A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Goes to Pagoda Lamp by Zongming Liu and Xingchen Pan

Zongming Liu and Xingchen Pan recognized for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Pagoda Lamp by Zongming Liu and Xingchen Pan, designed for Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 scored 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 Pagoda Lamp

Pagoda is a desk lamp designed without an external switch. The lamp has a pagoda-shaped shell that holds the light source inside. The control is integrated into the shape. Users place a hand on the top and rotate the form clockwise to turn the light on and to raise the brightness. Rotating counterclockwise lowers the brightness and turns the light off. The shell is made of teak wood, which is dried for stability and wear resistance. Wood conducts heat slowly, so the surface feels warm. The lamp measures 10 by 10 by 20 centimeters.

Award Record

Zongming Liu and Xingchen Pan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

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/149437
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149437
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149437
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/343351
Further Information from the Laureate: https://brucetao.myportfolio.com/

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Pagoda Lamp
Function: Lamp
Category: Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
Colors: Dim Gray, Silver, Wheat, Bisque and Cornsilk
Images: 5
Client: Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

The Recognition

Laureate: Zongming Liu and Xingchen Pan
Country: Italy
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #149437

Credits

Team: Zhihao Zhao, Xizi Wang, Li Zhao, Zixing Zhu and Mengyu Su
Image Credits: Creator (Bruce Tao / Designer)

Design Details

Unique Properties: This is a lamp design with no external switch. Its appearance and function are unique. Its bulbs are inside the shape of the pagoda. This is a very rare appearance. As for functionality, the biggest difference is that it has no obvious on/off switch. Its switches are integrated into the pagoda shape. Users can turn the light on and off by placing their hand on the top of the product and gently rotating it. Users can adjust its brightness in this way. That's what makes it unique. This unique design can give users a better experience.
Inspiration: I got my inspiration from Buddhist pagodas. The luminous pagodas represent the sacred meaning of Buddhism and the path to enlightenment, providing wisdom to the world through the holy light. And we used this meaning to design this lamp. The lamp is also a product for lighting up the night. Our design motivation was to make traditional symbols as unique as possible in modern products. We changed the way this lamp opens and closes. Artfully rotated through the shape of the pagoda.
Research: Desk lamp is the product that every family user will buy, have huge market. According to the survey, most lamps are priced below 30 euros. Now the shape of the desk lamp is more fixed. A unique and affordable lamp has great market value. Desk lamp basically is Illumination action, facilitate reading, study, work. As the ceaseless development of desk lamp appearance, modelling, desk lamp has far exceeded the value of desk lamp itself, the desk lamp has become an artwork.
Challenge: This is an innovative design with a complex internal structure, and the machining qualification rate is the biggest challenge encountered by this project.
Realization and Technology: The shell of the product is made of teak wood, which is all a dry shrinkage is wet bilge minimum deformation of wood, after professional drying treatment, stable size very wear-resisting. Therefore, suitable for frequent using product. And heat conduction of wood is slow enough to let user feel warm.
Operation and Interaction: First, users connect the pagoda to a power source. Second, place your hand on the top and rotate the shape clockwise to light it up. Third, continue pushing clockwise to increase brightness. Finally, if you want to lower the brightness or turn off the light, push the bulb counterclockwise.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in September 2022 in Milan and finished in February 2023 in that place, and was exhibited in China in February 2023.
Specifications: length 10cm x Width 10cm x Height 20cm
Keywords: Light, Lamp, No switch, Pagoda, different, Beautiful, Rotate