DESIGN AWARD FOR OUR WORK AT MATTEL'S AMERICAN GIRL STORE IN NEW YORK CITY


ARTICLE SUMMARY

I celebrated our team’s 2019 GOOD DESIGN Award for the custom LED ring chandelier at American Girl’s Rockefeller Center flagship. The recognition marked the design and production work behind a distinctive retail feature, and returning to the store with my daughters made the project especially personal.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • The chandelier received a 2019 GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum.

  • The project combined a client’s retail vision with custom lighting design and production.

Congrats to my team for receiving a product design award for our work in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Ideoli’s customized one-of-a-kind LED ring chandelier for the American Girl’s flagship store in Rockefeller Center in New York City was recently recognized for its beauty. Nestled at the heart of one of New York’s most visited tourist locations, the retail store has become a go-to attraction in Rockefeller Center. Recently, the LED ring chandelier was awarded with the 2019 GOOD DESIGN® Award from The Chicago Athenaeum.

The Chicago Athenaeum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics, landscape architecture, and urban planning. For 2019, products and graphic designs were selected and awarded for a range of different categories including new electronics, lighting, tools, packaging and more. Ideoli was among the winners for its customized creation of the LED ring chandelier. 

GOOD DESIGN Awards logo.

2019 GOOD DESIGN Award recognition.

Inspired by the demands of their clients worldwide, Ideoli was thrilled and honored to be tasked with designing, producing and installing this specialized showcase piece for American Girl. Ideoli constantly pushes the envelope of design excellence, and its founders take the time to thoroughly understand their client’s vision to deliver to end users. By doing so, Ideoli is able to curate individual customized pieces that perfectly complement the space at hand, just as they did with this piece.

Now, as visitors make their way to the store, they will be welcomed by Ideoli’s award-winning, breathtaking chandelier. Congrats to the team!

George Stroumboulis pictured under his chandelier with his daughters Dimitra and Viviana at the Flagship location of American Girl in Rockefeller Center. June 2021.

George Stroumboulis pictured under his chandelier with his daughters Dimitra and Viviana at the Flagship location of American Girl in Rockefeller Center. June 2021.

40-foot wide chandelier custom built by Ideoli Group.

40-foot wide chandelier custom built by Ideoli Group.