Comments on: PizzaKobra by Ron Arad for iGuzzini http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:14:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Carolyne http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-168225 Carolyne Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:00:09 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-168225 Why all the discourse? It's a lamp and it looks great, end of story. If you striped all the names and connotiations away would it still be a great lamp??? If they sold it in Ikea would we all want one? Why all the discourse?

It’s a lamp and it looks great, end of story.

If you striped all the names and connotiations away would it still be a great lamp??? If they sold it in Ikea would we all want one?

]]> By: Fire http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-115718 Fire Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:52:14 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-115718 What is a lamp when it's switched off? What does it do? Will form always follow function? The PizzaKobra challenges these questions and is set to be a design classic. I suggest this lamp would be a good investment and in my opinion looks really good. innoative, efficient, functional, well made, it can blend into the background effortlessly or standout screeming look at me. A lot of the asthetic beauty of this lamp is down to the end user due the many positions this lamp can form and i want one Very Stupid name though............. What is a lamp when it’s switched off?
What does it do?
Will form always follow function?

The PizzaKobra challenges these questions and is set to be a design classic.
I suggest this lamp would be a good investment and in my opinion looks really good.

innoative, efficient, functional, well made, it can blend into the background effortlessly or standout screeming look at me.

A lot of the asthetic beauty of this lamp is down to the end user due the many positions this lamp can form and i want one

Very Stupid name though………….

]]> By: bob bobington http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-64561 bob bobington Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:05:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-64561 hi .... i like cheese hi …. i like cheese

]]> By: Mondi http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-63189 Mondi Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:07:08 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-63189 Ron Arad may have visited Bezalel last year but the PizzaKobra light was designed 8 years ago. It has taken this long to find someone with the technical ability to put it into production. Ron Arad may have visited Bezalel last year but the PizzaKobra light was designed 8 years ago. It has taken this long to find someone with the technical ability to put it into production.

]]> By: mikele http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-62049 mikele Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:45:14 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-62049 check this out!!! a students work from last year . bezalel academy . where ron arad visited last year . http://www.flickr.com/photos/77274860@N00/381575081/in/set-72057594115533008/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/77274860@N00/381575886/in/set-72057594115533008/ nice work check this out!!!
a students work from last year .
bezalel academy .
where ron arad visited last year .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77274860@N00/381575081/in/set-72057594115533008/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77274860@N00/381575886/in/set-72057594115533008/

nice work

]]> By: Puur http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-45604 Puur Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:48:59 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-45604 As a lighting designer for iGuzzini I can tell you that this lamp is a revolution, (consider the costanza of artemide being the best sold desklamp). Finally a desk lamp wich is more than a lightsource but also a sculpture and you can give it the shape you want. If it's flat it's like a pizza, and if it's stretched out it's like a kobra, PizzaKobra.. Sure LED has a cold colour, but there are also warmwhite LED's and surprisingly the light output is about 500 lux, which is required on a officedesk. Believe me this lamp is a classic to be, and it makes me happy to work with it. As a lighting designer for iGuzzini I can tell you that this lamp is a revolution, (consider the costanza of artemide being the best sold desklamp).
Finally a desk lamp wich is more than a lightsource but also a sculpture and you can give it the shape you want.
If it’s flat it’s like a pizza, and if it’s stretched out it’s like a kobra, PizzaKobra..
Sure LED has a cold colour, but there are also warmwhite LED’s and surprisingly the light output is about 500 lux, which is required on a officedesk.

Believe me this lamp is a classic to be, and it makes me happy to work with it.

]]> By: Oliver Ike http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-38428 Oliver Ike Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:40:17 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-38428 If it works, which is the only thing that I slightly doubt, it is interesting as chapmaniac says, no the usual wank-off sculpture thing If it works, which is the only thing that I slightly doubt, it is interesting as chapmaniac says, no the usual wank-off sculpture thing

]]> By: idealist http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-38367 idealist Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:58:26 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-38367 have you ever heard Ron Arad in a conference? do you know why he designs and how is his perception of design? this object really fits his way of doing things... Tip: don't ask oranges to the lemon tree have you ever heard Ron Arad in a conference?
do you know why he designs and how is his perception of design?

this object really fits his way of doing things…

Tip: don’t ask oranges to the lemon tree

]]> By: chapmaniac http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-38087 chapmaniac Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:53:55 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-38087 I find many of Arad's projects of late to be nothing but high-tech formal/sculptural wank-off's (almost as pointless, wasteful and utterly confused as Zaha's). This product show's a return to the whimsy of Arad's early work such as his Bookworm (1994) and I think its a classic in the making. Wonderful! I find many of Arad’s projects of late to be nothing but high-tech formal/sculptural wank-off’s (almost as pointless, wasteful and utterly confused as Zaha’s). This product show’s a return to the whimsy of Arad’s early work such as his Bookworm (1994) and I think its a classic in the making. Wonderful!

]]> By: fBot http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-37998 fBot Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:04:13 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/25/pizzakobra-by-ron-arad-for-iguzzini/#comment-37998 Isn't it just an example of how light can be used in a unique way. Light has no structure unlike many other areas of design. I think the form is supposed to irrelevant and it's just one way of getting a lot of fluidity and different function into a table lamp. Sure the light output isn't going to be that flash or the colour rendering perhaps but there are far too many gimps putting "light bulbs" into shades/ diffusers of some sort and calling them selves lighting designers. I think its different and wno't use much energy so I am all for it. Someone in the design world has to be expressive and inventive. Surely we don't want all pared back and minimal all the time. Yes, Karim sux Isn’t it just an example of how light can be used in a unique way. Light has no structure unlike many other areas of design. I think the form is supposed to irrelevant and it’s just one way of getting a lot of fluidity and different function into a table lamp. Sure the light output isn’t going to be that flash or the colour rendering perhaps but there are far too many gimps putting “light bulbs” into shades/ diffusers of some sort and calling them selves lighting designers. I think its different and wno’t use much energy so I am all for it.

Someone in the design world has to be expressive and inventive. Surely we don’t want all pared back and minimal all the time.

Yes, Karim sux

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