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Meysam Feizi Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Hoor Light in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Meysam Feizi honored for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Hoor Light by Meysam Feizi, designed for Momken Studio. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Hoor Light
Hoor Light is a reinterpretation of the Iranian Hooraneh, an architectural element designed to filter daylight through narrow openings. The lamp is formed by two metal plates held together with concealed magnets, enclosing a diffuser that distributes the light evenly. Instead of emitting a direct beam, it produces a gentle illumination that defines the surrounding space. The design connects traditional references with contemporary production methods, merging cultural heritage with present-day use.
Award Record
Meysam Feizi 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. 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/175763
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/175763
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!175763
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/361613
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bitly.cx/F3mH
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hoor Light
- Function
- Light
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Momken Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Meysam Feizi
- Country
- Iran
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #175763
Credits
- Team
- Iman Panahi, Masoud Faraji and Behrooz Nakhaei
- Image Credits
- Momken Studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Hoor, a whisper of light. In a world saturated with brightness, it chooses restraint. It does not beam light, but lets it softly emanate quiet, indirect, like a memory of a fading tradition in the architecture of arid lands, where light passed through the stillness of Hooranehs and shadows held meaning. Two facing metal plates, held together only by magnets, conceal a diffuser within. Light seeps gently through the gap between them not as illumination, but as a delicate presence. Hoor is not merely a lamp, but a pause within space a contemporary object with an ancient soul.
- Inspiration
- The Hoor lamp is inspired by the traditional concept of Hooraneh in Iranian architecture, especially in hot and arid regions. These architectural elements controlled natural light by guiding it through narrow openings, preventing glare and creating a soft, diffused ambiance with a calm and spiritual atmosphere. Hoor reinterprets this timeless approach to light in a contemporary form. Hoor seeks to reinterpret this lighting philosophy in a contemporary form.
- Research
- Objects carry ideas and cultures, forming a reciprocal relationship in which they both derive identity from their context and contribute to shaping it. Our daily lives are shaped through embodied interactions with objects, becoming part of our lived experience. In our view, this lived experience in the contemporary world holds a weakened connection to the authentic Iranian context. Based on this, we explore the potential of Iranian forms to shape objects. Among these, the Persian alphabet stands out as one of the purest forms, refined over centuries and carrying the essence of Iranian culture and ideas.
- Challenge
- The primary challenge in producing the Hoor lamp was prestressing the steel plates using high-strength steel to prevent twisting or bending over time, ensuring the lamp’s form remains intact. Additionally, designing and resolving the precise details for integrating the LEDs, diffuser plates, and achieving complete waterproofing within the limited 12 mm thickness required high technical accuracy and meticulous coordination between components.
- Realization and Technology
- The Hoor lamp is the result of blending modern technological precision with the delicacy of handcraft. Its body is made from CNC-cut metal sheets, which are then hand-finished to create a natural, weathered texture, celebrating the beauty of time and decay rather than newness and shine. The plates are joined using strong, precise magnets, enabling effortless assembly and disassembly without leaving any visible screws or fasteners, thus creating a minimal and seamless appearance. The gap between the diffuser and the metal plate is sealed on one side with silicone adhesive and on the other with an O-ring washer, ensuring structural integrity and durability within the lamp’s 12 mm thickness.
- Operation and Interaction
- The robust structure and precise sealing of the Hoor lamp, combined with its indirect light distribution and adjustable brightness, make it ideal for open areas, outdoor spaces, and rooftops. It features a durable underground compartment that securely houses the power supply, while strong clamps and locks anchor the lamp to the ground, ensuring resistance to environmental conditions and theft. For easy maintenance and repair, the metal body plates are connected with powerful magnets and can be effortlessly detached using an opposing magnet, allowing the lamps to be replaced without unscrewing or using any special tools.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Project Started in May 2023 in Tehran and Finished on October 2023 in the Same City.
- Specifications
- Width 60 mm, Depth 110 mm, Height 700 mm
- Keywords
- metal texture, handcrafted lighting, minimal design, tactile surface, material exploration, contemporary craftsmanship, indirect lighting, emotional design, iterative prototyping, light and shadow
