2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

KETTA PRO-Series Lighter

Entrant

DBN (Shanghai) Lighter Co.,Ltd

Category

Product Design - Hobby & Leisure

Client's Name

-

Country / Region

China

About The Entry

Rooted in a deep understanding of traditional lighters, the KETTA PRO-Series Lighter reimagines form with innovative geometric cuts, exuding a sleek and modern elegance. Yet its surface remains smooth and seamless, offering users a delightful blend of visual and tactile pleasure. It breaks free from the visual constraints of traditional lighters' one-note design, seamlessly merging aesthetic principles with functional accessories.

Guided by the golden ratio, the Lighter undergoes meticulous refinement of proportions across its body, windshield, and ignition lever. Paired with thoughtful color coordination, it presents a harmonious, elegant aesthetic defined by geometric cuts. The windshield features a sleek injection-molded surface, complemented by a metal top cover. This not only creates clear, integrated lines visually but also enhances heat resistance effectively, ensuring the lighter's stability and safety.

The Lighter also adopts spray-painting technology and three-dimensional printing, eliminating the uneven visual appearance and disjointed texture at the seam of traditional paper-wrapped lighters. This enhances grip comfort while adding a satisfying tactile experience for users to enjoy. The bottom of the lighter features an innovative seamless casting, with the brand logo engraved intaglio—delivering a sleek, premium feel while doing away with the awkward bulkiness common at the base of traditional lighters.

Additionally, the KETTA PRO-Series Lighter is equipped with a patented rocket jet structure, which boosts flame combustion efficiency and makes igniting objects easier and smoother. This structure also effectively reduces heat buildup on the windshield, extends the lighter's service life, and perfectly embodies the unification of form and function in industrial design.

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