Belgian designer Bart Lens has designed a ceiling lamp for eden design which, at four metres wide, they claim is the largest lamp in production.
The °XXXLamp measures 4m x 160m and is inspired by a Chinese lantern.
Here's some info from eden design:
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°XXXL(amp)
Perhaps symptomatic of an architect’s mindset, the lamps and objects are becoming increasingly ‘space defining’. The XXL-amp is essentially a flattened dome, inspired by the shape of a Chinese lantern. The twelve-segment construction makes the connection with the lantern, but a pumpkin is perhaps the first association that comes to mind, while the suspension system recalls an upside-down hot-air balloon.
If the ceiling is high, but not overly high, then the lamp can be hung at about 1.30m. As befits any impressive space, you’ll want to enter with a slight bow. Once seated at the dining or conference table, you’ll still retain a sense of the surroundings beyond the boundary. Hanging a half or a quarter XXL in a mirrored room creates an impression of spacious rooms full of giant lanterns.
°XXXlamp
3x White lamp (option: 0-10V dimmable/ DALI controllable)
Option: RGB powerled, with remote controller (option: DMX controllable)
Dimensions: 400cm diam x 160cm Height
I guess they call themselves Eden design because they assume only two people exist on this Earth. 80% of the world would be lucky enough to have a house that big.
Maybe we could re-appropriate these lampshades to be refugee huts?
@Ma, domestic lighting is only a small proportion of the lighting market. I’m pretty sure these aren’t intended for putting in your house.
would be nice to see a picture of the interior of the shade – where are the lamps i wonder?
Send it to Dubai!
This is at least a year old, but ok , whatever.
wow, 4 m x 160 m :-s
Congratulations to the designers (parents) of the model. What a lovely woman. The lamp … well … nothing new under the sun.
Warehouse Loft
bigger = better?
George, I laughed at your comment. A lot.
As an object, the oversize-ness could have an interesting effect in a space. Foto with more surrounding and foto of inside the shade, please.
Well, at least the girl is cute… They put her in so that at least someone opens the story…
Can we see a close up of the girl she is A-mazing!
Is that an Ed Hardy tshirt she’s wearing? With that sort of styling, the lamp is fit to have a subway meal underneath it.
I agree with George. He made me lol.
Does no ones else think of a jelly-fish when they see this light-space?
I mean, okay chinese-lamp, we can all see a slight reference to it. But the scale of the object, in my opinion makes it feel almost like a breathing creature.
a pretty girl in the photos…