The three lamp collections (“We make over 10 million lights a year but all for cars”, explains Loughnanne) are totally different. The first is made with newspaper-wood (a material produced by recycling unused newspapers printed for last year’s Design Week), ceramic and copper (inside). “Each ring in the wood doesn’t represent a year’s growth but a page in the paper.” continues the designer. At the other extreme is the second piece in the Onyx collection after the stone and carbon-fibre sofa: a lamp nearly three metres tall. “Behind this series is the contrast between natural and technological materials.”
A tree trunk that fell during a typhoon and was found at the side of a road in Indonesia was the starting point of the project. The rest was constructed in resin with a 3D printer to fit it perfectly. “We’ve been working with 3D printing for 15 years but always to create prototypes and the resin is painted or covered. In this case, we decided to leave it as it was.” The third lamp collection is an ideal mix of the two worlds, using 3D printing for a series of lamps that can be customised.
April 14–19, 2015
Peugeot Design Lab
Spazio Quattrocento
via Tortona 31, Milano