Press Release
Capsule Lighting System by Sushant Vohra Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Sushant Vohra for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Capsule Lighting System by Sushant Vohra. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Capsule Lighting System
Capsule is a modular lighting system designed for the home. The system combines one handheld lighting module with different base modules, so each configuration can suit productivity, entertainment or ambience. A pressure fit attachment holds the lighting module in place without tools. A rotating ring on the module controls the brightness, and the diffusers can be unlocked and exchanged to change the light effect. The main module is made of aluminium by CNC milling. Capsule can serve as a desk lamp, a flashlight or a ceiling lamp.
About Sushant Vohra
Sushant is an Industrial Designer and a design educator. He is a builder of inspiring products and crafts strategic vision for future concepts. An advocate of collaboration, he helps build cultures, practices and methodologies that lead to success. He has a details oriented approach to complex problems and a unique ability to zoom out to see the bigger picture in business and design. Sushant designs for the modern world, empathizing with the needs of today and anticipating behaviors of tomorrow.
Award Record
With this recognition, Sushant Vohra is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2021 - 2022 editions 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. It 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. Typical entries include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. The awarded lighting designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/lighting
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/138799
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138799
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138799
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/215976
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.sushantvohra.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Capsule Lighting System
- Function
- Lighting System
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Sienna, Saddle Brown and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Sushant Vohra
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138799
Credits
- Image Credits
- All Images by Sushant Vohra
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Capsule lighting system is a series of modular lighting solutions for the home. Capsule is designed to be a flexible and an easily re-configurable lighting tool that can cater to variety of use cases such as productivity, entertainment and ambience. It uses a one of a kind pressure fit attachment feature that enables the main lighting module to create unique archetypes when combined with different base modules.
- Inspiration
- The Capsule Lighting system is built to be extremely adaptable. Understanding how light behaves when refracted via various materials was the project's beginning point. When a light source is passed through the correct materials, it can produce a variety of visual effects, ranging from focused spot light to diffused ambient light. Capsule utilizes this phenomenon and applies it to modern user needs while minimizing parts and production complexity.
- Research
- After researching the flashlight and lamp markets, I discovered that many devices employ identical LEDs with variable degrees of power and, a reflector or diffuser. Capsule leverages the same LEDs across many configurations to provide a coherent approach that is more efficient since it requires fewer parts and allows for multifunctional use cases. After discussing my concept with possible consumers and manufacturers, I was encouraged to come up with a simple attachment method that didn't require any additional tools or complicated geometry.
- Challenge
- One of the most difficult aspects of the project was coming up with a form factor that was both simple to comprehend and versatile enough to be used with various mounts. To keep things simple, a simple cylindrical form was selected, and the mounts were tailored around it to give a distinctive but minimalist personality to the configurations. Another hurdle was to design an attachment mechanism that was simple to use and ensured a tight fit. After numerous attempts, a simple pressure fit mechanism was developed to produce an elegant and straightforward method of product assembly.
- Realization and Technology
- Capsule lighting module is designed to be made out of Aluminum using CNC Milling process to ensure precision and light weight. The Base stands use variety of processes from metal pipe bending to stamping and milling. Additional parts like rubber feet, attachment parts, cables will be made out of plastic, silicone and rubber using injection molding process.
- Operation and Interaction
- The capsule lighting module is a handheld flashlight that can be operated by simply interacting with the rotating ring on one of the ends. The rotation corresponds to varying degree of brightness. To use the Capsule module with the mounts simply align the positive terminal with the attachment feature and press it into position. The USB connection aids in keeping the battery charged and ready for use. To change the different lighting diffusers, the user can rotate to unlock it and replace with a different diffusing module. The grooves on the capsule module and the diffuser help the diffusers stay locked in place.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2021 and after multiple prototypes and refinements, it was completed in January 2022. All development was done in San Francisco Bay Area.
- Specifications
- Capsule Lighting Module : Designed to be handheld and comes in a cylindrical package of 88mm x 24mm. There are two mounts that can be used with the lighting module. Desktop Base - 130 mm wide and 330 mm tall Ceiling Mount - 65mm wide and 110 mm tall When used together the configurations are designed to look sleek and modern, without too much visual bulk to them.
- Keywords
- Lighting, Interior Design, Flashlight, Modular, Lighting System, Industrial Design, Lamp
