Khepri 照明單元 by Hisham Elessawy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 照明產品及燈具設計 Competition Category.

銀照明· 2021

Khepri 照明單元

by Hisham Elessawy

Client: Heds

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Khepri 照明單元

Khepri 是一款落地燈，也是一款基於古埃及人 Khepri 設計的吊燈，Khepri 是早晨太陽升起和重生的聖甲蟲之神。只需觸摸 Khepri，燈就會亮起。正如古埃及人一直相信的那樣，從黑暗到光明。 Khepri 從埃及聖甲蟲的形狀演變而來，配備可調光 LED，由觸摸傳感器開關調節，通過觸摸提供三種可調節亮度。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Khepri 照明單元是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Khepri 照明單元將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Khepri 照明單元是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Khepri is a floor lamp and also a pendent that is designed based on ancient Egyptians Khepri concept. Just touch Khepri and light will be on: From the Darkness to the Light - as ancient Egyptians always believed. Developed from the evolution of Egyptian scarab shape, Khepri is equipped with a dimmable LED that is regulated by a touch sensor switch that provides three settings adjustable brightness by a touch.
Dimensions & Packaging: Floor Light Height is 1500 mm, Base diameter is 500 mm and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm.
Pendant Light Height is 700 mm, Base diameter is 300 m and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm.
Materials are Metal and Glass.
Colors are Black & Various of Colors.
LED Bulb is 14W bulb that is equivalent to a 100W, require 80 to 90 percent less energy to run at the same rate. The 2700K temperature to receive a warm lighting for indoors, with the maximum brightness of 1521 lumens. With CRI of 85 and the LED last around 15,000 hours.
Switch: LED Touch Sensor Switch, settings adjustable brightness by touch.
Tags: Lighting, Pendent, Egypt, Scarab, Khepri, LED, Lamp
Production Technology: Khepri was designed by HEDS, a Design Studio based in Cairo. Specialized in innovation product design.
Design Challenge: The Integration of Anicent Egyptian believes and the Modern Style, as we worked on developing a complex form (Scarab Beetle), to extract the outline of khepri (Lighting Unit) to be functional and deliver the concept of Scarab Beetle God of Light and recreation that believed by Ancient Egyptian.
Research: The central belief surrounding Khepri was the god's ability to renew life, in the same way he restored the sun's existence every morning. Mummified scarab beetles and scarab amulets have been found in Pre-dynastic graves, indicating that Khepri was respected early on in the history of Ancient Egypt. Khepri was principally depicted as a scarab beetle and this is the form that i started to abstract it to it's minimal form showing the rebirth of light coming from the heart of the darkness of Khepri in a modern Lighting unit.
Inspiration: The Ancient Egyptians watched the scarab rolling dung into a ball and pushing it along the ground to its burrow, they made a connection between the movement of the sun across the sky and the movement of the dung ball pushed by the scarab. Egyptians believed that it pushes the sun every morning into the sky (light), then back to the underworld in the evening (Darkness).
They named it Khepri: The scarab god of rising of morning sun and rebirth. Khepri is our inspiration for lighting units.
Project Duration: The project started as an individual project from 15th February 2021, to 20th March 2021, in HEDS Design Studio. Located in Cairo, Egypt.
Operation Flow: Khepri is inspired from the ancient Egyptian myth of the god of sunrise, Khepri lighting unit design is evolved from the shape of the scarab god while it is bringing the light to the world from the darkness. This was the main idea and function behind Khepri new lighting unit, to have this concept in an indoors lighting unit in a contemporary way. with just a touch any one can bring the light to his place using Khepri lighting unit.