Acorn Light System Rama by Desislava Sredkova

Acorn Light System Rama by Desislava Sredkova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Rama me ngā Taputapu Mārama Competition Category.

RinoRama· 2023

Acorn Light System Rama

by Desislava Sredkova

Client: Awblak

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Rama Category

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The Design

About Acorn Light System Rama

Ko te Acorn he punaha rama mo nga rama taumau e whai hua ana i te awatea. Ka kapi ia whakamarumaru ki te whakaata i tona taha o muri. I te awatea ka hopuhia e nga whakaata nga hihi o te ra, ka whakaata hohonu atu ki roto i te rūma, me te whakanui ake i te nui o te awatea i roto i te waahi ma te taiao. I roto i te po ka taea e ratou te whakaata i te puna rama kotahi e mau ana i te tuanui, me te whakanui ake i tona kaha mo tetahi atu huarahi tauwhiro, mahi ranei hei rama auau. Ko te punaha kei roto i te pakitara, te tuanui, te tuutuu, me nga rama rama tepu. Ka taea te whakarereke ma te whakakotahi i nga ahua rereke o nga atarangi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Acorn Light System Rama te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Acorn Light System Rama he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Acorn Light System Rama mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Acorn is a sustainable lighting system concept that utilizes natural daylight. The flip side of each led-lit leaf, circle, or oval is covered with mirrors, which capture sunlight during the day and reflect it deeper into the room, increasing the amount of natural light indoors. At night, the mirrors can reflect a single ceiling-mounted light source, amplifying its brightness for a more sustainable lighting solution. Additionally, the products from the Acorn system can be used as regular lamps.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 850 mm x depth 850 mm x height 1750 mm - when arranged
width 850 mm x depth 500 mm x height 250 mm - when packed
Tags: lamp, mirror, freestanding, reflection, light, natural light, sustainability
Production Technology: The technology used to create this lamp is very straightforward - metal tubes attached to a metal body that illuminates with LED-lit panels. However, what sets this lamp apart is the acrylic mirror installed to the back of the LED-lit surface. This treatment is both simple and effective, and it makes a significant difference in the lamp's performance.
Design Challenge: The main objective of this project was to assign a second role to an everyday object found in everyone's homes. Acorn achieves this by adding mirrors to the lamp, providing enhanced daylight inside interior spaces and amplifying a single source of light to save energy at night.
Research: The research for this product focused on two main groups: people living in 20th-century homes where smaller windows limit the amount of natural light entering the space, and people living in contemporary homes with wider windows but deeper spaces, which can result in a dark interior. In both cases, a mix of artificial and natural light is often necessary during the day. This is not only unhealthy for the eyes and overall health, but also increases unnecessary electricity consumption.
Inspiration: Like many children, I spent countless hours playing with light and mirrors when I was little, and that childhood memory inspired me to create this product. In today's world, energy conservation is becoming increasingly critical, which naturally provoked me to search for a way to bring additional light into our homes and workplaces without consuming more electricity. My goal was to find a natural and sustainable solution to this problem.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2022 and finished in January 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Operation Flow: Acorn lighting system contains of a freestanding lamp, a table lamp, a wall-mounted lamp, and a ceiling lamp. Each Acorn product can be customized by creating different combinations of the three basic shapes of the shades - circle, oval, and leaf. Each shape comes in three different sizes, and the shade itself can be rotated around its axis for better adjustment and to capture the sun's rays. Depending on positioning the lamps can also function as backlit mirrors.
Team Members: Desislava Sredkova
Image Credits: Main Image: Designer Desislava Sredkova
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