Goldrify 枝形吊灯 by Vittawat Archanainant 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

Goldrify 枝形吊灯

by Vittawat Archanainant

Client: Andwhitestudio

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Goldrify 枝形吊灯

Goldrify是一款个性化枝形吊灯,融合亚洲信仰与文化,根据每个人偏好的幸运数字生成独特且可重新排列的图案。采用金箔造型的手工玻璃,营造出对称而富有动感且自然的视觉关联,简洁的玻璃形态使图案能够轻松灵活地在任何形状上排列,运用表面贴金工艺,寓意富贵与健康,其灵感源自泰国文化中的贴金传统。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Goldrify 枝形吊灯是 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Goldrify 枝形吊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。Goldrify 枝形吊灯出色地满足需求，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: Goldrify chandelier is designed to compromise between belief and physical aesthetics in the scope of personalization, which allows adjusting sizing and rearranging patterns according to the given lucky number and generated by script to create unrepeated patterns under the concept of gold gliding from Buddhist Thai culture, which overlaying gold leaf on the sacred surface, with a gold leaf designed shape, square golden glass sheet allows to array along the surface with visually connected, while the patterns itself create an outline surface following each space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Glass module: 70mm x 70mm, Which can turn into various shapes, sizing, and patterns according to the given space with an arrangement technique of surface gliding and wrapping.
Tags: Chandelier, Modern chandelier, Personalized chandelier, Digital handcraft chandelier, Modern Asian chandelier, Implicative chandelier, Lighting fixture, Installation, lighting products and fixtures design, Lighting design
Production Technology: From a physical point of view, the glass is made by handcrafting and blowing techniques, which are guided by a 3D model, Intended to create a natural and reduced industrial environment.

For a digital world, we create a python script to create a parametric arrangement according to the difference in sizing and shape. While generating an infinite never-repeating pattern according to the given number.
Design Challenge: The challenge is how to turn subjective such as belief into the physical form of a chandelier. Since belief is a personal perspective, it is challenging to create a physical form of a chandelier with a similar understanding and perception from a different cultural point of view.
Research: Since chandeliers started in Europe, they have been full of imported designs in Asia. But lacking chandeliers in Asian perception that fit Asian context, architecture, and culture. From our experience in this market, we got an opportunity to interview customers, which led us to understand that from a Buddhist country's point of view, a significant object such as a chandelier is an item that needs to fulfill not only appearance. But the story and beliefs behind it are also keys to complete their satisfaction.
Inspiration: Goldrify chandelier is inspired by Thai culture all Buddhists glide a gold leaf on the Buddha statue to complete the true body appearance believing it supplements their splendor, dignity, and luck as a gift from Buddha assistance. Under this inspiration, emotional and cultural value has been driven over function and luxury. Shape itself reflects the technique of Goldgliding in Thai culture which tries to connect with the beliefs of supplementing the owner's luck.
Project Duration: Started in March 2022 in Thailand
Operation Flow: Goldrify is composed of a goldleaf-shaped glass module, which is lightweight, allowing installation without any support above the ceiling. Since Goldrify is freely installed, the possibility of a suitable shape to be recreated with any space is widely open while the pattern is also freely arranged in the area, leading to the unrepeatable gold gliding-like patterns arraying on an invisible surface. Together with the simple shape of glass rotation and direction can visually connect in any axis which keeps the overall surface look connected.
Patents: Designer : Vittawat Archanainant
Project manager : Niti Potitatkul
Team Members: Designer : Vittawat Archanainant
Project manager : Niti Potitatkul
Image Credits: Vittawat Archanainant