Empathy 落地灯 by Alexey Danilin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 照明产品与灯具设计 Competition Category.

铜照明· 2024

Empathy 落地灯

by Alexey Danilin

Client: Maytoni

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Empathy 落地灯

Empathy（共情）是一款为居家与公共空间设计的落地灯。灯具的造型旨在回应人们的实用需求与情感需求。运动感应器设置于灯架的斜面部分，其高度同时适合坐姿与站姿的使用者。该感应器可实现无接触开关灯与光照强度调节，有助于咖啡馆和酒店保持卫生。旋转机构可使灯光水平旋转360度、垂直旋转90度。灯具采用金属与亚克力材质制成，配备14瓦LED光源。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Empathy 落地灯是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Empathy 落地灯将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Empathy 落地灯出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is designed using the principles of empathy. Therefore, the floor lamp can adapt to the practical and emotional needs of a person. For example, the angular shape of the rebar is created to position the motion sensor. This construction allows a person to control it while sitting at a table or passing by. Traffic management is very important given the pandemic. It is also convenient if a person does not want to stain the floor lamp while eating or doing a craft.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height 1420 mm, width 800 mm, depth 300 mm. Metal, acrylic, LED, 14W, 3000K, 1210 lm, 90 CRI. The turning mechanism goes up and down by 90 degrees, to the right and left 360 degrees. Motion sensor with adjustment of luminous flux power.
Tags: Lighting, Lamp, Product design, Maytoni, Alexey Danilin, Lamp design, Product Design, Design, Lamp, Lighting, Product
Production Technology: The use of the principles of empathy led to the study of a person's life and habits in order to find out how a person uses the floor lamp and under what circumstances and how it can be improved so that the lamp can adapt to different emotional and practical situations in a person's life. In order to do this, research was carried out in the form of observation of loved ones, colleagues and strangers at home, cafes, in the office and other spaces.
Design Challenge: An important part of the study was the search for a shape for embedding a motion sensor, because the location of the sensor must be in such a way that it is convenient to use in different scenarios. For example, when a person works sitting at the table or walks by. Therefore, the height of the sensor was first determined so that a person could use it both sitting and standing. And then the shape is determined based on the need to create a rotary mechanism.
Research: The concept of empathy allows, first of all, to focus not on the needs of the person himself, but on the emotions and needs of other people. This is very important for the designer, because studying only your own needs is not enough to create a popular product. Therefore, an investigation was made to study human behavior in different spaces, and surveys have been conducted to understand how such a simple subject can help make the world more human-centric.
Inspiration: Empathy is a conscious empathy for the emotional state of another person. The designer decided to set himself the task of combining this concept with the design of an object that is used in everyday life. The choice fell on a floor lamp with an original design, with a motion sensor and adjustable lighting power, as well as a rotary system.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2023 in Moscow and finished in December 2023 in Moscow, and will be exhibited in April 2024 in Moscow.
Operation Flow: Users can use the light to work, read and rest by adjusting the power with a motion sensor. The User can also adjust the angle of lighting using a 90-degree and 360-degree vertical rotation system horizontally. In addition, the lamp can be used in public spaces where there is a large flow of people, for example, in hotels and cafes, since it can be used without touch, which is important for protecting against viruses.
Team Members: Lead designer: Alexey Danilin, Engineer: Nikita Morozov, Product manager: Elena Slivka. Assistant product manager: Anastasia Orlova. Visualizer: Dmitry Cherednikov.
Image Credits: IP / COPYRIGHT / IMAGE / PHOTO / SOUND / VIDEO CREDITS
Image #1: Maytoni brand visualizer Dmitry Cherednikov, 2023,
Image #2: Maytoni brand visualizer Dmitry Cherednikov, 2023,
Image #3: Maytoni brand visualizer Dmitry Cherednikov, 2023,
Image #4: Maytoni brand visualizer Dmitry Cherednikov, 2023,
Image #5: Maytoni brand visualizer Dmitry Cherednikov, 2023.