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Matina Magklara and Anna Sbokou Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Ithaki Restaurant Lighting Design in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Matina Magklara and Anna Sbokou acknowledged for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Ithaki Restaurant Lighting Design by Matina Magklara and Anna Sbokou, designed for ASlight, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Ithaki Restaurant Lighting Design
Ithaki Restaurant is a lighting design created for a fine dining restaurant on a coastal area of the city. The scheme covers both interior and exterior areas, and all of these areas face the sea. A glare-free approach was chosen to protect the night views of the sea and the night sky. Warm light defines the dining tables and creates an immersive and intimate atmosphere. The lighting supports the refined tones of the interior design and enhances the culinary experience. The aim was to give guests a sense of comfort during shared meals.
Award Record
This recognition makes Matina Magklara and Anna Sbokou a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award
The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. Awarded lighting designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/lighting
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/107050
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107050
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107050
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/277496
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.aslight.eu
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ithaki Restaurant Lighting Design
- Function
- Lighting Design
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ASlight
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Matina Magklara and Anna Sbokou
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107050
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Alvaro Valdecantos, Ithaki Restaurant, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The lighting design team was appointed to design the lighting scheme for the refurbishment of a fine-dining restaurant, located in the most prestigious area of the city’s riviera. The restaurant comprises of interior as well as exterior areas.The lighting design scope was to deliver a glare-free lighting scheme that respects the night views to the sea and the night sky and also provides the immersive atmosphere to match the classy-chic tones of the interior design
- Inspiration
- Our relaxed moments, the times we share with our loved ones are precious. Our moments of pleasure and joy become even more special when they are sprinkled with something extra; a sense of luxury and comfort. The surrounding environment is also very rich with the profound presence of the sea and the sky. The sea mirroring the perpetual metamorphosis of the sky contrasts the warmth of our dining table. The night views and the intimacy we share during the summer and winter times allows us to expand our senses. We taste, we smell, we hear, we look at each other.
