We were voted winner of the category Art Bespoke by an international expert jury! The winners were announced on March 31th 2022 at [d]arc night @ Fabric in London. Our team member Almut Bagnoli was in London to accept the award on behalf of our entire team.

For the awarded project we collaborated with Axthelm Rolvien Architekten for the interior and exterior lighting design of Donner & Reuschel, a private bank situated in a historical building in the heart of Hamburg.

The concept: indoor and outdoor lighting reflect classy hanseatic restraint and elegance

Located in an exposed panoramic position at the Binnenalster lake, the outdoor lighting was designed to embed the façade into an elegant, sophisticated unit harmonising with the surrounding historical buildings.

The interior lighting was shaped to reflect classy hanseatic restraint and elegance. Skilfully, the lighting sets accents to underline the visual axes. A bespoke light artwork in the entrance hall completes the overall concept:

Customers in a "swarm of light"

The floating light sculpture is inspired by a sickle shape of fibre glass elements with conical brass and white glass end pieces, which embraces the inviting lounge area in the entrance hall. Walking down the pavement alongside the historical building, a delightful view of the light installation opens up through the window. From inside, the surrounding architecture allows a sweeping view of the scenery, from the lounge area the visitor can peer straight up through the swarm of light.

To create the sculpture’s unique shape, it was necessary to consider a complex interplay of architectural conditions and desired visual effects in order to highlight the interior design and set an eyecatcher.

The award

The [d]arc awards is a unique concept utilising arc and darc magazines’ reputation as being the most widely read and respected lighting design publications in the world. In collaboration with creative consultants Light Collective, we have created a unique opportunity to get every practice involved in the awards process.

Anyone can enter (lighting designers, architects, interior designers or manufacturers), but here’s the exciting bit – once the shortlist has been chosen by an international jury of lighting designers, independent lighting designers, architects and interior designers will be invited to vote on their favourite projects and products making this the only truly peer-to-peer lighting design awards in the world.

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We wholeheartedly thank the [d]arc awards and everyone who voted for us!

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