Farol 吸顶灯 by Katia Martins and Tiago Russo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 银奖 in 照明产品与灯具设计 Competition Category.
银照明· 2023
Farol 吸顶灯
by Katia Martins and Tiago Russo
Client: Trick Design Ltd
A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 照明 Category
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About Farol 吸顶灯
Farol 由 Katia Martins 和 Tiago Russo 创建，是多年研究和测试的具体化，旨在实现出色的环保照明解决方案，并能通过极简的线条和大胆的中性色彩创造最大的视觉冲击力。 Farol 是钢和软木的混合体，具有现代线条和传统，依靠其棱角几何形状和中心固定来创造最大的影响力，除了主要的圆锥形外没有任何可见的组件。 Farol 是一款可以与其他灯组合使用的灯，它能释放出巨大的视觉冲击力，仅在其最小的、有角度的几何形状上重复出现。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 银奖
Farol 吸顶灯是 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Farol 吸顶灯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。Farol 吸顶灯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
- Farol is a ceiling lamp with defined geometric shapes and solid neutral colours, combining the natural shade of cork with painted steel, in a simple and minimalist design that irradiates a soft diffuse spotlight to create a warm, cosy ambiance.
Our intent was to design a lamp that would make a statement even without being in use, through the combination of materials and a bold structure especially when you combine several of them together, creating a stronger visual impact. - Dimensions & Packaging
- A fully eco-friendly product, made only with recyclable components, from the light system, to the packaging itself, developed with sustainability in mind, combining kraft board, paper and bio-adhesive to close the box.
Every detail on Farol lamp has been thought through in order to provide a solution that is aesthetically pleasing, with a contemporary design, but ultimately fully respects the environment and future materials being used, whether it's cork or the textile cord. - Tags
- Light, Ceiling, Metal, Cork, Environment, Modern, Minimalist, Design, Lighting, Packaging
- Production Technology
- Based on stainless steel metal spun and cork lathe machining, Farol is a lamp that brings out traditional techniques, handmade components, and an excellent craftsmanship, merged into a minimalist design that associate two main components with a standard 'sandwich screw' bulb system, where the two main parts are linked together by sheer pressure of the screw thread, without any additional fixing nor glues.
- Design Challenge
- Minimalism to the core of the entire design process and methodology behind Farol. Its shaping, shelled as two inverted deep funnels, required very specific techniques and great craftsmanship in order to achieve a seamless solution, where normally it would have been produced in several layers glued together. Our challenge was to contradict that premise, by creating the deep shapes into a single conformation method, keeping the environment in mind.
- Research
- A continuous search for the ultimate materials and ways of considering and improving the environmental questions and issues around product design, Farol's research was a continuous R&D process in order to achieve a seamless, perfectly aligned execution, feasible as a whole SKU, and yet keeping the shaping and look and feel that the brand has showcased over the years, using inverted diamond shapes, clean extruded geometries and smooth textures and finishes.
- Inspiration
- Created by Trick's lead designer Katia Martins, Farol keeps the brand's minimalist language whilst taking a new take on heritage. Being Portugal such an historical country for the exploration of cork material, the concept behind Farol is to explore that heritage, where the upper part of the lamp is machined in cork, into a smooth truncated cone, keeping the same shaping as the spun steel parts. The lamp's silhouette brings back the inverted diamond shape, a signature of Katia's minimalist work.
- Project Duration
- Developed between 2018 and 2021, prototyped and executed into its full range in 2022, Farol ceiling lamp has been one of the signature designs of both Trick Design Ltd and Katia Martins. The iconic minimal shape started to appear in Katia's work around 2012, and a full aluminium set was originally ideated and tested in 2015, but over the years redesigned into a product that can fully guarantee its ecological and sustainable approach, becoming a highlight of the brand's environmental efforts.
- Operation Flow
- Open the cubic packaging by removing the bio-adhesive. Inside, remover the raw paper wrap to unveil the Farol lamp in all it's glory. Lift the ceiling lamp by the cord, fully removing it from the box. On top of the conical shaping, Farol comes with a 1m cable and a full installation kit, whether it's meant to go into a rosetta cup or another fixing. The power-saving bulb is already installed, and the user only has to attach the electrical components in order to Farol to start its beam.
- Team Members
- Katia Martins
Tiago Russo - Image Credits
- Trick Design Ltd.
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