Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo by Mahya Hoseini

Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo by Mahya Hoseini is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Gangsa in Pancahayoan Competition Category.

GangsaPancahayoan· 2025

Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo

by Mahya Hoseini

Client: Buztob Studio

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Pancahayoan Category

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The Design

About Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo

Teks Buku: Firefly adolah lampu nan bisa dipakai di dindiang maupun di ateh mejo. Lampu ko dibuek jo bola kaco buram sarato dasar kayu nan dibantuak malalui proses bubuik (lathe turning). Sabuah batang bagaris tangah 20 milimeter manyambuangkan bola kaco ka dasar, sarato bola tu bisa baputa 360 darajat, sahinggo lampu ko cocok pulo untuak dipasang di ateh nan mancarong. Duo sumber cahayo disadiokan: cahayo intensitas randah untuak dipakai sabagai lampu tidua, sarato satu lampu lai di bawah bola kaco untuak mambaco. Tinggi kasalusuahannyo 350 milimeter. Bantuaknyo mangingekkan urang ka lampu-lampu lamo nan dipakai di dalam rumah sabalun adonyo lampu listrik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Firefly Fungsi Utama: Lampu Dinding, Lampu Mejo mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This design can be used both as a wall and a desk lamp. In addition to these features, due to the rotation of the illuminated part in the lamp's base, it is also a great choice for sloped ceilings. The object has two light sources: one with low intensity, suitable for use as a nightlight or for creating a semi-dark environment, and another light source beneath the lamp, ideal for reading or illuminating a space.
Dimensions & Packaging: diameter of the base: 200mm
height of the base: 200 mm
final height of the lamp: 350 mm
Tags: lamp, table lamp, product design, lighting, flexible lamp
Production Technology: In the construction of this lamp, to achieve the designer's intended feel of old lamps, an opaque glass globe and a wooden base were used. The base is made using the lathe turning technique. A 2 cm diameter rod connects the globe to the base, and the globe rotates 360 degrees around the axis of this rod.
Design Challenge: The main challenge in designing this lamp was the client's request to add a lamp with a new design but an old-world feel to their products. Since the client was a manufacturer of wooden lighting and furniture, the designer faced limitations in using various materials for the design of this lamp.
Research: The firefly lamp is a research project aimed at discovering and recreating light-producing elements in architectural spaces, evoking a sense of place in Iranian and Middle Eastern architecture. The form development process moved towards creating a design that, without repeating the common decorations of traditional light-producing elements, would achieve a form with an old-world feel but with a new design. Ultimately, the choice of materials, along with the ability to rotate and control the light, are additional factors that have helped the designer create an Iranian-inspired form.
Inspiration: Firefly is the name of an insect that are light emitting, and also refers to something that shines in the darkness. It is a luminous object that illuminates its surrounding area, creating a unique identity around it.A firefly is reminiscent of old lamps that were used as luminous elements in indoor spaces before the invention of electricity and light bulbs. These lamps created a limited, low, and localized light in the space, with each one giving meaning to a corner of the environment.
Project Duration: The project finished in October 2024 in Tehran, Iran.
Operation Flow: The initial idea for the firefly lamp was shaped through a design order for a lighting suitable for hotel spaces. A lamp that, while being functional with controllable light, creates semi-lit spaces ideal for hotel rooms, while also being distinct and unique in form. This object can also be used as a light for sleeping or reading. However, its primary function is to enhance the quality of life in the surrounding space.
Image Credits: Sobhan Mirtahmasb