Obj01 Lamp

industrial design, lighting fixture, table lamp, sculptural object, interactive design, adjustable illumination, brushed metal, steel gray, warm amber glow, peachy luminescence, silver tonality, sage gray background, contemporary design, minimalist aesthetic, geometric composition, circular aperture, hemispheric form, portrait orientation, centralized focal point, human interaction, gestural engagement, machined precision, metal fabrication, satin finish, soft diffused light, warm-cool contrast, monochromatic palette, functional sculpture, kinetic element, pivoting mechanism, domestic object, ambient lighting, intimate scale, refined craftsmanship, material honesty, reductive form language, modernist lineage, object poetry, tactile materiality, spatial depth, shadow play

The Obj01 lamp was designed during the pandemic, at a time when it was not possible to go outside, buy materials or visit production workshops. Manu wanted to design an object to inhabit his home during the pandemic, so he started making models using a cutter knife and cardboard boxes from online purchases he made, since cardboard was the only material he had at home. The design process was focused on generating simple cuts on cardboard sheets and through those simple cuts generate new functions or uses for the object. In this case the idea was to generate a lampshade through a simple cut.