As is well known, the Red Dot Award is an international design competition with a long history renowned for its reputation selecting the best design of each category every year. We’re honored to announce that our OLO Φ table lamp has this year been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award 2021 standing out among those respectable candidates.
Brief of the winner
Derived from geometric forms, OLO Φ represents a classic image of lamps, yet the cutting-edge technology comes through from every detail of the light. Superior glare-free LED with excellent light quality (CRI>90) evenly diffused through its adjustable hollow shade. The 290-degree rotating shade subtly adapts to a variety of usage scenarios while thoughtfully bringing artistic aesthetics to life.
The OLO Φ by Li, Hui-Lun was appreciated for its innovation and unique shape, providing people a brand new perspective and lighting experience. The challenge was to integrate such sophisticated mechanical structure into its bulbless lampshade. Aiming to build the direct relationship between the object and people, the OLO Φ combines superior lighting performance with pure practicality to deliver multi-functional results. Our success is down to the teamwork between designer and R&D engineers, who always turn the ordinary into the extraordinary and hash out this mouth-watering product.
Know more about OLO Φ D
All of the award-winning products will be published online on 21 June 2021 at www.red-dot.org.
Light Source LED 6.5W 3000K CRI90 415lm
Size L 19.7 cm x W 13 cm x H 49 cm
Designer Li, Hui-Lun
After a long wait from March to November, Design Shanghai finally came to a successful conclusion at the end of this uncertain year 2020.
2020 has been a tough year, the world has faced many unexpected challenges.
And yet, still, we keep on creating new designs of lights. Together we face the long night side by side, waiting for dawn breaking and the sunshine.
▲ APOLLO_Either a bright morning light or slanting afternoon sunshine, APOLLO stands as an exclusive sun that guards home and captures the daylights for you.
▲OLO Φ_ extended from OLO family, as known as its patented hollow rotary shade, the Saturn-like finely welded U-bend ring embraces the floating and flipping lamps in its arms that served us sufficient warm light as a soft aria.
▲ HUAN_Inspired by a unique, oriental, landscaping architecture_ Moon Gate. HUAN brilliantly combines Western geometric composition and the Eastern aesthetics of blank space, presents a gentle and comfortable moment, weaving the boutique-style for homes.
The unique interactive structure is one of the mouth-watering designs of the SEED luminaires that makes visitors WOW at the show every time.
Thank you everyone for spending time with us in the unpredictable 2020. It is our honor to count and share new series of works with you. The smile and feedback you have been giving are always motivations that make us more determined to move forward.
Stay safe and healthy, we’ll see you again in 2021!
Thanks to all guests who attended our launch party, and shared a wonderful afternoon with us in autumn 2020.
As the theme of the year, “UNKNOWN” suggests, we are groping in the unknown and trying to deal with various struggles in business, and the same goes for life.
The party began with opening remarks from the Meiric, the design director, who gave us a small talk sharing his experiences, insights and some interesting stories. How we stood firm in an unfriendly environment and how we turned the corner to keep going while facing many obstacles and odds. Just like his quote of “The Little Big Man” poem by Rabindranath Tagore, the courage of taking challenges has been gradually shaping who we are now, and that absolutely echoes the spirit of breaking through the framework of the unknown.
The next session, let’s get down to new designs and focus on the presentation today.
SEED designers and marketing teams were demonstrating the new collections and conveying the original concepts to the guests.
SQUARE
▲HUAN
▲DAWN
The world is unpredictable and changing. Stay faithful and positive amongst all the fear, the truly “Big Man” is how we react in tough times.
We are glad to share our joy with all of our friends that SEED just held a 2020 new launch party in the late autumn season, so much laughter and fun we had with local interior designers at that afternoon. Some of the new collections are ready to launch, while others will be completed soon in the coming year. We look forward to your feedback!
Our chief creative officer Meiric welcomed over a hundred of industry partners with his warm-hearted singing by the song “can’t help falling in love’’, showing how much passion and persistent he deeply has in Design.
Designer Li, Hui Lun creates a series of lighting in pursuit of an art with circle and square, a balance between the fixed and flexible.
SOL’s ring-like lampshade is finely affixed to a metallic copper balance bar, demonstrating the definition of understated luxury.
The mouth-blown glass looks a round tender mind steadily leaning on the square rigid frame, while their arms can be open inside-out of the box.
While saying goodbye, we prepared a special gift to all attendances; a kind of Taiwanese tea called “Honey Scented Black Tea” from the organic farm; the fragrant and sweet taste just like we gathered inspiration and tech efforts in a year then eventually released final designs in the end.
The final stop of our tour left a superb ending, we brought the moonlight into Design China Beijing celebrating the significant Chinese holiday “Moon Festival”.
Following the different attribute of each design, what beneath the light and shadow is full of fun and endless ingenuity, forming the ideas to unique performances.
▲SIRCLE
Along with the energetic brand new design, SIRCLE is honored to had its debut on this stage. With the visual comfort it shines as the moonlight at night, come closer, you would find out the glass orb is rotatable in or out of the frames softly levitating in the air.
We appreciate all the visitors’ admiration and WOWs, it gives us more motivation to keep surprising the world with SEED’s workpiece. Let’s look forward to next amaze!
▌SEEDDESIGN Shanghai
– Location｜ 8101A# Block 8, Bridge 8 Phase I, No.10 Middle Jian Guo Road, Shanghai, China
– Number｜ 021 – 2113 2524
– Opening｜Mon-Sat 10AM-7PM
First step of SEED tour has always been Design Shanghai in March. This year, we returned with our new series and ideas continued from annual exhibit we held in the end of 2018.
Lighting fixtures play roles of connection between people and space. Contrast of black and white shares comparison of various arrangement. While black represents modernity, white gives off the refreshing vibe and shares totally different feeling.
Elements of square holes indicate windows, create different experience within the glance and peek. Possibilities are always beyond our imagination.
In keeping with the gist of our new series of fixture: have the lights become visual center of spaces, we enhance decorative feature and ask a breakthrough on chandelier. FUJI PF 12 represents this prospective while all the single illuminations are allowed to extend by hooks on ceiling. With an only electrical outlet, lights could be shared easily among different spaces.
▲SOL｜Pendant, Floor Lamp
Lighting fixtures should show not only in a necessary, practical way, it could also be a new choice of artsy acquisition. Arrange SOL pendants into a cluster, they happened to look alike planet floating on star tracks. With utility of LED strip, the light source seems to be impeccable with no visual conflict with stylish interior design.
Main series of circular pendant – OLO interacts ideation among modernity and tradition. Round table has been a classic object traced back to Chinese culture, contemporary look of copper and black blend a new view within the dinning space. Slice lightness from top of hollow circles also lights up the blind spot closed to the ceiling.
We share lightness by large fixtures, however, tiny lamps as HOODIE, MUSE, FIREFLY tend to be more personal and take place in private time. Ideation of SEED is concentrated in the series, such as metalize texture or concrete material, have always been iconic features of SEED for years.
Sharing our latest thoughts in exhibits has always been inspiring for us. If you happened to pass by, come and share more with SEEDDESIGN Shanghai!
▌SEEDDESIGN Shanghai
Location｜ 8101A# Block 8, Bridge 8 Phase I, No.10 Middle Jian Guo Road, Shanghai, China
Number｜ 021 – 2113 2524
Opening｜Mon-Sat 10AM-7PM
To continue the theme of annual exhibit in the end of 2018 ”Blend the ambience, shape the light”, SEED is ready for the exhibit tour this year! Our first step would be Design Shanghai held from 3/6-3/9.
To get close to the nature of design, SEED always cherish intention of embodying the connection of human and lighting. By this time, we hope to share our insight by series of SOL, OLO and FUJI that being the focus of space with their contemporary design. At the same time, series of HOODIE, FIREFLY and MUSE also intend to refine the role of lights in our daily life.
Never miss the great fair, see you in Shanghai!
▌SEEDDESIGN@Design Shanghai 2019
Date｜3/6 10:00~21:00｜3/7,8 10:00~18:00｜3/9 10:00~17:00
Venue｜Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Booth｜E2-93
Note｜Shanghai office would be closed during the exhibit
Before celebrating for our 27th anniversary, we are delighted to announce the new page for SEEDDESIGN – the New Concept Store opens in Hsinchu, where is considered as Silicon Valley in Taiwan. As the center of technology and vigorous innovation, this city somehow shares an image with busy dizzy pace. But For SEED, we want to convey another sense of life. Located in a school zone with green landscape, the new store shares a gallery -like and unique tranquility with visitors.
Interior was designed by TID Award winner Indot Design team based in Taipei. Through the wide, clear window, mellow scene of community was seen along with natural brightness. Flexibility in spatial plans and lighting arrangements was obtained by the base of plain white, earthy and neutral colors.
We also reserve spacious space for large configurations such as FUJI P12, APOLLO, and also stay the smooth traffic flow. Besides from traditional retail store, artsy elements such as display frame create even more chances of interacting and idea generating.
The New Concept Store is freshly opened to both the public and designers. Take a breath and come and discover new image of SEEDDESIGN!
Photo credit: Indot Design
▌Hsinchu Brand Store Info
Add｜No.218, Sec. 2, Liujia 5th Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 302, Taiwan
Tel｜+886-(0)3-668 8875
Opening｜MON-SAT 11:00-19:00｜WED 14:00-19:00 (Closed on Sunday)
On 12th, October, it’s Seeddesign annual launch party, or reunion – the moment that we meet our designer friends and partners in field to share perspective news, sneak peek our yearly new items. It’s also our first time to open the door to the public—on weekend of 13th and 14th , by exhibition at SCCP in Taipei, our home city, we show our philosophy to the crowd: the light you take, is also the quality of your life.
Imagine how the space would be like when blending the ambience with elaborate shape of light. Related to the theme, I Jane Lo, lighting director who was invited to give a talk about her thoughts as the way to create lighting ambience and light sculpture. “Eastern aesthetics focuses on the appreciation of the dark—the shadows, the different shades of ink.” Says Ms. Lo. “Western art prefers the bright, the clean, the translucent.” Meiric, Seed Art Director and brand founder, shared his solid technical acknowledge by Key factors of Engineering: Tolerance and Stress Concentration. He also shared long-term observation from idea innovation toward practical thinking of light design. “Be open mind to every point of view,” says Meiric. “sharpening your pencil, know your subject and you won’t miss any golden opportunity.”
Showing know-how of lighting – Design Explosion of Hercules, or interacting with visitors by displays, it’s always our passion to connect to the world. Since beginning of brand building, we have paid particular attention to balance function and artful appearance on our item. From now on, it’s time to create new path with non-stop motivation and say Hi to everyone face to face.
Toast to the passion, new try and exploration. Look forward to the future and see you next year!
SOL
▍Opening Notice: Hsinchu Brand Store
Address：No.218, Sec. 2, Liujia 5th Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 30274, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel：+886-3-6688875
Opening Time：MON-SAT 11:00-19:00
Design China Beijing has been the first truly international design event in Beijing; for SEEDDESIGN, it is also the first time for us to face the local culture.
House-like check-in place shares the perspective of residential theme with SEED, turns to be the most popular spot on social community. Warmth and intimacy are always how the heart be fulfilled, we hope to share the ambience by designing the traffic flow elaborately.
When regarding Hercules and JOJO, they are two of the most iconic items of “thoughtful design”. Ideas came from movement of yo-yo, JOJO shows how a fixture could fit in various residential illumination by handily adjusting the height; Besides the multiple-axial twisting function, Hercules, as design featuring mechanical structures and being visually attractive as character in Greek mythology, he always shares the companion if only you need.
We are impressed by visitors who savor the design details deeply with understanding. The positive feedback from people inspired by our life story has always been the most grateful affirmation. Come and enjoy the thrill time in this calm space with SEEDDESIGN in Shanghai!
▌SEEDDESIGN Shanghai
– Location｜ 8101A# Block 8, Bridge 8 Phase I, No.10 Middle Jian Guo Road, Shanghai, China
– Number｜ 021 – 2113 2524
– Opening｜Mon-Sat 10AM-7PM
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