Bould Design Wins IDEA 2018 Gold Award For Light L16 Camera

Bould Design Wins IDEA 2018 Gold Award for Light L16 Camera

Bould Design has been honored with a Gold Award in the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the industrial design of the Light L16 camera. Sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the IDEA is one of the world’s most prestigious and rigorous design competitions. The award is a recognition of design excellence and innovation beyond passing trends, and all Gold winners are housed in the permanent collection at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.

The Light L16 is the world’s first multi-aperture computational camera. It combines an ergonomically refined case, breakthrough optics and the most advanced imaging engine ever created to bring DSLR image quality to a pocket-size form factor. Sixteen image sensors span wide angle, mid and telephoto ranges. There are no extra lenses to carry or change. Based on focal distance, each shutter click captures up to 10 images, which are then fused into a high-resolution photo that can be refocused and adjusted with the Light editing software. Each shot yields infinite photographic outcomes.

The L16 has also been recognized with a Red Dot Design Award and CES Best of Innovation Award in 2018, and Light has recently raised $121 Million from SoftBank and Leica to expand their groundbreaking technology beyond consumer photography.

Light Raises $121 Million from SoftBank Vision Fund and Leica Camera AG

Light Raises $121 Million from SoftBank Vision Fund and Leica Camera

Light has announced a Series D funding round of $121 million, led by the SoftBank Vision Fund and with the renowned Leica Camera AG also participating. Light has partnered with Bould Design to define the industrial design of their futuristic products since the early development of their flagship L16 camera.

Light’s groundbreaking imaging platform enables machines to see like humans do, using sophisticated algorithms to combine images from multiple camera modules into a single high-quality image and enabling highly-accurate 3D depth extraction. The L16 camera, which recently won a Red Dot Design Award and CES Best of Innovation, brought this advanced technology to a pocket-sized camera. The new funding will allow Light to expand beyond consumer photography and into security, robotic, automotive, aerial and industrial imaging applications.

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Bould Design Wins Eight Red Dot 2018 Product Design Awards

Bould Design Wins Eight Red Dot 2018 Product Design Awards

Bould Design has been recognized with eight Red Dot 2018 Product Design Awards for designs including the Light L16 computational camera, Eero Home WiFi System, Rylo 360 camera, Roku Ultra, Roku Express+, and Roku Streaming Stick+ streaming devices, Hunter Douglas PowerView Hub Kit, and Poynt 5 payment terminal. The studio's focus on function, simplicity, quality, and character continues to deliver outstanding results for clients across a wide variety of product categories.

The Red Dot Award: Product Design has roots dating back as far as 1955 and determines the best products created each year. In 2018, designers and manufacturers from 59 countries submitted more than 6,300 objects to the competition. True to the motto “In search of good design and innovation”, a jury comprising roughly 40 members assessed the products individually based on the original. The strict judging criteria, which include level of innovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics and durability, provide a frame of reference which the jurors then complement with their own expertise.