Press Release
Dani Paez Receives the Silver A' Design Award for PlouNuvol Light Interactive Installation in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Dani Paez recognized for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that PlouNuvol Light Interactive Installation by Dani Paez, designed for Aquí Houston, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
Regarding PlouNuvol Light Interactive Installation
PlouNuvol is an interactive light installation shaped as a large inflatable cloud. Visitors enter the cloud and take part in a light and sound show. A conductor teaches a simple choreography that turns the body into a percussion instrument. The sounds recall the phases of rain and trigger light effects inside the cloud. Artificial fog and ten tons of salt on the floor reflect the colors of the walls. The outer skin is made of flame retardant polyester with a PVC coating, so the show is also visible from outside.
Award Record
This recognition makes Dani Paez 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. 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/90003
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/90003
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!90003
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/168656
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.aquihouston.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- PlouNuvol Light Interactive Installation
- Function
- Light Interactive Installation
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dark Blue, Midnight Blue, Black, Indigo and Dark Slate Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Aquí Houston
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dani Paez
- Country
- Spain
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #90003
Credits
- Team
- Dani Paez, Isabel Guillen, Jordi Medina, Mery MPH, Eva Oliver, Marisa Oliver, Manuel Paez, Gemma Riera, Espacio la Nube, Eikonos, Mireia Pascual, ZER Collection, Sara Martin, Lidia Puig, Marco Sansalone, Victor Marsol, Lucas Pigliacampo, Protofy, Kum Kum Events, David Barra, G de Gospel
- Image Credits
- Photographer Daniel Paez/David Barra, PlouNuvol, 2019.; Photographer Daniel Paez/David Barra, PlouNuvol, 2019. Video Credtis: Daniel Paez/Marco Sansalone, PlouNuvol, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- PlouNuvol is an immersive and interactive installation where the participant will be co-creating a storm within the cloud. Led by an actor-conductor, the attendees will be moving their bodies, making the sound of the rain that triggers a set of surprising visual effects.
- Inspiration
- People used to see the clouds from the ground, but what if we could be inside one? Led by an actor-conductor, the attendees will be moving their bodies, making the sound of the rain that triggers a set of surprising visual effects. This generates a show visible from both inside and outside the cloud, making the participants the creators of a storm in its different phases: cloud, rain and thunderstorm
- Research
- How to feel the sensation of being inside a cloud and feel not only the rain but its energy. The objective was to investigate how rain-like sounds can be generated with the body and how the cloud react with them. The methodology was to try different gospel choirs to find the best way to make music with the body. The results were 15,000 visitors in 3 days in Barcelona, leaving more than double in the street without being able to enter the event due to the time constraints, 4 hours a day for 3 days, that allowed us the city council of Barcelona. Sold out tickets.
- Challenge
- The creative challenge was how to make a cloud rain thanks to the sound interaction of people. Our team had to investigate methods, sound sensors, tests with gospel choirs, etc ... to understand that the rain has a musicality in different phases.
- Realization and Technology
- The pavilion was created by an inflatable cloud to create the pavilion, and inside was added artificial fog to increase the feeling of being inside it. The show begins when an orchestra conductor teaches participants a choreography with which they turn their body into a percussion instrument. The sounds generated by the body were associated with phases of the rain that when produced, caused a rain of light inside the cloud. In addition, it was filled with 10 tons of salt on the floor so that the colors of the walls were reflected in it, thus achieving the feeling of actually being inside a cloud.
- Operation and Interaction
- The inflated cloud made of Polyester (flame retardant plus waterproof) with PVC coating, allows the light show not only to be enjoyed inside but also to be contemplated outside with the same intensity. The only difference is that the people inside are interacting with the cloud through the sound of their body, and people outside just listen to noise and are waiting to come in to see what is happening.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2019 in Barcelona during Llum Barcelona (Light Festival) 4 hours each night during 3 days. It starts every 15 minutes.
- Specifications
- 14900mm x 20760mm x 8130mm
- Keywords
- light, immersive, interactive, body percussion, light show
