Lexilight 閱讀燈 by PAD Design Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 照明產品及燈具設計 Competition Category.

銅照明· 2021

Lexilight 閱讀燈

by PAD Design Studio

Client: Lexilife

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Lexilight 閱讀燈

Lexilight係一盞專為讀寫障礙人士而設計嘅閱讀燈。呢盞燈結合咗脈衝光同調製光,可以消除讀寫障礙讀者可能感知到嘅鏡像重影效果。閱讀因此變得更加輕鬆、快速,亦可以睇耐啲而唔會令眼睛疲勞。燈上有一個主按鈕,可以喺Lexilight模式同普通照明模式之間切換,另外仲有兩個電位器,俾每位使用者自行調節脈衝同調製嘅程度。燈頭由ABS塑膠製成,並配以金屬漆面處理;燈罩採用PMMA物料;燈座則以鋅合金(Zamac)製造。整體造型令人聯想起一位貼心嘅朋友俯身喺書本上,就好似父母陪伴子女閱讀嗰種關懷咁樣。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Lexilight 閱讀燈是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Lexilight 閱讀燈將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Lexilight 閱讀燈出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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