Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具 by Alvaro Wolmer

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具 by Alvaro Wolmer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 照明产品与灯具设计 Competition Category.

银照明· 2022

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具

by Alvaro Wolmer

Client: Espólio Família Cordeiro and Luciana Brito Galeria

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具

《致敬瓦尔德马·科代罗》是一款以巴西艺术家于约1955年制作的落地灯为灵感的灯具。原作仅存的记录是一张小小的报纸照片。这款灯采用现代材料与工艺重新演绎。其结构由计算机数控机床加工成型的实心铝材制成，并以静电喷涂工艺完成表面处理。单个4W LED光源通过内部反射以及光源与白色环形之间的不同距离，营造出从深灰到纯白的丰富层次。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Depois de Waldemar Cordeiro 灯具是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: From a single source of light, due to internal reflections and the different distances from the source to the white rings, a 4W LED lamp can create a range of shades, varying from dark gray to pure white
Dimensions & Packaging: Lamp: 54 cm high x 30 cm of diameter x 3 kg. Luxury crate: 58.5 cm height x 33 cm x 33 cm x 3 kg of MDF. The crate can be used as a base to the lamp (a bonus)
Tags: artwork, table lamp, floor lamp, lighting design, Waldemar Cordeiro, Alvaro Wolmer
Production Technology: The lamp structure was made of solid aluminum using computerized machines by Alvaro Wolmer Movelaria Fina Ltda, the woodworking and metal shop of the team's head designer, Alvaro Wolmer. The finishing is electrostatic painting
Design Challenge: In the first model, the architect and designer Andre Vainer reproduced the original one, with two lamps. The result was a good light and not so much of an effect regarding the shadings of light, but it was a very good starting point. I was hired to develop the product and produce a prototype of the lamp. I made models to establish the exact proportions then I came up with a simple solution: one simple LED round lamp that delivered a bright enough light. After finishing the pre-prototype, I turned on the light in a dark room - the result was stunning
Research: In c.1955 a fine Brazilian artist designed and made a lamp to illuminate a garden landscape designed by him. There is only a single register of the lamp: a small piece of journal with its photograph. That was the starting point to recreate the lamp and the magnificent light effect produced by it. In 2017 Analivia Cordeiro, the artist's collection curator and an artist herself, and Luciana Brito Galeria, that represents Cordeiro since 1997, both decided to recreate the original one, with contemporary materials and techniques
Inspiration: The original lamp, which only remaining reference is a small piece of newspaper, c. 1955, with a photo of a floor lamp made by Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973), a very important contemporary Brazilian artist. Cordeiro was a concrete artist, a theorist, and a landscape designer. The first artist of computer art, now called Digital Art, in Latin America. His works of art are in many important worldwide collections, including the MoMA NY
Project Duration: The project started in March 2017 in Sao Paulo and was finished also in Sao Paulo in October 2018
Operation Flow: There is a on/off press button underside the lamp
Patents: The design was registered in the IAB - Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.
Team Members: Lead Designer: Alvaro Wolmer
Analivia Cordeiro
Andre Vainer
Image Credits: All photos were taken by Ding Musa in October 2021