Khepri Lighting Unit by Hisham Elessawy |
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| DESIGN NAME: Khepri PRIMARY FUNCTION: Lighting Unit INSPIRATION: The Ancient Egyptians watched the scarab rolling dung into a ball and pushing it along the ground to its burrow, they made a connection between the movement of the sun across the sky and the movement of the dung ball pushed by the scarab. Egyptians believed that it pushes the sun every morning into the sky (light), then back to the underworld in the evening (Darkness). They named it Khepri: The scarab god of rising of morning sun and rebirth. Khepri is our inspiration for lighting units. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Khepri is a floor lamp and also a pendent that is designed based on ancient Egyptians Khepri concept. Just touch Khepri and light will be on: From the Darkness to the Light - as ancient Egyptians always believed. Developed from the evolution of Egyptian scarab shape, Khepri is equipped with a dimmable LED that is regulated by a touch sensor switch that provides three settings adjustable brightness by a touch. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Khepri is inspired from the ancient Egyptian myth of the god of sunrise, Khepri lighting unit design is evolved from the shape of the scarab god while it is bringing the light to the world from the darkness. This was the main idea and function behind Khepri new lighting unit, to have this concept in an indoors lighting unit in a contemporary way. with just a touch any one can bring the light to his place using Khepri lighting unit. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started as an individual project from 15th February 2021, to 20th March 2021, in HEDS Design Studio. Located in Cairo, Egypt. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Lighting Products and Fixtures Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Khepri was designed by HEDS, a Design Studio based in Cairo. Specialized in innovation product design. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Floor Light Height is 1500 mm, Base diameter is 500 mm and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm. Pendant Light Height is 700 mm, Base diameter is 300 m and Khepri Lighting fixture diameter is 200 mm. Materials are Metal and Glass. Colors are Black & Various of Colors. LED Bulb is 14W bulb that is equivalent to a 100W, require 80 to 90 percent less energy to run at the same rate. The 2700K temperature to receive a warm lighting for indoors, with the maximum brightness of 1521 lumens. With CRI of 85 and the LED last around 15,000 hours. Switch: LED Touch Sensor Switch, settings adjustable brightness by touch. TAGS: Lighting, Pendent, Egypt, Scarab, Khepri, LED, Lamp RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The central belief surrounding Khepri was the god's ability to renew life, in the same way he restored the sun's existence every morning. Mummified scarab beetles and scarab amulets have been found in Pre-dynastic graves, indicating that Khepri was respected early on in the history of Ancient Egypt. Khepri was principally depicted as a scarab beetle and this is the form that i started to abstract it to it's minimal form showing the rebirth of light coming from the heart of the darkness of Khepri in a modern Lighting unit. CHALLENGE: The Integration of Anicent Egyptian believes and the Modern Style, as we worked on developing a complex form (Scarab Beetle), to extract the outline of khepri (Lighting Unit) to be functional and deliver the concept of Scarab Beetle God of Light and recreation that believed by Ancient Egyptian. ADDED DATE: 2021-03-28 20:24:40 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Hisham Elessawy, 2020. |
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NAME: HEDS PROFILE: “HEDS” is an Egyptian/cosmopolitan design studio and academy that provides interdisciplinary design services and solutions. from product and furniture design to customization and cutting edge across craft, art, fashion, interiors and architecture. |
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Khepri Lighting Unit by Hisham Elessawy is Winner in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category, 2020 - 2021.· Read the interview with designer Hisham Elessawy for design Khepri here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Hisham Elessawy. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Hisham Elessawy. |
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