From the designer:

More books are printed every year, read and discarded. Even though many are taken to charity shops, they mostly go unsold and the charities have to pay for the books to be sent to landfill. For example 10,000 books a week from one charity will go to waste. There is currently no infrastructure set up to recycle the paper from books because the paper is low grade and the glue on the spine must be removed. These wasted books are used to create a beautiful chandelier. Every page is folded in half, producing a circular arrangement which hangs around a ceiling light.

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Visit the Lula Dot website – here.

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28 is a result of a glass blowing technique developed by Omer Arbel whereby air is intermittently blown in and then sucked out of an intermittently heated and then cooled glass matrix. The result is a distorted spherical shape with a composed collection of inner shapes, one of which houses a low voltage lamp.

28 pendants are designed to cluster in hexagonal shapes which nestle into each other to create patterns as dictated by the needs of the interior.

Standard 28 pendants are made in clear, white and frosted glass (with several other standard colour schemes contemplated in future months). However, 28 is a design which lends itself to infinite compositions and gradations of colour. Bocci’s glass atelier in Vancouver thrives on bespoke work and is able to work with our clients with great versatility on custom colour compositions to match the vistion and needs of a project or interior.

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Tim says:

Gulp is three thousand translucent drinking straws interwoven to form a dense, spherical lampshade. Made from one continuous length of interconnected straws, you could – if you possessed Dyson-like suction – put one end in a drink and gulp it down through the other. Each piece takes seven days to make and is made to order.

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Visit Tim Fishlock’s website – here.

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Watch the video on Vimeo – here.

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The name Groggy relates to the slightly oblique shape of this object, with a base that almost falls over sideways, yet the lamp remains in an upright position.

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Made of cast-iron with xenon lighting components, Heavy/Light began as an investigation into modelling cloud formations, initially for the purpose of developing a possible roof structure on a private residence. As a hanging light however, the sequence of vaulted arches, each pinching or flattening, reflect a varied light onto the space below defining a carved field of illumination.

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Hypervoxel is a free blown glass sculptural chandelier available in custom colors and sizes. The organic forms mimic weightless liquid floating in space. Versatile in configuration the Hypervoxel shows well in small or large groupings.

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Nan18 Floor Lamp by Jörg Boner and Christian Deuber

Nan 18 is a standard lamp. The lamps comprise individual tin slats, arranged circularly to create a conic lampshade. The emergent light is soft and atmospheric. It falls as direct light through an opaque sheet of acrylic glass. Indirect light rises  towards the ceiling. The arrangement of the individual slats results in the play of an atmospheric surround light on the outer shell. The lampshade stands on a stainless steel tube, which is also white. A concrete socle, either in white or naturally coloured concrete, creates the base for the standard lamp.

The standard lamp Nan18 marks a return to the principles of classical design, as employed by Achille Castiglioni in 1961 to create lamps for the legendary Splügen Bar in Milan, which subsequently found their way into public collections after the opening of the restaurant.

In this instance the impetus was provided by a specific project of the Meier/Leder team of architects from Baden. They commissioned designers Jörg Boner and Christian Deuber to develop a lamp for their new building project, an institutional residential project which resulted from an architectural competition. These lamps were one of the central elements of the lighting project, and were developed solely for this object.

Due to the high aesthetic and technical demands the lamps were developed and constantly optimized over a two-year period. The formal starting point was a structure traditionally feared for its dust-covered textile lampshades: the pleat structure. Thanks to the integration of contemporary aesthetic and technical aspects a surprising contrast with a new quality was achieved. The lamps comprise individual tin slats, arranged circularly to create a conic lampshade.

The designers – Jörg Boner and Christian Deuber:

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The lamp features a spun aluminum shade, lacquered steel base, and cloth cord.

The designer – Jonah Takagi:

Shade is available in polished aluminum, polished brass or matte white lacquer.
Base is available in Farm Green, Safety Yellow and Blood Orange.
Cord is available in blue, red and grey.
Diameter: 14” Height: 17”

Visit the Atelier Takagi website – here.

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From Bonaldo:

The Ghost lamp has a white polyethylene stem which forms a single whole with the base, and a white polycarbonate diffuser. Thanks to the light source inside the stem and the diffuser, Ghost illuminates the surrounding environment and delicately spreads the light upwards. Its soft lines make Ghost a discrete presence that harmonises easily with any type of style.

Bonaldo will exhibit the Ghost lamp at the upcoming Now! Design à Vivre show in Paris.

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Visit Tom Rossau’s website – here.

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Tim says:

What Watt? is a memorial to and a celebration of the humble incandescent lightbulb. It’s a spherical chandelier, 1010mm in diameter made up of 1243 suspended bulbs of various shape and size, illuminated by a single low-energy light source. By 2011, all forms of incandescent light bulb will have been phased out in favour of greener alternatives. What Watt? marks the passing of a beautiful design that has remained relatively unchanged since its invention 130 years ago.

Designed and fabricated for a private commission. I will be producing an edition of ten.

You can watch a time-lapse video of the construction – here.

The duo have created some new seating and lighting pieces that they will be exhibiting at the upcoming 2010 IMM Cologne furniture show.

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The MOON floorlamp:
A simple construction made of three wooden sticks and a brass ring suspending a globe light in its airy place. Elegance on three legs.

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The SHEEP stools:
The stools in the sheep series create a symbiosis of cold and warm, rigid and soft materials. Concrete steel is upcycled through handmade felt to create vanguard-seating furniture.

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The SNOW Lounge:
The lounger SNOW plays with contradictions and reminds us of snow on a fence. The construction is made of rusty industrial steel, but the cushioning is made of handmade merino wool felt. This creates a symbiosis between an industrial product and handcraft (luxury), combining rigid and soft, light and dark, and reflecting the interest of nojiberlin in merging opposites.

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The MAKI stools:
The idea for the MAKI collection came to us while eating sushi. The stools are abstract versions of maki rolls inspired by the original. One wants to sit down on the funny little chairs made of wood and felt and enjoy the sensation of being like a child. nojiberlin loves the carefree nature of youth.

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The designers behind nojiberlin – Jia Zhao and Nora Lederer:

Visit the nojiberlin website – here.

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Ka-Lai says:

The idea is brought up by designing a lamp with the basic materials of a bulb connector and an electric cable. This lamp has been created by using a single electric cable, the lamp shade itself is created by incorporating a combined crochet and knitting techniques. Each lamp is unique and handmade.

Ogle has the functionality of a spotlight combined with the elegance of a pendant lamp.

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The Good King Henry lamp is made out of oak and powder coated steel tubes. It is surmounted by a fabric shade. The authors were guided by the idea of a perfect workmanship. The simplicity of the structural elements stresses their functionality and the combination of the bright colours with the pale hue of the wood gives the object subtleness. The shade was placed on a movable arm, which enables the users to adapt the inclination of the lamp so it best fits their needs and the nature of the interior. The irregular arrangement of the slats gives the lamp three different faces – the shape of the object changes according to the perspective from which it is observed. It awakens curiosity and encourages user interaction.

Photos by Wawrzyniec Skoczylas

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When asked by art gallery owner Patrick Brillet to design a piece out of Carbon Fiber, we decided to celebrate and utilize the best of the materials true physical properties, its strength and lightness. The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely…

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Han says:

Static Plastic are random formed lamps. Made from opaque white PETG. Every lamp is slightly different in hight dimension, due to a newly developed technique called “random thermo forcing”. The Medium sized lamps are subtly numbered, with orders above 5 the name of the client can be aded in this signing. The lamp is finished with a rubber edge.

Photography by Jelle de Groot

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