Tel Aviv designers DEMO / design clinic have designed a series of lamps using plumbing parts.
The lamps are made of galvanised iron; the bulbs are turned on and off using a tap-like switch.
Here’s some more information from the designers:
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KOZO lighting series by DEMO / design clinic – a unique design ‘with little authentic rust at the joints’. Functional light figures, designed for a wide range of indoor life scenes and atmosphere.
“With a bit of humor and a certain audacity, KOZO lamps stand as alien lighting figures, telling a new story”. KOZO lamps are made of galvanized iron parts and an original innovative (on/off) tap light switch, combined with the electronics and ceramic parts needed for it to house light bulb.
The KOZO parts come from around the world and each bares the trademarks of its origin country. The materials are left raw and alive, with little authentic rust at the joints and the marks from hand tools that were used in the assembly process
The KOZO lamps are perfectly balanced and stable. They don’t look stable, but this is part of the magic of this unique design.
Technical information
KOZO1 – Measurements 20cm length / 20cm height / 20cm depth, weight 2 kg.
KOZO2 – Measurements 20cm length / 30 cm height / 20 cm depth, weight 2.5 kg.
KOZO3 – Measurements 25cm length / 40 cm height / 20 cm depth, weight 3 kg.
About DEMO / design clinic
DEMO / design clinic – is a cooperation of 5 designers sharing a studio in Tel Aviv. 3 years ago we all studied in the same design academy and during 2008 we finally opened our studio. We mainly use readymade stuff, and try to reduce manufacturing to zero. Our basic assumption is that there are so many things at hand that everything that you need must have already been made for you, and sometimes it is “built in” another product. In our designs we search to give new life and meaning to the materials and to their use. And always keeping it on the green side.
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Posted by Rose Etherington
March 31st, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Uh, are you kidding me? Did this guy strip the plumbing from under his sink, add some wireing, a bulb or two and call it a “designed” object? I suppose I just don’t understand “high design” anymore…
Besides that, they are trying to use “readymade stuff, and try to reduce manufacturing to zero” Maybe you should try to use products that don’t have a specific purpose that differs so much from what you want to create. In addition to the enormous amount of imbodied energy in the plumbing fixtures used here…
Sorry for being so critical, I hate to just bash someone’s idea but in this case I can’t see anything worth while…
March 31st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
is Jo the plumber in israel and is he a designer now?
March 31st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
nice. resembles this artist’s creations a little bit.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/a/105197.html
March 31st, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Sorry guys, but this looks like 1st grade design students work.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
really cool
March 31st, 2009 at 7:33 pm
really cool!
March 31st, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I love the idea of using old material, some great lamps too, not all of them but hey… Got to appreciate the thougts behind it
March 31st, 2009 at 8:28 pm
conduit piping is a very versatile and readily available material.
I have been making furniture and lighting fixtures from it for ages.
The switch is neat, I wonder if it dims just like shutting the water off.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:49 pm
it’s an obvious thing to do of course
but wow, I absolutely love them
March 31st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
These are fantastic!
Now if only I could afford a raw loft space in a trendy neighborhood to house these in…
March 31st, 2009 at 11:38 pm
very clever designs
April 1st, 2009 at 4:31 am
excelente! the most originall in a long time!
April 1st, 2009 at 6:51 am
Well done, very much right now
April 1st, 2009 at 8:02 am
love it!
April 1st, 2009 at 8:41 am
so are you telling me that i can build it myself at home?
and that i don’t need a crane every time i have to move it?
April 1st, 2009 at 8:44 am
OK, first of all, I don’t think this is any good design, it’s not even a correct readymade object… I think plumbing can be far more exciting than this! not to mention the movie “runaway bride” when Julia Roberts at the end of the movie became a designer… she just prodeced things like these… sorry guys, I didn’t meant to be evil.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:18 am
Awesome!!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:30 am
… it’s time to boycott the racist, apartheid state of israel – artist or no artist!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:29 am
wow! this is really great! very original design and concept. why no has done before?
April 1st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
wow! this is really great………=>it’s not my comment
April 1st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
i think Shin Azumi did similar concept long time ago.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Shin Azumi are you sure? May be Tomoko?
April 1st, 2009 at 2:04 pm
beatiful
April 1st, 2009 at 2:08 pm
To me it just looks like another pipe dream.
April 1st, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I like these. I can just imagine a mad scientist working on pipes and bolts to create functioning objects. Light up people!
April 1st, 2009 at 4:38 pm
looks like the faucet in my kitchen.
April 1st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Quite like these. Not massively original – but I think the guys are on top of it aesthetics wise. The water drop works well. Terry Gilliamish?
now…call me a pedant…and I’m only saying this because noone else did… but I don’t think they are plumbing parts as stated – but gas / compressed air parts (hence galvanised)…. it wouldn’t matter… expect they attached a chromed water tap to a gas tap… which to a pedant such as I looks a bit wierd…. might be different in Israel of course?
oh and:
2. Shin Azumi did the shower light – not Tomoko.
3. “… it’s time to boycott the racist, apartheid state of israel – artist or no artist!” – how old are you? Jesus Christ. Have a little think and then go and find another place to say things like that.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I think these are great! SO much better than just another sleek plastic Philippe Starck piece of sh*t.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
but what about the heat generated from these metal fixtures ?
they must get wicked hot !!!!, dont they ?
April 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Interesting aesthetic certainly not for my home, but its very nice to see parts re-appropriated, but the idea of the tap is certainly a very old one. The old gas lamps used to have this type of switch the let the gas burn, the idea of using this for electricity and dimming is similar to these.
shower light 2006: http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/milan06/elmes.html
Tap light 2003: http://www.seenthelight.org/tap_link_1.htm
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 am
I love them! It’s a tasteful repurposing of something, not like some of the god-awful crap that’s passed for “reclaimed” lately!
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Love the stance of these!
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 am
Dude,
Its been done, sorry to say-
FSO Design- Central Saint Martins MA ID 2005
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
i love the concept of repurposing. i am in love….
April 4th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I like the raw industrial appearance and one piece would be a nice fit as an object d’art in an otherwise clean-lined setting — kind of like the “token bum”-look on American Idol, but in the average cluttered middle-class home or office it’d just look like a toddler’s homemade Valentine — recycled junk.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
it look like a light water ! Cool!
April 14th, 2009 at 11:02 am
what goes around comes around