Platina Verlichting · 2021
Be Water Decoratieve Lamp
- A' Design Award in Platina 2021 in Verlichting
- CLIENT: Waw Collection
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 284,372
- Verification code CF98BA46AD · Verify this award
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About Be Water Decoratieve Lamp
Be Water is een lineaire, modulaire en inbouw kinetische LED-lamp voor decoratieve wall washing. De lamp wordt geïnstalleerd in een lichtkoof of achter meubilair, zodat alleen het bewegende licht zichtbaar is. Het licht wordt gebroken door een handgemaakte glazen cilinder die om zijn as draait en fluctuerende lichtflitsen op de wand projecteert. Het effect doet denken aan zonlicht dat weerkaatst op het oppervlak van bewegend water. Eén motor kan één tot zes modules aandrijven. Optionele filters creëren de kleurvarianten Be Fire, Be Air en Be Earth. Er wordt gebruikgemaakt van aluminium, borosilicaatglas en plexiglas, en elk exemplaar wordt in Italië vervaardigd.
About the A' Design Award in Platina
Be Water Decoratieve Lamp is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Platina, een uiterst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan werkelijk uitzonderlijke, elegante en magnifieke ontwerpen. De winnaars in Platina zijn wonderen van creatie, getuigenissen van de grenzen van intellectuele creativiteit en tonen het ongeëvenaarde professionalisme en genie van hun ontwerpers. Van deze ontwerpen wordt verwacht dat zij de meest vermaarde werken zijn die de esthetiek van een tijdperk bepalen, bijdragen aan het welzijn van de samenleving en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verleggen. Be Water Decoratieve Lamp toont een transcendent niveau van uitmuntendheid en maakt de wereld ongetwijfeld een betere plek met zijn voordelige en waardevolle kenmerken. Be Water Decoratieve Lamp is een werk dat de A' Design Award in Platina heeft gewonnen en dat verlangens oproept, inspireert, verrukt en grote vreugde doet ontvlammen.
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- Unique Properties
- It is a kinetic linear, modular, recessed, wall wash, decorative LED lamp installed inside a light cove or behind furniture.
Light is refracted through a deformed glass cylinder that rotates on its axis projecting upward fluctuating flares of light. One single motor can rotate with traction from 1 to 6 modules.
Components:
- Motor unit
- 1 to 6 modules
- 1 to 6 glass cylinders
The color variations Be Fire, Be Air & Be Earth are obtained with accessory filters applied directly to the light source. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions:
L: from 85mm to 480mm
D: 8.5mm
H: 32mm
It can be purchased from a min of 1 to a max of 6 modules for motor, depending on the desired length.
The lamp packaging includes a Gift Box with:
- Gloves to handle the glass cylinders to prevent leaving fingerprints
- Installation kit tube with tools
- Be Water room fragrance sample and scratch'n'sniff samples of Be Fire, Be Air and Be Earth fragrances.
- QR Code to our Spotify Channel to listen to recommended relaxation music playlists. - Tags
- #bewaterlamp, #wawcollection, #kineticlamp, #ledlamp, #waterreflection, #colourtherapy, #multisensorydesign, #kineticdesign, #sensorydesign, #emotionaldesign
- Production Technology
- It is entirely made by Italian craftsmen. The handmade glass cylinders are shaped like the surface of moving water makes each piece unique and unrepeatable.
The carefully selected materials reduce environmental footprint by being 100% recyclable:
- Aluminum
- Borosilicate glass
- Plexiglass
- Recycled plastic & cardboard for packaging
The combination of colors in the optional color filter accessories, create a 3D effect as the colored caustics move and combine themselves in the illuminated wall. - Design Challenge
- The challenge was to create a lamp that emulates sunlight reflected on water, without it.
This effect can be created with projections but to prevent the shadows of people it is necessary to reduce the distance between source and target to prevent it.
After several tests, we concluded a cylinder was the right shape to work with. The round surface would repeat itself turning on its central axis, giving continuity.
A glass cylinder with an irregular surface like moving water surface was designed. - Research
- In optics, caustics are light rays reflected or refracted by a curved transparent surface into another surface. Rippling caustics are commonly formed when light shines through waves on a body of water.
In order to emulate the moving light effect required, the designer observed throughly the phenomenon under bridges, sides of boats and swimming pools.
Experimentation followed with plastic bottles, glass and acrylic. Defining also quantity and intensity of light sources to find the right effect. - Inspiration
- The design is inspired by the continuous, soothing and hypnotic effect the sunlight reflected on the moving surface of water makes against vertical walls, under bridges and boats' hulls.
Other chromatic possible variants emitted as the lamp's water original effect are: Fire with the ardour of its flames, Air represented by the phenomenon of the northern lights (aurora borealis) and finally Earth inspired by lavender fields in Provence transforming and characterizing the surrounding environment. - Project Duration
- WAW Collection Showroom:
Via Solferino, 11 - Milan, Italy.
Exhibited as a launch product for the new brand WAW Collection in Milan Design Days in 2020. - Operation Flow
- Be Water lamp is to be installed inside a light cove grazing the wall or behind furniture, leaving only the moving light visible.
Be Water Lamp and its chromatic variations Be Fire, Be Air and Be Earth can be matched to:
- Four different fragrances
- Four relaxing music recommended playlists in Spotify
- Four different chocolates offered to our showroom visits
All of these combined give a multi-sensorial experience, inviting you to immerse yourself completely in relaxation and well-being. - Patents
- Patented
- Image Credits
- Photos by: Matteo Piazza, Flavio Di Renzo
Videos by: Davide Calafà, Flavio Di Renzo
