Sunnest Mesa Lampara by King Him Ho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Achik Kamay Competition Category.

FierruAchik· 2023

Sunnest Mesa Lampara

by King Him Ho

Client: King Him Ho

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Achik Category

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The Design

About Sunnest Mesa Lampara

Sunnest nisqaqa puñuna mesa lampara samay k'anchayyuq kaq, ruraqkunawan tinkuyta quspa llakikuyta pisiyachinapaq puñuypi, pachapa ruwayninta rikch'akuspa: Intipa yaykuynimpi k'anchayninpa chinkapuyninta. Lentepaq ñawi wichq'aymanta yuyaychasqa, ruraqkunaqa phuyu hina plastico patanta muyuchinallankutaq, iskay 3D ñit'isqa wichq'ay sapinkunamanta soqta wichq'ay raphikunamanta ruwasqata, lluq'iman muyuchispa k'anchay chinkapunanta pirqapi utaq patsapi rikurichikuptin. K'anchaypa pisi pisimanta chinkapuynin inti yaykuywan tupaq ruraqkunata samarichinmi, chaynallataq thak puñunapaq pachata kamarinmi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Sunnest Mesa Lampara A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Sunnest Mesa Lampara sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Sunnest Mesa Lampara yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Sunnest is a bedside table lamp with a breathing light that provides behavioral interaction with users to reduce stress during sleeping, mimicking the fading out of the light of the natural phenomenon: Sunset. Utilizing an iris shutter of lens, users can twist the top part in an anti-clockwise way to make the light fading out. The gradual and subtle disappearance of light can be related to sunset which relieves the users.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 96mm x Depth 96 mm x Height 155 mm
Tags: Bedside table lamp, behavioral interactions, stress relieve, mood lamp, emotions
Production Technology: For the main body of the product, a lathe machine is used to rotate wood pieces in an axis to turn a wood from rectangular to conical. As for the iris shutter mechanism, 6 shutter blades and 2 shutter bases are 3D printed. For the breathing light, an Arduino board is connected to the light bulb to create this effect.
Design Challenge: Internally, one creative challenge is to discover the use of iris shutter mechanism. Based on many different sketches and prototypes, it is yet far from satisfactory. After many trials and observation, the lens of a camera is accidentally discovered and then inspired. Externally, it is hard to mass produce the product as it is still on concept and initial prototyping stage. Further study should be conducted.
Research: This is houseware lighting research that discovers the pain points of sleeping quality. The research has covered world and Hong Kong general sleeping problems, evolution of lifestyle in bedroom, an interview with a user and a product analysis that study table, floor, and wall lamps. The study has found that sleeping with lights on can be a habit for some people and reachability from bed to the lamp is key. Hence, an analysis of possible lamp locations is made according to 5 different bedroom layout including beds placing at centred, corner, under the window, opposite to the door, and bed island.
Inspiration: According to a study conducted by Cigna Corporation in 2018, people aged 18 to 34 years old in Hong Kong suffer from the highest level of stress. As more people are struggling to sleep well recently because of uncertainty in their career and academic performance, they toss and turn all night but still not sleep well. This project aims to design a bedside lamp to improve their sleeping quality.
Project Duration: The project started in early September 2022 and finished at the end of December 2022 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow: The product can simply be divided into 3 levels. By twisting the top black cloudy plastic part in an anticlockwise way, the diameter of the iris will decrease, and the size of light projected on the ceiling will become smaller. The top part is represented as a T shaped in order to provide an indication for placing purlicue.