Comments on: slim&strong by Delphine Frey

By: asdfghjkl

asdfghjkl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:27:38 +0000

Why carbon fibre?

This is really really chunky – it totally undoes the functionallity of carbon fibre. The rippled form would only make sense for a weak material which required more stability. Cabron fibre does not need such a form – e.g. the Terence Woodgate table for Established and Sons:

http://www.stylepark.com/en/established-und-sons/surface-table

To use a high tech / high spec material is an opportunity to push the limits of traditional forms, this is simply massively over specifed and superfluos. Can you sit on it?

By: sean

sean — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:03:32 +0000

b, yes it’s table lighting but the function I expect is a light that doesn’t have to be sitting directly over the top of whatever I’m trying to read.

You can see from the notebook in the photo that that there is a distinct cone of light. Anything outside this is going to be unilluminated.

I agree that it is creative and an interesting approach but would challenge your thought that it is going to offer light for the whole table. To me it looks like one will be kissing carbon fiber while trying to read.

By: budid

budid — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:28:12 +0000

i think its a good ide using that material. How if the colours is white?

By: Prof. Z.

Prof. Z. — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:50:31 +0000

see also Loop, by Peter Knudsen, for Dark

By: b

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:10:59 +0000

sean,
it’s a table lighting, what further function do you expect to see?

I believe it’s a rather interesting approach for a desk lamp structure and it creates full lighting for the whole table working area … as in contrary to any usual desk lighting which creates a directional spotlight and might cast unwanted shadows.

By: B

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:17:13 +0000

I think glass fiber would have held up the lights just as fine nico
or aluminium
or even paper or thin plywood laminate..(slightly more curved folds)
ok, so it won’t be as strong as glass-fiber..but i don’t think you can sit on the carbon fiber one either
but is the carbon maybe also conducter?
and ehm..
are they 220volt led’s? i don’t se a power adapter..or is that cleverly hidden in the pleats?

By: sean

sean — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:06:12 +0000

I think the design is fine and quite stunning as far as showing capabilities. But, what about function? Where does one put this and for what use? I think that it is lacking in functionality with no thought given to this and only structure.

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:31:53 +0000

I don’t agree, for the lamp to be so thin what else than carbon can you use? I think this lamp is great, it’s clean and pure.

By: Design punisher

Design punisher — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:29:35 +0000

Great ! Amazing !
All this technology and know-how for… a lamp.
Of course, an ECAL project, a toy for rich people.

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:21:59 +0000

I think it is really nice. I really like the clean and pure design