Pescheria – Murano – until November 25, 2018 – The Berengo Foundation presents LUX-LUMEN, among the special events of the forty-seventh GAS (Glass Art Society) conference, which will animate Murano for the next 3 days, with a schedule of events filled with meetings and internationally renowned initiatives. The designer Andrea Cingoli was entrusted with the preparation of the exhibit, held inside an area of one of the island’s historic glassmaking factories.
The event traces the history and follows a path from Rezzonico to LED, in an exhibition that introduces the interpretations of chandeliers made by some of the most famous contemporary artists. Among the works on exhibit there’s also a creation by Andrea Cingoli himself, the “LampPoPcorn“, a lamp that is characterized by the descriptive power of blown glass and its natural lightness of being, representating, as the name suggest, popcorn.
“For me – stated Andrea Cingoli – it was a double and compelling satisfaction, for the assignment given to me and certainly stimulating for the preparation that required a simultaneously museographic and landscape design and, even more, for having been one among the artists selected. The settings and the calibre of the works required a particular effort and I can only thank the curator of the review, Adriano Berengo, for the trust granted to me.”
The exhibition brings together the works of 23 contemporary artists and, ideally, continues the activity launched since 1989 by Berengo Studio, that up until today has invited over 300 artists from all over the world and from different branches of knowledge – from sculptors to musicians – to collaborate with its master glassmakers in creating extraordinary glass works of art.
The works of the designer Andrea Cingoli continue to gather consensus. In fact, all of his works were entered into the jury awarded competition, “A’ Design Award & Competition“, one of the most important international design competitions that addresses numerous creative fields.
The X-Tension lamp was assigned a “A’ Design Award Gold”, the Qwerty sofa was awarded with a “A’ Design Award Silver”, three “A’ Design Award Bronze” were respectively assigned to the projects Uod (a lamp), Crick-It (a mobility system) and Saladice (a condiments container), while the E-Clips lamp was awarded with a “A’ Design Award Iron”.
The main purpose of the competition, promoted by OMC Design Studios, is to create a global awareness and understanding of design practices and principles. A’ Design Award & Competition is considered the largest and most widespread international design competition in the world. The edition that just ended saw the participation of creative people from 100 countries, in the 99 different disciplines related to design. A jury made up of renamed scholars, members of the specialized press, creative professionals, and highly experienced entrepreneurs, evaluated the competing projects.
Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE), 10 February 2018 – The designer from the Abruzzi region, Andrea Cingoli, has collected the special mention assigned to him by the jury of the prestigious German Design Award. The event took place during the 2018 edition of Ambiente, the international trade fair dedicated to consumer goods, in Frankfurt. The exhibit presented 2018 trends, a guide to identify sustainable products, a selection of innovative proposals curated by Sebastian Bergne, with a space, as always, dedicated to young people, whether they are designers or entrepreneurs. A new feature this year is the entry to the German trade fair of partners in addition to the Netherlands, including Denmark, France, Japan, United States, Italy and the UK. Duc (oo) k, the innovative kitchen tongs, impressed the interest of the jury and won the German award. The designer from the Abruzzi region, the founder of CONCEPTICON studio, was selected with two nominations a few months ago based on the projects: Flamp (the lamp made of Flexiglass, a recycled material patented by the same designer of the Abruzzi) and Duc (oo) k, the multipurpose kitchen accessory.
Andrea Cingoli of Concepticon Studio said, “the special mention received here in Frankfurt pushes me, even more, to experiment and measure up with the creative dimension applied to commonly used products that need to be rethought and designed focusing on a more pronounced functionality. Duc (oo) k, along with others, is among the finalists at IDSAIDEA 2017, the award granted annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America. In the next few months I will continue to look for an Italian company that industrializes a product that, according to the greatest design experts, deserves some attention”.
It should be remembered that the German Design Council, the promoter of the competition, is one of the world’s leading centers of expertise for communication and brand management in the field of design. The exclusive network of the Foundation members includes owners and administrators of over 200 companies in addition to world-class designers and design associations.
Duc(oo)k, the innovative kitchen tool devised by Abruzzo designer Andrea Cingoli, won the “special mention” at the German Design Award 2018. The awards ceremony will take place on February 9th in Frankfurt, in the presence of the prestigious international jury. The Abruzzo designer, the founder of CONCEPTICON studio, was selected with two nominations a few months ago based on the projects: Flamp (the lamp realized in Flexiglass, a recycled material patented by the same Abruzzo designer) and Duc (oo) k, the multipurpose kitchen accessory.
“I was already honored by the two nominations – said Andrea Cingoli of Concepticon Studio, in learning the news- imagine the joy of being awarded, with a special mention. Duc (oo) k, along with others, is among the finalists at IDSAIDEA 2017, the award that is granted annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America. The ambition now is to find an Italian company that industrializes a product which, according to the world’s top design experts, deserves some attention.”
It should be remembered that the German Design Council, the promoter of the competition, is one of the world’s leading centers of expertise for communication and brand management in the field of design. The exclusive network of Foundation members includes, in addition to world-class designers and design associations, specifically owners and administrators of over 200 companies.
Duc(oo)k, is a multifunctional kitchen tool that combines an innovative new line but, at the same time, allows versatile use. Positioned next to the stove, or on an adjacent operating surface, it is a multi-purpose tool that can become large tongs, small tongs, a large fork or a skimmer depending on how it is held. Its very original “duck” look makes it legitimate for remaining in sight, ready for use, but also as an element of decor for your kitchen. For its realization, the use of completely recyclable plastic material, resistant to up to 220 degrees, which does not damage non-stick interior liners. It has a silicone base that allows the instrument to be supported during use.
Andrea Cingoli, the designer from Abruzzo, founder of CONCEPTICON studio, has been linked by the prestigious German Design Council, among the German Design Award 2018 contestants. The peculiarity of the important recognition stands in the entry procedures, where the jury evaluates in a propedeutic manner; the admission to the contest is based on the contestant’s creations and professional curricula. Two proposals had been appreciated: Duc(oo)k (multifunctional kitchen tool) and Flamp (a lamp created in Flexiglass, recycling material patent by the same designer from Abruzzo).
German Design Council, was found, in 1953, on the initiative of the German Bundestag, which supports the industry, willing to add an extra brand evaluation, through the design and every year it is the selected Organism who assigns the coveted award. Therefore the German Design Council is one of the leading worldwide center of communication and the brand management in design. The exclusive network of the Foundation members include, besides the worldwide famous designers and associations of design, the owners and CEOs of more than two hundred enterprises. The German Design Council is based on the belief that the design contributes to the main commercial success, at the point where the awards are given only to projects which really represent a pioneristic contribute to the international panorama. To guarantee the accomplishment of the following mission, there is an extremely prestigious and worldwide known Jury.
The nominations arrive, just a few months after Andrea Cingoli gained firstly the Red Dot Award: Design Concept in Singapore followed by the European Product Design Award in Bruxelles, acquiring, with several creations, two gold medals, five silver, one bronze and four honorable mentions.
“I’m particularly honoured by this nomination – said Andrea Cingoli from Concepticon Studio – mainly for the award’s prestige, moreover for the gratification of receiving just a nomination by an International Jury, which follows a different parameter of evaluation compared to other contests. I keep my fingers crossed , hoping to be among the list of winners. Furhermore, Duc(oo)k, is the finalist project at IDSAIDEA 2017, an annual award by the Industrial Designers Society of America”.
Duc(oo)k, is a multifunctional kitchen tool which joins an innovative shape but very useful. Well in sight, next to the cooker, or on annex working area, it is a multifunctional tool able to become a great clamp, a small clamp, a carving fork or a skimmer, according to the gripping. It has a very original “ducky” shape, it legitimizes to be well in sight, ready to use, but also a piece of furniture for the kitchen. For its creation, plastic material has been used completely recycled, resisting to 220°, which does not damage pots with no-stick coating. It has a silicon base, allowing to held the tool while being used.
Flamp, is a lamp of the designer from Abruzzo, given by a formal experiment in Flexiglass, a material obtained by an innovative process, now patent pending. The table lamp crystallizes a flame and transform it into design, making it a new source of lighting and at the same time a piece of Art, a sculpture on a metal circular base which includes a 3 watt led.
ANDREA CINGOLI – Graduated with praise in Architecture, at the University G. d’Annunzio in 2006. From 2000, Technical Director of Cingoli Consolidamento e Restauro. He co-founds Zo_Loft Architetture & Design e Studio [OPS!]. In 2014 founds CONCEPTICON, a concept design studio, focused on creativity and innovation of business models. In the previous years he classified in the first positions, in contests and international awards, such as IDA, IF Design Award, Red Dot Award Design Concept, and others.
Full booty at the International Competition “European Product Design Award” in Brussels, where the jury awarded 2 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze and four mentions. The awards ceremony with the presentation of the certificates, took place in Brussels, in one of the halls of the European Parliament.
The awards are joints for CricKit (an alternative means dedicated to sustainable mobility, which could be used to move small loads or baggage), Tubì (a kind of smart chandelier which could interact with a smartphone and allows energy saving as well as improving the environmental lighting), Duc(oo)k (kitchen multifunctional tool), Flamp (lamp built with Flexiglass recycling material, patent by the same designer from Abruzzo), E-clips (innovative lamp which could be used as a curtain stop) as means of transport with alternative fuel and Tubì as interactive lamp. The bronze medal has been rewarded to Flexiglass as a material belonging to a new concept for the design production. Moreover, the Jury has recognized four mentions to Module-o, Bandoor, Paissage, and to the furniture Guestock.
Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE), Italy, September 23, 2016 – Andrea Cingoli, Italian designer and founder of Conception studio, wins the prestigious international Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2016.
Three of his concepts were awarded at the exclusive ceremony held on the evening of Thursday, September 22, at the Red Dot Design Museum of Singapore: the sofa bed Qwerty Sofa, the electric vehicle CrickIT for mobility and the table lamp Balamp. Winning items for Andrea Cingoli, in the name of innovation, design, art, functionality and sustainability.
“This new international recognition is a confirmation of the conceptual exploration process I started,” explains Andrea Cingoli, founder of Concepticon studio. “Winning the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2016 with Qwerty Sofa, Balamp and CrickiT makes me particularly happy because these three pieces summarize the scope of my design: from furniture design to lighting design for residential use or the business industry, all the way up to more innovative solutions for mobility and urban furniture.” “The Red Dot is a true recognition of quality and I hope,” concludes the designer Andrea Cingoli, “to find entrepreneurs and companies who can give shape to these concepts by developing a real product.”
This year there are 8 Red Dots and 1 Honourable Mentions from Italy for Design Concept: 3 of them go to Andrea Cingoli designer.
Qwerty Sofa, design Concepticon studio Andrea Cingoli (category: furniture design)
Reminiscent of the loyal keyboard archetype, the sofa bed Qwerty Sofa is ready to host its guests amongst its “soft” keys at different times of everyday life with a hint of irony. Actually, Qwerty Sofa is much more than a sofa bed: the micro electric motors, controlled by a remote control, are designed to make sure each key/pillow can be adjusted in height to customize the entire surface available according to ones preferences and use. Qwerty Sofa is a playful and unconventional piece of furnishing that can transform itself into a couch or bed at will.
CrickIT, design Concepticon studio Andrea Cingoli (category: mobility)
CrickIT is a real motorized alternative for urban mobility and logistics. It is characterized for its multifunctional versatility thanks to its ability to transform itself from a vehicle to a luggage cart, all through the simple touch of a button. It can easily replace a bike and travel on sidewalks alongside pedestrians, along bicycle paths or in historic centers.
As a vehicle, it is foldable and easy to manage. It can withstand long distances and reach up to 15 km/hr. Once folded, it is rather compact and can fit in the trunk of a car. CrickIT can be used to transport individuals with disabilities or in the medical field. As a luggage, it can hold up to 250 kg. By reversing the handlebars, the transportation platform transforms itself into a container for goods. The device is also equipped with tracking software against theft and to track the goods inside it.
Balamp, design Concepticon studio Andrea Cingoli (category: furniture design)
Balamp is a table lamp (abat-jour) designed to allow you to live in symbiosis with your surroundings, whether in a residential home or business. Its functions depend on the weight of the object placed on top of it. When an object is positioned on the lamp, the plate is pushed downwards and the weight is registered to keep the lamp off. Once removed, the lamp emits a soft light. To achieve a higher intensity of light, one must simply press on the supporting plate and keep it pressed down to activate the dimming function of the LEDs. Balamp has many other functions: it can hold personal objects, but also works as an alarm that projects the time on the surface of a dresser for a few seconds. Furthermore, it’s even a wireless charger you can use to charge your mobile phones by placing them on the upper plate.
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2016
Identifying good design since 1950, the Red Dot Award is one of the biggest and most prestigious design awards worldwide. In 2005, the award recognised the need to identify and celebrate new design concept and innovation, the precursor of tomorrow’s great product. Believing a design concept must be evaluated based on its design merit without prejudice, the award created a platform that accept entries from companies to design students; information of the participant are hidden from the jury. The Red Dot Award for Design Concept has grown to be on of the largest and most recognised professional design competition for design concept and prototypes worldwide. Every year, the winning concepts of the Red Dot Award for design concepts is exhibited at the Red Dot Design Museum in Singapore.
The Italian designer Andrea Cingoli wins the International iF Design Award 2016 prize in the lighting product category with Balamp, a smart bedside lamp that works just like a balance.
Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE) Italy, February 29th 2016 – Andrea Cingoli Italian designer wins the International iF Design Award 2016 prize in the lighting product category with Balamp, a smart occasional table or bedside lamp that works just like a balance: it turns on and off on the based of the weight of the objects placed upon it.
The International prize has been awarded on February 26th during the impressive Award Ceremony inside of the futuristic BMW Museum in Monaco, Germany.
The lighting design object Balamp designed by Concepticon studio Andrea Cingoli designer aims to live in symbiosis with the context around it (it serves as a place to put your personal things and objects) but its form is extremely refined. It does not allow any analog method of setting and in order to set Balamp (clock, alarm, tone and colour tone) you use a cell phone app, which makes it truly one of a kind.
“I am very proud of the iF Design Award – explains the designer Andrea Cingoli – because the Balamp lamp shows very well the essence of my way of designing. I do strong believe that innovation is the only way of dealing effectively with a hugely competitive and purposeful market, and this is the reason why I explore and reinterpret the daily reality giving new meanings, unexpected shapes and functionality to design products”.
The product: Balamp Design CONCEPTICON studio Andrea Cingoli, Italy; Engineering Partner Giromari S.r.l, Italy
Everyday we observe our habits, our lifestyle, the trends that brings us to consider the natural evolution of how things work, keeping them in the same format, but with more and more functions. This is the case of Balamp, a bedside lamp whose function is based on the weight of the objects placed upon it: by placing objects on Balamp and then pushing down its dish, the weight is registered and the lamp remains off. If you lift one of the objects off of it, like for instance a glass of water, Balamp turns on with a dim light so that you can have illumination without disturbing your partner. If you then put the removed object back, the lamp recognizes the weight and turns itself off. When Balamp turns on, the incorporated alarm clock displays the time for a few seconds by projecting it onto the beside dresser.
To turn on Balamp with a higher intensity, all you have to do is push the top plate and keep it pressed to turn off the LED dimmer function.
The top plate is also a wireless battery charger that allows cell phones to be charged just by putting them on it.
Materials: dark brushed steel, polycarbonate, polished polymer for inductive charging, electrical equipment, dimmable LED strip, scratch-proof film; sizes 30Lx30Wx 5H (cm).
The iF Design Award
Each year, iF International Forum Design GmbH organizes one of the world’s most celebrated and valued design competitions: the iF Design Award. Since 1953, IF Design Award has followed six guiding principles: to identify, support and promote good design, to raise awareness of design among the public and the role it plays in our lives, to help companies integrate design into their long-term strategies, to safeguard the role of professional designer and boost awareness for this job profile, to effect social change through design and to support talented young designers.
Recognized as a symbol of design excellence around the world, the iF Design Award welcomes over 5,000 submissions from 70 countries every year. Nominations for this competition come from a wide audience of participants (more than 5,000 entries from 70 countries), which includes the industry and design studios: manufacturers and designers who work in the disciplines of product design, communication design and packaging design, service design, professional concepts and architecture and interior architecture.
SOFA, acronym of Sculpture Object Functional Art and design is one of the most important fairs/shows of contemporary art and design in the world. It has been held every year since 1994 in Chicago, USA. What sets it apart from the other great events of the field is the specific attention to tridimentional objects that are among the best in decorative art, design and pure art. It is known for the excellence of its galleries that show and sell artefacts of exceptional beauty and refined and personalized design.
It is held, every year, in autumn, on the famous Navy Pier and has an average of 80 exhibitors of excellence and 35.000 visitors from all over the world. The sales, for each fair, add up to 15/20 million dollars approximately. With a strong educational accent, the SOFA includes a series of conferences and shows that help understand the objects being shown/sold and explores the new tendencies of the art and contemporary design world. SOFA has evolved from international sales event to dynamic community: a encounter of new prospects where art, design and people meet.
This year’s edition ended on the last November 8th.
The conferences and demonstrations, for a total of 110 events, in 3 days, were divided into 3 areas and a specific space dedicated to performances. The conferences, in particular, are considered of high prestige because they are the vehicle of new ideas in the various fields.
Andrea Cingoli was the only conference attendee to be called from Italy (presented by Berengo Studio, his candidacy was evaluated by the Scientific Director of SOFA who, on the basis of the curriculum presented, selects the designers to invite).
The Abruzzese architect and designer spoke of his professional experience, through some of his projects that were created to try and underline the creative process, which is always strongly influenced by experience and experimentation.
For Andrea Cingoli, design, more than art, is not only the expression of the world inside the maker, but also of the universe outside him. The aim of this lecture is to suggest new ways of shaping products using signifier and more sustainable concepts and materials.
During his speech, 45 minutes in duration, he received 15 questions from the audience.
On display in Montalcino the prototypes of architect and designer Andrea Cingoli
25 Settembre – 1 Novembre 2015 – OCRA Officina Creativa dell’Abitare
Officina Creative dell’Abitare, in the cloister of the Museco Civico e Diocesano of Montalcino has hosted the exhibit Abit(u)are Comtemporaneo of Andrea Cingoli, which presents the prototypes designed by the architect and designer from Abruzzo. The show, which opened on the 25th of September, closed on November 1st 2015.
Contemporary living has influenced us in a number of variables that affect our life style and force us to adapt, not only in action, but also includes the instruments used during our daily lives.
The spaces of our homes are contracting and the time for our actions is always compressed to such a point that it seems necessary to redefine the terminology of our actions: neologisms such as playparties (partying and playing), tasterelaxing (tasting and relaxing) eatdressing (eating and dressing) cleaneating (cleaning and eating), teartasting (tearing and tasting), tidyassembling (tidying and assembling), playssembling (playing and assembling), takebreaking (taking and breaking).
The objects and the images of the show describe the design experience of Andrea Cingoli and they tell us about a new way to interpret the reality that arrives from a more fluid and significant contemporary design. At the opening night, in the OCRA projection room, Andrea Cingoli illustrated the “genesis” of his prototypes. Particularly interested, the audience carefully listened to the presentation of the various projects, that as described by the young and promising designer, are inspired by contemporary social needs.
“The designer has to transform the objects”, Andrea Cingoli described, “in a way that they can be able to support a living style that is in constant mutation in their relation with time and space.”
Andrea Cingoli is an Abruzzese architect and designer. Since 2000 he is the technical director of Cingoli Consolidamento e Restauro. In 2007 he co-founded Zo_Loft Architecture & Design and in 2013 Sudio [OPS!] Cingoli/Manigrasso. In the last five years he has won different competitions and awards, both national and international, of Architecture and Design. Among these are the IDA AWARD, the Atlanta International Design Awards, MACEF Design Award, PREMIO IQU. In 2010 he was admitted, as Italian Talent awarded in the world, into the Young Blood 09 and in 2014 he founded CONCEPTICON, a company that engages in concept design oriented towards creative and innovative business models.
