Port’s design editor and author of 21st Century Lighting Design, Alyn Griffiths, picks out some of the brightest lighting ideas on show at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week, which concludes today
Stockholm designer Hanieh Heidarabadi’s Make Lamps combine two materials of the moment; brass and 3D-printed polyamide. The rounded diffusers are produced using a process that involves fusing layers of plastic to create a solid form. The idea is that the the brass section can be combined with a diffuser printed at home in any shape, however Heidarabadi recognises that most people don’t have the machinery to do this and can therefore also supply ready-made versions.
Paul Smith has teamed up with iconic British lighting brand Anglepoise to apply his signature multicoloured treatment to one of its classic task lamps. The designer of the Type 75 Desk Lamp, Sir Kenneth Grange, suggested the two British brands work together to create a limited edition version of his product, which is being produced in a series of 2,500 pieces that will be launched in September to coincide with the London Design Festival.Montreal designer Loïc Bard flew all the way from Canada to exhibit his furniture, lighting and jewellery at this year’s event. His Enu lamps are made by hand from Canadian maple (of course) and feature organically shaped shades and carved trays for storing odds and ends.
The Flora pendant lights from Nottingham studio And Then are laser cut from sheets of two millimetre aluminium, which are bent by hand and fixed in place using simple rivets.
Available in different powder-coated colours or with a raw sand blasted finish, the faceted shapes are accentuated by light glowing through the perforated seams.
Viennese craftsmen more accustomed to making musical instruments are responsible for the impeccably detailed brass frames of the Lum lamp from Austrian brand Kaia. Influenced by the pure geometry of the Viennese Secessionists, designer Peter Straka’s products combine his background in engineering and metalwork with an honest construction and contemporary craftsmanship.The puppetry inspired Marionette lamps from British brand Deadgood combine folded steel shades with colourful braided cables sourced from Swedish firm Nud. The lamps can be specified as a single pendant or a cluster of four and feature flexes woven through holes in the metal frame that are held in place by tension.
