Global award recognition for our diamond chandelier design
When we first created a custom, diamond-shaped lighting fixture to serve as a showcase piece for a prominent retailer, we knew we produced something special. Winning a prestigious LIT Design Award for this fixture in March 8, 2019, helped reinforce this feeling, and we’re proud to be recognized for this amazing project.
The LIT (Light in Theory) Design Awards are international honors bestowed upon the world’s best lighting product designers and lighting implementers. They honor creativity and innovation in lighting, based on the belief that lighting is both an art and a science as well as one of the top elements of design.
Ideoli won this award within the chandeliers category by creating a beautiful, custom lighting fixture that looks realistically like a large diamond. We created this chandelier for a national jewelry retailer in Orlando, Florida, to serve as the focal point for an 8,000-square-foot retail space. Since then, we have produced several more for their national locations.
The fixture itself measures almost six feet in diameter, and it represents the exact cuts of a GIA diamond. We created this effect through both a unique construction process and innovative LED lighting. Specifically, the interior of the fixtures uses polished stainless steel to create the look of 58 facets found on a real GIA diamond. We then constructed the exterior frame from clear acrylic panels to make the diamond translucent. Since the frame is see-through, we used highly-reflective aluminum panels from Germany within the center core of the fixture to create a sparkly look.
From a lighting perspective, we installed an advanced, color-changing LED lighting system in the girdle of the diamond in a way where the lighting points inwards. Doing so prevents the LED lights themselves from being seen but the light they emit reflects off the interior core to create even more of a sparkle.
This innovative fixture catches the eyes of customers to help drive attention and ultimately revenue to the store. We’re honored that our hard work and creativity also caught the attention of the LIT Design Awards.
