Press Release April 2015 | RZB lighting
Double triumph for RZB lighting
in the Red Dot Design Award 2015
Ultra-flat SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano LED glass luminaire and
minimalist LESS IS MORE® linear system awarded for their high design
quality
[Bamberg, April 2015] Two products made by luminaire manufacturer RZB Rudolf
Zimmermann, Bamberg GmbH won over the 38-member jury of the Red Dot
Award: Product Design 2015. With its SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano glass
LED pendant luminaire and its LESS IS MORE® linear system, RZB once again
proved its design excellence in the most important competition for product
design, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
Thanks to its smart technology strategy and excellent design, RZB has
already received more than 45 accolades for its product design over the past five
years.
The international experts discussed and assessed each of the 4,928 entries from
56 countries. But only the designs that won over the jury with their quality and
innovative power were given an award. SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano and
LESS IS MORE® from RZB succeeded in convincing the jury members,
deservedly winning the sought-after Red Dot seal of quality.
Venetian legend
The traditional Venetian art of glassblowing
meets innovative light technology from Bamberg
SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano impressed the prominent jury members with
its symbiosis of authentic Venetian glass and extremely efficient "made in
Germany" light technology. The centrepiece of the just 15 mm light is a mouthblown Murano glass cover in four colour versions, which thanks to the LEDs set
in the side produces an exceptionally uniform, powerful and gentle light. The
direct power supply through the suspension cable makes the luminaire appear
delicate and weightless. Helmut Heinrich, who was responsible for the
development and design of the luminaires, believes that the collaboration with the
glass manufacturer Ferro Murano was a particular honour: "Venetian
glassblowing is a craft that remains legendary to this day.
Pioneers of this craft share their expertise only with extreme caution. More than
700 years of expertise, tradition and passion make each of the different coloured
glass covers an exceptionally beautiful and unique piece."
LESS IS MORE®
The essence of light and aesthetics.
As a prime example of how form and function can be successfully combined, the
jury was also impressed by the minimalist design and high light quality of the
LESS IS MORE® range of LED luminaries. Featuring state-of-the-art LED
technology, they can be used for powerful and efficient general or accentuated
lighting, and the range of sizes and lamps mean they can be used in just about
any conceivable situation. Planners and users can select from various luminance
levels and colour temperatures, and can obtain the exact type of light diffusion
desired via micro-grid and micro prismatic or opal covers. The power supply is
practically invisible as it comes directly through the suspension cable, making the
luminaires appear even more graceful. RZB Product Designer Helmut Heinrich
explains the uniqueness of this award-winning product: "In the combination
shown here of high-quality aluminium profile surface and striking crystal glass
cover painted white on the inside, the luminaire not only provides soft, indirect
upward light and powerful downward lighting, it also makes an extremely strong
design statement."
Throughout the world and across different industries, Red Dot is seen as the
award for high design quality. The international Red Dot jury bestows the soughtafter seal of quality only to those products that stand out clearly from comparable
entries thanks to their excellent design.
Professor Dr Peter Zec, Founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award: “For 60 years,
the most-respected design experts have been convening every year in Essen to
seek out the best designs. This year we had a record number of almost 5,000
entries – a huge amount of work for our jury members, who assessed each
individual product, and a special value of the distinction due to the high standard.
The laureates of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 have demonstrated
exceptionally high achievements and have thus been deservedly successful in
the world’s largest design competition.”
The internationally respected product competition will culminate in the Red Dot
Gala in Essen on 29 June 2015. The glamorous award ceremony with more than
1,200 guests will be hosted by Professor Dr Peter Zec in Essen’s Aalto-Theater.
At the subsequent Designers’ Night after-show party, the winners celebrate into
the early hours in the midst of award-winning products in the Red Dot Design
Museum Essen. The winning products are then presented for four weeks in the
special exhibition “Design on Stage” before being included in the museum’s
permanent exhibition.
Red Dot Design Museum Essen
With roughly 2,000 exhibits over 4,000 square metres, the Red Dot Design
Museum presents the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design. The
successful entries in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 will be shown
from 29 June to 26 July 2015 in an impressive special exhibition in the midst of
the historical industrial architecture of the Zollverein World Heritage site. In
“Design on Stage”, visitors will experience the current top achievements up close
and personal, because this hands-on exhibition expressly encourages visitors to
touch and try out the exhibits. In this way, fans of design can find out about the
trends in international product design and see for themselves the good quality of
the SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano and LESS IS MORE® from RZB lighting.
About the Red Dot Award:
In order to appraise the diversity in the field of design in a professional manner,
the Red Dot Design Award breaks down into the three disciplines of Red Dot
Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot
Award: Design Concept.
The Red Dot Award was created by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen and
with around 17,000 entries each year is one of the best-respected design
competitions in the world. In 2015, it is celebrating its 60th anniversary: It was in
1955 that a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day.
The sought-after award, the “Red Dot”, is the revered international seal of
outstanding design quality.
Award-winning designers, manufacturers and agencies use the Red Dot winner
label and receive numerous other winners’ privileges, such as the presentation
of the award-winning product on Red Dot Online, in the Red Dot Design
Yearbook, the Red Dot App and on Red Dot 21. Additionally, the winning
products are communicated in the international PR activities of Red Dot and
exhibited in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen for a whole year.
More information is available at www.red-dot.org/press.
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Selection of photos(for download in print quality)
Product pictures with Red Dot design award
should be selected for publication!
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SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano
Product picture with design awards RZB
(photo on the left: RZB; photo on the right: Fotostudio Lippmann)
The flat design and handmade Murano glass ensure that each SIDELITE®
ROUND FerroMurano is unique | Design RZB Helmut Heinrich
(photo: Fotostudio Lippmann)
The SIDELITE® ROUND FerroMurano LED luminaire is available in red, white,
yellow and green and as a 677 mm wall or pendant luminaire | Design RZB
Helmut Heinrich
LESS IS MORE®
Product picture with design award RZB
(photo on the left: Jürg Knuchel; photo on the right: Fotostudio Lippmann)
The minimalistic LESS IS MORE® range of luminaires is excellently suited for
lighting work stations, as well as for glare-free lighting for bathroom mirrors.
Press contact RZB lighting:
RZB Rudolf Zimmermann, Bamberg GmbH
Rheinstraße 16
D-96052 Bamberg
Public Relations
Cordula Lübbehusen
Tel.: +49 951- 7909 428
Mobil: +49 151- 18029372
E-Mail: cordula.luebbehusen@rzb-leuchten.de
www.rzb.de
Bamberg, April 2015