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Meduse Sculpture Lamp by Ana Maria Reque Wins the A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Ana Maria Reque acknowledged for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Meduse Sculpture Lamp by Ana Maria Reque, designed for Ana Maria Reque Art, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Meduse Sculpture Lamp
Meduse is a sculptural lamp inspired by marine habitats. Each piece combines Raku ceramic with blown Murano glass tentacles. The lamp is suitable for indoor and outdoor use and creates light and shadow effects on nearby walls. Multicolored LED lighting can be adjusted with a remote control. The ceramic body is modeled in refractory clay, dried, fired, glazed and fired again at 930 degrees Celsius, then removed from the oven while still hot. The resulting thermal shock creates a crazed surface with metallic and iridescent reflections.
About Ana Maria Reque
Ana Maria Reque, lives and works in Venice. Graduated in Architecture in 1995, she carried out a research path of architectural and artistic direction. 1998 in Cuba, 2002 at the IUAV in Venice, 2015 Degree in Sculpture, at the Venice Academy. In the artistic field, she works transversely with different disciplines, uses Deconstructivism in art and architecture. In the field of Design, she was awarded in 2017 with a silver A'Design Award. Since 2008 she has participated in 42 collective and 4 individual exhibitions held in Italy, Peru,North America,Slovenia, Monaco, Switzerland, France.In Peru she founded the “Habitat and Heritage” Association.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ana Maria Reque is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Typical entries include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. The awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/104827
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/104827
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!104827
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/170311
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.anamariarequeart.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Meduse Sculpture Lamp
- Function
- Sculpture Lamp
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Dark Gray, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ana Maria Reque Art
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ana Maria Reque
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #104827
Credits
- Team
- Ana Maria Reque, Glassmaker Paolo Giubelli and Photographer Gino Gabrieli
- Image Credits
- Photocredit: Gabrieli Gino
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Global design and local identities,they are collector's pieces. Two identities, Peru and Italy two different cultures highly integrated in the Medusa lamps, after a process of deconstruction and liberation from history for giving space to a new syncretic language. Integration of two materials only ceramic Peru and Murano glass, harmonized thanks to the reflections of multicolored Led lighting. Raku process during the heat shock, the flames and the oxygen reduction method at 930 degrees celsius, are decisive for both the craquelure decorative effect and metallic and iridescent reflections.
- Inspiration
- The Marine Habitat, I conceive my works as reflections of a recreated nature, the connection between nature and culture is a constant in my work. I work across different disciplines.I began a path of alienation from the Traditional shape in order to give way to a new syncretic language by the deconstruction of the art. The work communicates two levels of interpretation: Fusion and integration of two cultures, Peru and Italy. Safeguarding seas and oceans: a Tropicalization of the Mediterranean sea is occurring.
- Research
- The goal is to create lamps that integrate Art and Design. The method is transversal by integrating two techniques ceramics with Murano glass; Through the Deconstruction of art, a process of liberation from the traditional historical form begins to give way to a new syncretic language. Two readings: Fusion of different techniques and cultures and Safeguarding the oceans, a tropicalization of the Mediterranean is occurring.The lamp has had a positive impact in Milan and in the VeniceGlassWeek 2020
- Challenge
- Take the pieces out of the oven at 940 degrees celsius and quickly manage the thermal shock in three minutes. The integration of the glass tentacles on the ceramic base.
- Realization and Technology
- After the modelling with refractory clay, I begin a deconstruction process of the traditional shape, a 20 day long drying process begins. I go on with the first cooking at 950 degrees celsius, the glazing process and the second cooking into a Raku oven at 930 degrees celsius. The object is removed still white-hot from the oven. Arrangement of the Led lighting system and finally the insertion of the Murano blown glass tentacles.
- Operation and Interaction
- The object can be used as an Indoor and Outdoor Lamp. The lamp is suitable for creating new atmospheres with light and shadow effects on the wall. The user can interact by changing different colors using the remote control.
- Project Duration and Location
- Modeled with clay: 12 days Drying: 20 days Blown glass processing: 7 days Location: Lido of Venice and Murano,Italy
- Specifications
- Materials: Raku ceramic, Murano glass, multicolored Led RGB Dimensions: 36 cm (diameter) 48 cm (height) Weight: 4 kg. each one
- Keywords
- Muranoglass, madeinItaly, theveniceglassweek 2020, venicedesignweek 2016, anamariarequeart,
