Stockholm Design Week 09: Swedish brand Wästberg will launch a table lamp by designer Michael Young in Stockholm later this week.
The lamp has a star-shaped stem that enables the head to be rotated 360-degrees through six positions.
Young describes it as an “engineered product inspired by my passions for industrial process and production innovation.”
Below is some more information from Wästberg and Michael Young:
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Stockholm Furniture Fair, February 4 – 8, 2009
Stand C 05:21
Lamps for Offices, Hotels and Caves. (Not to mention Tunnels.)
Man appeared.
Man felt comfortable and safe around light sources he could control.
Man felt comfortable and safe for 300,000 years.
Man began to over-illuminate rooms and halls.
General lighting was calibrated for the areas that needed the most light.
Far too many areas received far too much light.
Man felt dazzled and irradiated.
Man no longer felt comfortable or safe.
One of the people affected (a Swede) started reasoning to himself.
What would happen if you softened general lighting, and used direct lighting where needed instead?
A more functional, more economic, more energy efficient, more flexible and more aesthetic lighting solution would ensue.
But entirely new demands were made of the new direct lighting.
Man started to experiment.
Man got scent.
Wästberg appeared.
Wästberg got the help of some of the world’s foremost designers in order to realise his vision. The lamps drew attention wherever they were shown.
Newspapers reported.
The future looked bright.
Dark times appeared.
The world turned upside down.
Wästberg expanded his range based on new economic and environmental requirements.
Man regained the scent once more.
Even in his wildest imagination, Wästberg couldn‘t see himself as a light at the end of the tunnel.
Young w094t – LED table lamp
Working with Wästberg has given me the unique opportunity to take a fresh approach to the design of desk light typologies. Inspired by new factories I have discovered over the last years in Asia, I found a number of technologies that I believe have enabled me to create some freshness and unique functions. The arm of this design is simple, extruded and then stamped – a process uniquely from the bicycle industry that offers fresh context to the design market. The star-shaped stem pivots its way through 6 positions around a 360-degree axis. It is certainly an engineered product inspired by my passions for industrial process and production innovation. / Michael Young
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Posted by Rachael Sykes
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:11 am
Dunno about you guys, but it sure looks like a lamp post to me.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:10 am
Man thinks explanation is a bit much for just a table lamp who’s head moves. I think ikea already has a lamp that does this.
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:58 am
DUde,
Interesting mechanism! However I dont think it will work as a streetlamp. Too many people will get knoked in the head!
Thanks Michael!
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
Add some water and you also have a great faucet
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
This is a weee bit boring.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Awesome !!! This lamp is so beautiful !!!
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
too many cooks making simplicity go wrong. impeccable fit and finish, just not sure about the section and bent lamp post effect.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
where did beauty go?
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:13 pm
You know… Karich is right. This would be a great faucet. Indeed!
February 4th, 2009 at 2:38 am
thanks for posting photos not renderings.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:35 am
omar, that was evil
February 4th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I like the combo of soft base form with the almost aggressive look of the stem- and when turned 90 degrees keeps its lines. Simple clever sturdy.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
just saw the real thing and its hot …really new
and well put together..just as well you guys
dont have any work
February 8th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I think that’s the latest modern table lamp.. Well I don’t like the golden color I like the simple one.. But they’re both cool.
June 7th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I love it, we have some good ones
August 27th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I like the design, diffrent and very cool.