Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala by PAD Design Studio

Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala by PAD Design Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Dihlahiswa le Ditlhophiso tsa Lesedi Competition Category.

BoronseLesedi· 2021

Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala

by PAD Design Studio

Client: Lexilife

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Lesedi Category

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The Design

About Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala

Taba ya Buka: Lexilight ke lebone la ho bala le hlophisitsweng ho thusa batho ba nang le dyslexia. Lebone lena le kopanya leseli le phatlhang le le fetoloang, le hlakolang setshwantsho sa seipone seo mmadi ya nang le dyslexia a ka se bonang. Ho bala ho fetoha ho bonolo, ho potlakileng le ho tsitsitseng nako e telele ntle le ho kgathatsa mahlo. Konopo e kgolo e fetola pakeng tsa mokgwa wa Lexilight le leseli le tlwaelehileng, mme di-potentiometer tse pedi di lokisa ho phatlhaha le ho fetoha ha leseli molemong wa mosebedisi ka mong. Hlooho e entswe ka ABS e nang le mokutlo wa tshepe e pentilweng, sekgahli sa leseli se entswe ka PMMA, mme motheo o entswe ka Zamac. Sebopeho sa lona se hopotsa motswalle ya nang le lerato ya inameletseng bukeng, jwaloka ha motswadi a ka etsa.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Lexilight Mosebetsi wa Mantlha: Lebone la ho Bala e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Lexilight, which combines both pulsed and modulated light, erases the mirror picture that a dyslexic person sees. This person is now able to read easier, faster and longer without eye strain. The strength of this design is what designers call the acceptance effect. Dyslexia is a handicap people use to hide, so designers make this lamp a desirable object for children, teenagers and adults. When children see it as a little figure, teenagers see a stylish lamp and adults, a nice piece of art and product design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Widht 270 mm x Depth 185 mm x Height 300 mm
Tags: lighting, reading lamp, dyslexia, lexilight, PAD, table lamp, made in France
Production Technology: Lexilight head is made of ABS with metal painting finishing. Light diffusor is injected in PMMA. The foot is made with ZAMAC and is anodized in a post process. The full lamp is assembled in France in a factory in which 100% of worker are handicaped people.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was to make that lamp desirable for children between 6-10 years but also for teanagers and adults. It was a very difficult to build a design language which could fit a school ecosystem and also a business office or a teenager bedroom.
Research: At first, we decided that more than helping dyslexic children to read, we would like to give them the Will to read. So we focus on when and were kids like to read, and make some design proposals according to. Then we present each concept to children from a school next to our studio and discussed with them on how to improve it. After few weeks the table lamp concept was finalized. Then we make prototypes and we launch a 100 users test. We included remarks about ergonomic, style, colors into the final version which has been tested by 120 children over France during 2 months and validated by them and their parents.
Inspiration: Lexilight is a reading lamp, so it has been design to look like a benevolent little friend which stands up on the desk bent over the book, like parents could do when they teach how to read to their kids. The lamp foot edges/lines have neither a start or an end point, as a metaphor of what reading is: a never ending story.
Project Duration: The project starts in Paris (France) on November 2018 and finished in Saint Malo (France) in October 2019.
Operation Flow: Lexilght is a reading lamp which can be used at home, school or office, wherever people need to read. As many kids need it, Lexilight is delivered with a transport bag which allows them to bring it from home to school each days. When Lamp is installed user have to push on the main button to choose between 2 modes: Lexilight mode or normal light. Two potentiometers allow the user to adjust the light wave by acting on the pulsation and modulation to adapt to each individual.
Team Members: Philippe ARNAUD
Alexandre BERNELIN
Quentin BOUTZ