2009 BraunPrize winner has been selected on September 17, 2009 by the guest jurors attending the BraunPrize Forum as:

Johanna Schoemaker
with the project ‘Clam I OLED Lamp’,
from Bergischen Universität Wuppertal, Germany

The 2009 event marks the 17th time the BraunPrize has been awarded since its inception in 1968 by Erwin Braun, the son of company founder Max. The Award’s esteem is influenced by the key role the German company played in redefining consumer product design throughout the 50 and 60’s. The strong, minimalist, “Less, but better” design language pioneered by Braun – and in particular Dieter Rams – is still clearly evident to day in modern icons like Apple’s iPod.  Below is this winning entry:

Clam I OLED Lamp
The family of lights developed as part of the designer’s graduation project creates, through the deliberate use of the newly invented OLED lamp, a pleasantly diffuse yet extremely energy-efficient light effect. Based on the image of a flower opening in daylight, the lights behave in the opposite way, opening to provide light as soon as they are switched on.

The opening angle – and therefore the light emission of the lamps and the color and intensity of the light – can be adjusted. The ‘ceiling lamp’ includes a remote control that can also be used to pre-select different dynamic light programs. The lamps emphasize the special visual characteristics of the lamp: slimness, transparency, lightness and flatness.

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