Cologne 2010: at imm cologne last month German designer Stephanie Knust exhibited a zig-zag shaped aluminium lamp.
Called Zorro, the lamp can be positioned balancing on three points or with the arms parallel to the wall and floor.
The anodised bent aluminium tube supports 90 LEDs encased in acrylic.
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Here’s some text from the designer:
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Zorro
Unity in duality – space and light are a pair. This lamp´s angles play with the straight surface, they snuggle up or turn away. The three-dimensional Z-angle of the lamp is secure grip to lean around. Thus, it has either three points of contact or they can adapt themselves parallel to the 90-degree angle from wall to floor and secure it.
The bent aluminum tube is anodized, the golden hue glows warm in the cool glow of light. Ninety LED light points are embedded in acrylic. Their light is concentrated and intensified. Through the frosted acrylic surface the material appears opaque white and the light is glare-free.
February 7th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
90 LEDs !?!??! :o
How much would it cost ?? :o
February 7th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Fabulous! Great design!! A winner!!!
February 7th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
I really like the multiple ways how this super-simple can be positioned.
good work!
February 7th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
i don’t think this goes beyond a first, graphic idea.
thinking how to handle this practically just makes me nervous.
like a broomstick, always waiting for the next fall..
February 7th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I wonder if it will leave a burned mark at the wall…
if not – very cool
February 7th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
come on people- don’t be so overly concerned. burning the wall?? – leds dont burn anything! great design, cool approach, nice one!!
February 7th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
@ elpa: I’m not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but LEDs are supercheap. And they use very very little power (some mA) for the amount of light they give.
@ amsterdam-er: LEDs generate nearly no heat. So there is no reason to be afraid for burnmarks on the wall. ;)
I believe I saw a similar design before. But that doesn’t matter. It’s a very neat design with a nice aesthetics. But i also have my doubts about the functionality in terms of stability (slipping away etc.).
February 8th, 2010 at 11:49 am
it reminds me that one:
http://www.florianbrillet.com/work.php?type=2&code=17
February 8th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
just looks like it’ll fall over all the time surely?
February 8th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Do you know Plof-lamp. Very similiar design, comes from Spain 2 or 3 years ago.
http://www.plof-lamp.com/
February 8th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Modify this so it can be free standing, and it would be an instant classic.
February 8th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Does anyone know the name of the desk on the first photo?
February 9th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Have a look at the lights by Tomas Alonso. Probably more stable on the ground as well!
February 9th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
“Modify this so it can be free standing, and it would be an instant classic.”
If the modifications don’t ruin the visuals that everyone is responding to .
Design is hard.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Damn – http://www.plof-lamp.com/
that one wins.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
That’s F*&d Up…looks alot like the work of a good friend…Tomas Alonso
Click on Mr.Light Series –
http://www.tomas-alonso.com/
http://www.yatzer.com/1705_mr._light_series_by_tom%C3%A1s_alonso
February 9th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
^^ scruces – Plop-lamp is first shown early 2008! Spain to!
http://www.plof-lamp.com/
February 9th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Woo! Sorry the Plof lamp is first shown 2005! Valencia
http://www.plof-lamp.com/ploflamp.pdf
February 10th, 2010 at 1:08 am
who cares about plof-lamp..
nice work.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
@Wim
Do your research. Good quality, high output, white LEDs are expensive.
High power LEDs also generate a fair amount of heat. dissipating this heat is one of the main challenges of designing a luminiare with LEDs that have a substantial output. Anyway, the heat wouldnt be enough to burn the wall.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Hi Stan, the name of the desk on the first photo you will find here:
http://www.kabre-leipzig.de/klappdich.html
February 19th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
It does look like plof lamp (designed by Yonoh).
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
http://www.fontanaarte.it/files/pdf/bend.pdf
Mr Smith light – for Fontana Arte
April 9th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Zorro meets Milan – Via Tortona 12, Milan. It is open from 14th –18th April, daily 11 am to 8 pm – We would love to see you around – with greetings from Burg Giebichenstein, your graduate team – http://www.graduate10.de