely made in Sketchup using Vray for renders. During the concept stage, hand sketches was used before a 3D printed mock-up were used for defining scale of the product and testing the operational element.
Design Challenge: The challenge for me was to portrait this feeling of nature and simpler life within in a digital concept. Having mediocre skill in 3D-modelling I began learning more about it until I completed a model I was happy with.

Playing around with the 3D printed mock-ups was also a challenge for me but not because of design technicalities rather because of my one and a half year old son who took a strong liking to them. After a few broken ones I did decide on the perfect model and size that I needed.
Research: The idea of this lamp came to me rather quickly. It came from an urge to go back in time to a simpler life. A time where hand craftsmanship and natural materials was more commonplace and used more. I wanted to bring a piece of that into the high tech modern world. The connection with the wood when operating the lamp and hearing the wood slide and clunk is a manifestation to this urge. Much time was spent on researching wood types and objects that we interact with in everyday life.
Inspiration: How does light sound? How does craftsmanship and care for details sound? Light and sound provide us with emotions from our memories. Inspiration for Shwood came from an urge to surround myself with nature and materials that you can feel and relate to.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2021 in Stockholm and the concept was completed in august 2022 in Stockholm.
Operation Flow: Sliding the inner pillar up into position softly turns on the light. It's held into position by a small hook on the backside. By slightly dropping the inner pillar down and backwards the hook will connect with the ledge integrated on the inside of the outer wooden structure.