MOIST SPARKLE DESIGNER: ARASH ABBASZADEH, UNIVERSITY HOCHSCHULE WISMAR


Winner of a 2023 LIT Lighting Design Award in the Emerging Lighting Product Design of the Year category, Moist Sparkle is a light art installation. The aim was to capture the interplay between morning dew and daylight, especially the particular interaction with the light of the sun on the winter horizon.


The installation in an old barn, open on one side to the elements, features cold colour temperature artificial light, which combines with natural light, the extended ‘blue light’ hours of northern Europe’s winter. The crucible for this interaction is a series of incomplete artisan-blown glass spheres, reminiscent


of raindrops and each containing varying salt and water concentrations. Using a single narrow-beam uplight, the aim was to graze the droplets, revealing the miniscule and intricate frozen bubbles within and the dew on the outside, creating two distinct experiences for the viewer, ‘from both micro and macro perspectives’.


The installation was created by Iranian-born architect Arash Abbaszadeh who is currently working on his second master’s degree in architectural lighting design at Wismar University in Germany. ‘This academic endeavour represents a significant step in my commitment to


exploring innovative intersections between light and space,’ he says.


Abbaszadeh was inspired by a metaphor found in German literature, where the incidence of morning dew on a spider’s web is likened to moisture on silver hair. The aim was not just to create a physical representation of a natural occurrence but, also by setting it in an old barn, to evoke emotional connections with the sound of rain and winds into the cold abandoned edge of the building. ‘By translating the metaphor into a visual and immersive experience, the installation tried to become a poetic dialogue between nature, literature and light.’


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