Press Release
Maya Pendant Lamp by Alexey Danilin Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Alexey Danilin acknowledged for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Maya Pendant Lamp by Alexey Danilin, designed for Maytoni, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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.
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.
More About Maya Pendant Lamp
Maya is a pendant lamp inspired by the jewelry art of ancient Mesoamerica. The metal body has a gold color and the shape of an inverted crescent moon. Both sides are covered with transparent cast glass bearing small geometric ornaments. The many facets refract the light and cast patterns of rays on nearby walls. LED sources on both sides are covered with matte diffusers for soft and even light. The lamp hangs on two wires joined by a decorative cylindrical element. The height is adjustable, and several lamps can form multilevel compositions.
About Alexey Danilin
Born in 1987. Graduated from university with a degree in fine arts. Started working in 2010 as an interior designer for French decorator Vanina Boudet. Later continued my career as an event designer and decorator. The designer's New Year decorations were published in the book "Holiday Design - FESTIVE&JOYFUL" by Send Points publishing house. Later Alexey tried himself as a contemporary artist. He exhibited his works at the Youth Biennale of Contemporary Art with the installation "Futuristic Cross", which then decorated the Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. He designed the Shell sofa transformer, for which he won his first Red Dot award.
Award Record
With this recognition, Alexey Danilin is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2021 - 2022 to 2023 - 2024 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. 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://desingers.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://desingers.org/151448
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/151448
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!151448
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/297371
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Maya Pendant Lamp
- Function
- Pendant Lamp
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Maytoni
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alexey Danilin
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #151448
Credits
- Team
- Alexey Danilin, Engineer: Nikita Morozov, Product managers: Natalia Danilova, Elena Slivka, Assistant product managers: Karim Tabishchev, Anastasia Orlova, Photographer Vlad Buk.
- Image Credits
- Maytoni GmbH
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The lamps not only have a characteristic gold color, but are also framed on both sides with glass with polygonal ornaments. Many faces refract the flow of light and create many spectacular reflections. This effect symbolizes the precious stones that decorated the jewelry of ancient Americans. The collection consists of a suspended lamp that is suspended on two wires. They are connected by a decorative cylindrical element that creates an elegant silhouette.
- Inspiration
- The collection is dedicated to the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica. They were famous for their jewelry art, often made of gold. This metal was not a jewel or currency for them, unlike it was for the Europeans of the time. In some Mesoamerican cultures, ornaments had ritual and religious significance. In addition, they often had a similar silhouette in the form of an inverted crescent moon. That's why this form formed the basis of Maya's collection; and the faceted glass symbolizes the precious stones that adorned the jewelry.
- Research
- The main task was to study the origins of ancient Mesoamerican cultures. We wanted to study their jewelry art and find a match in the silhouettes of these products, learn about the religious and cultural heritage of this tradition, and also learn about the attitude of these ancient peoples to jewelry and precious materials. We wanted to create an object that, in its silhouette, color scheme and choice of materials, conveyed the spirit of these distinctive cultures.
- Challenge
- After choosing the theme for the project, as well as the silhouette and color combinations of the subject, it was necessary to come up with a concise and thoughtful technical implementation. For this, LED technologies were chosen. Thanks to this, a laconic silhouette was preserved. Fasteners for glass of a simple shape was also made, so as not to distract the viewer from the main image. An element also appeared that connects the wires, which makes the overall image of the lamp more reminiscent of jewelry than a regular lamp.
- Realization and Technology
- The lamp is made of metal with LED light sources on both sides. They are covered with matte diffusers in order to create a matte diffuse light. On the front and back side, the lamp is covered with transparent cast glass with small geometric ornaments. Wires are connected by a special element. Thanks to the design of the lamp, spectacular rays of light are created.
- Operation and Interaction
- You can create multilevel compositions from suspended lamps. Each of them creates interesting rays of light. And if several such lamps are combined into compositions, you get interesting asymmetric light effects indoors. An abstract ornament of light rays will appear on the walls. Such lamps can be used in the living room in a residential interior or in spacious rooms of hotels and restaurants. Due to the fact that the height of the lamps can be adjusted.
- Specifications
- Color temperature 3000 K, Color rendering index 85 CRI, Scattering angle 120 degrees, IP protection IP 20, Fitting material Aluminum, Power 10 W, Minimum height 500 mm, Max Height 1865 mm, Packing length 360 mm, 1.21 kg, Gross 1.76 kg.
- Keywords
- Lighting, Lamp, Product design, Maytoni, Alexey Danilin
