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Fiction Light by Amir Baharikhahi and Maryam Mahmoudi Receives the A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Amir Baharikhahi and Maryam Mahmoudi for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Fiction Light by Amir Baharikhahi and Maryam Mahmoudi, designed for Natural Light, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
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.
More About Fiction Light
Fiction is a floor lamp designed for residential and office interiors. The base is 1600 mm tall and is made from wooden pieces that are joined, cut and polished into a soft form recalling a tree trunk and branches. Spheres of recycled paper are shaped over light metal frames and hold low energy LED lamps of 14 watts. Simplified crow figures in matte black are made from recycled wood particles. The spheres and the figures can be moved to change the light angle, and a touch switch adjusts the light intensity.
About Amir Baharikhahi and Maryam Mahmoudi
The Studio is a new design studio that designs products. The purpose of the studiot is to create an interaction between nature and technology. Its design method is based on nature and minimal thinking. Most products of this studio are made from recyclable materials and natural materials. Also, we try to interact with users through our design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Amir Baharikhahi and Maryam Mahmoudi 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/136541
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136541
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136541
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/261271
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Fiction Light
- Function
- Light
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Natural Light
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Amir Baharikhahi and Maryam Mahmoudi
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136541
Credits
- Team
- Amir Baharikhah, mahtab Khavareh and Maryam mahmoudi kharghani
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Lighting has two aspects, a different form of light and second, the story within it. This light has an attractive and minimal form and a flexible structure. In the base part, we have a simultaneous combination of the shape of the tree trunk and the entanglement of the tree branches in a completely simplified way, which is made of wood. The light that shines out from inside the orbs and through the structure of the base tree is completely reminiscent of sunlight radiating between trees.
- Inspiration
- A product must engage the user and has a deconstruction and creative interaction with its audience. The main idea was inspired by a legend. In ancient myths, crows lent their inner light to human life and immersed themselves in darkness to find life. They have the secret of light in their darkness. The main goal for us was to create the story and tell it in a light with elements of the natural environment. Light is a sacred element of the past, light means * the absence of darkness.
- Research
- During the design experience, we realized that light is always one of the factors that most or perhaps unwillingly affects the audience, but the light is not just a physical, industrial and dry product. Different lights have incredible effects on the audience, so we tried to change the industrial and bare structure of common lights. Light is not a single component and does not have one dimension, the shadows that are produced by light sources must also be designed as a second dimension. A light can easily evoke a feeling and impress the audience, so we tried to make our light interactive. We tried to add light to the story and create an interaction that makes the audience think.
- Challenge
- Our main challenge was to interact and make the user think about the identification of an artifact through the story. The available lights are always more practical, while we think the product should make the audience think as well. We did not want to change products, we wanted to create identity and interaction within products. An interaction that makes the users think more and more. There is a legend in which crows give their light to the earth to bring life to light, in the story of our product, crows represent the identity and rebirth of light in a modern and minimal light. One of the main purposes was to use elements that are reminiscent of nature.
- Realization and Technology
- The light-shaped cylindrical base with a height of 1600 mm has been intertwined and softened into a form using wooden pieces that were connected to each other and finally cut and polished. The crows are made of a light metal structure that is placed inside a mold, surrounded, molded and baked by a combination of recycled wood particles and glue, and the surface is polished and matted black. Paper balls are formed on a light metal structure in such a way that sheets of recyclable paper are formed by water vapor on a spherical structure and are fixed by drying. The balls are formed by a light piece of aluminum into low-consumption LED lights.
- Operation and Interaction
- Light tries to be more than just a product. A light that is simple and attractive, can accompany the audience with the story inside. We designed the feeling and the story in an attractive format. The structure has simple and minimal structure made of natural wood and paper materials and the form is inspired by nature. Interactive design or usage of the elements of crows and light balls * can be moved free from their choices. Changing the position of the lights creates different light angles and the light intensity can be adjusted. The story that is about the position of the crows in relation to each other is another factor that engages the audience with this light.
- Project Duration and Location
- This is absolutely new concept project, that our team get started near 3 months ago in Istanbul.
- Specifications
- Width 250mm x depth 250mm x hight 1600 mm Wooden structure. light should be LED lamp 14 w
- Keywords
- light, Fiction ,legend, lamp, lighting , raven
