Press Release
Float Pendant Lamp by Kinknot Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Kinknot for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Float Pendant Lamp by Kinknot. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Float Pendant Lamp
Float is a pendant lamp designed for interior spaces. The shade is shaped from bent aluminium sheet and floats between two cylindrical parts, leaving a visible gap between the elements. The other components are turned and milled aluminium with a powder coated finish. The light source uses LED technology with a diffuser made of PMMA. The lamp measures 1200 mm in diameter and 170 mm in height. Float hangs from the ceiling on two anchor points, and a slim aluminium box conceals the wiring. No fasteners are visible, yet each element can be detached and replaced.
About Kinknot
Kinknot is a design brand working on contemporary product design and production. Design approach, technology and quality materials enable us to create durable, sustainable and quality products.
Award Record
With this recognition, Kinknot is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/91553
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/91553
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!91553
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/239065
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.kinknot.com
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
- Float Pendant Lamp
- Function
- Pendant Lamp
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Maroon, Black, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kinknot
- Country
- Lithuania
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #91553
Credits
- Team
- Adomas Rimselis and Tadas Antanavicius
- Image Credits
- Darius Petrulaitis
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Ascetic, light and minimalist luminaire, floating in space and only with a few flexes creates a poetic, gentle and dynamic mood and fills surroundings with beautiful and warm light. The shade floats between two cylindrical parts and makes a clearance between elements that creates a beautiful tension.
- Inspiration
- Inspiration came from architecture and nature. It's like floating leaf in space, light and delicate, but in the same time it is a formant of space, the element of scale, the present, no noise, just beautiful relationship between space and object.
- Challenge
- Because at first it was made as bespoke lamp, the assembly was made in welding technic. After decision to put lamp in bigger market, the question of feasibility arose, but intention of clean and monolithic aesthetics remained. During design process a great consideration was shown for integrating technology components into the lamp design itself. It helped to avoid additional boxes on ceilings for power sources. There are no visible fasteners, but still every element can be detached and replaced separately.
- Realization and Technology
- Shade is shaped using aluminum sheet bending technology. Other components of construction are mainly made from turned and milled aluminum. The light source uses LED technology and diffusor made from pmma. Aluminum parts are powder coated.
- Operation and Interaction
- The lamp is delivered already assembled. It hangs from the ceiling on two anchor points. Only 6mm diameter aluminum box mounted to ceiling conceals wiring. Lamp is controlled by a standard switch or dimer.
- Project Duration and Location
- Lamp design process started in late 2017 as part of individual interior project. In 2019 it was put on serial production in Kaunas, Lithuania.
- Specifications
- Diameter 1200mm, height 170mm, weight 11kg. Electrical specification: 18.4W, 3000K, RA86
- Keywords
- "light", "pendant", "minimal", "float", "ascetic", "lamp", "space", "modern"
