Float Moli Tautau by Kinknot is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Malamalama Competition Category.

ApamemeaMalamalama· 2020

Float Moli Tautau

by Kinknot

Client: Kinknot

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Malamalama Category

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The Design

About Float Moli Tautau

O le Float o se moli tautau ua fuafuaina mo avanoa i totonu o fale. O le ufi ua fa'afoliga mai se laupepa alumini ua pi'o ma e float i le va o vaega lapotopoto se lua, tu'u ai se va e vaaia i le va o vaega nei. O isi vaega ua liliu ma milo mai le alumini ma fa'ai'uga fa'apa'u puta e ala i le pauta. O le puna o le malamalama e fa'aogaina ai tekonolosi LED fa'atasi ma se fa'asalalauga malamalama e faia mai le PMMA. O le moli e 1200 mm le lautele ma le 170 mm le maualuga. E tautau le Float mai le faapaologa i luga o vaega fa'amau se lua, ma e natia uaea e se pusa alumini lapotopoto ma manifinifi. E leai ni mea fa'amau e vaaia, ae peita'i e mafai ona aveese ma suia vaega ta'itasi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Float Moli Tautau, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Float Moli Tautau e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Float Moli Tautau e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Ascetic, light and minimalist luminaire, floating in space and only with a few flexes creates a poetic, gentle and dynamic mood and fills surroundings with beautiful and warm light. The shade floats between two cylindrical parts and makes a clearance between elements that creates a beautiful tension.
Dimensions & Packaging: Diameter 1200mm, height 170mm, weight 11kg. Electrical specification: 18.4W, 3000K, RA86
Tags: "light", "pendant", "minimal", "float", "ascetic", "lamp", "space", "modern"
Production Technology: Shade is shaped using aluminum sheet bending technology. Other components of construction are mainly made from turned and milled aluminum. The light source uses LED technology and diffusor made from pmma. Aluminum parts are powder coated.
Design Challenge: Because at first it was made as bespoke lamp, the assembly was made in welding technic. After decision to put lamp in bigger market, the question of feasibility arose, but intention of clean and monolithic aesthetics remained. During design process a great consideration was shown for integrating technology components into the lamp design itself. It helped to avoid additional boxes on ceilings for power sources. There are no visible fasteners, but still every element can be detached and replaced separately.
Inspiration: Inspiration came from architecture and nature. It's like floating leaf in space, light and delicate, but in the same time it is a formant of space, the element of scale, the present, no noise, just beautiful relationship between space and object.
Project Duration: Lamp design process started in late 2017 as part of individual interior project. In 2019 it was put on serial production in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Operation Flow: The lamp is delivered already assembled. It hangs from the ceiling on two anchor points. Only 6mm diameter aluminum box mounted to ceiling conceals wiring. Lamp is controlled by a standard switch or dimer.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kinknot
Team Members: Designers: Adomas Rimselis and Tadas Antanavicius
Image Credits: Darius Petrulaitis