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Studioilse w08t by Simon Kaempfer of studioilse for Swedish lighting brand Wästberg.

 

"Materials have hidden messages. These create a powerful link to our emotional psyches and shape our connection to daily life.

 

Our light is a sturdy friend, unpretentious and always there for us. We have chosen honest materials that carry clear messages: iron for its feelings of stability, reliability, trust; wood with its warmth and life, and porcelain for its intimate glow, as well as its tactility.

 

Then we have put these three together for a certain oddness. This is because there is an innate awkwardness in the directional light that we wanted to amplify - rather as with people this is a sympathetic quality not a sin."

 

Ilse Crawford

 

I originally saw this task light on dezeen and thought it would be fun to make a model of it. I love the mix of materials and simplicity of the components, and I also love Wästberg's crazy manifesto!

 

www.studioilse.com/

www.wastberg.com/

www.simonkaempfer.com/

 

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Uploaded on May 16, 2008
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