A lamp by Finnish designer Tuomas Auvinen that fits neatly into the edges of a room has won this year’s Muuto Talent Award for students.
Tuomas Auvinen‘s 45° lamp is designed to utilise the often wasted space where a wall and ceiling meet.
“One day when entering an empty apartment, I wondered why the corners and angles were not better exploited, and then I came up with the idea for 45°,” said Auvinen.
The back of the lamp is shaped into a 90-degree angle so it can nestle between two perpendicular surfaces. The circular diffuser on the front is always at a 45 degree angle to the flat planes.
“Through its shape and versatility the lamp can be placed everywhere in the room and no matter how it is installed, it will cast the light in an angle of 45 degrees,” said Auvinen.
The lamp could be fixed into the upper corners of a space, suspended from a cord or left to rest on the floor.
The Muuto Talent Award competition is organised annually by Danish brand Muuto and is open to all design students studying at Nordic institutions.
This creative floor lamp takes the shape of a playful pooch for tail-wagging fun and instant illumination! Composed of a red cloth covered cord that looks like a leash and LEDs inside laser-cut plexiglass, the design is lightweight and durable enough to “walk” around your home. You can even set it down to “stay” or tilt it upright to “stand” … I wish my pups were so behaved!
Designer: Eglė Stonkutė
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These autonomous lamps by Dutch designer Bob de Graaf seek out human companions then follow them around, and go in search of the darkest spots in the house ( + movie).
The two lamps in the Species of Illumination series: the Wallace lamp, which affixes to the ceiling, and the Darwin desk lamp
De Graaf‘s interactive lights, collectively called Species of Illumination, were given the ability to act like creatures via a series of sensors, motors and stretchable cables that allow them to freely determine their actions.
The series consists of two lights. Wallace uses sensors to go in search of the darkest spot in a room and bring light to it. Once it has done that, the lamp works out where the next darkest point is and moves on to repeat the process.
Wallace is affixed to the ceiling at one end and has three pieces of wire that support a head on the end of a long electrical cable, which is encircled by a series of rings with copper wire threaded through each one.
Darwin, meanwhile, is a desk lamp that uses solar power to generate its electricity. During the day it trundles around on wheels seeking out sunlight to charge its battery, but in the evening it wonders around the house looking for movement and accompanying people with its beam of light.
Sensors in Darwin’s head allow people to interact with it. When a hand is held directly in front of the light, it tracks the movement and follows. Take the hand away and the light stops moving.
Darwin features two wheels made from tightly coiled wire, a black body with a solar panel on its back and a bulbous white head.
“The interaction and emotional relationship Wallace and Darwin bring contribute to people’s wellbeing, in the same way that pets do,” explained de Graaf. “The movement of living creatures triggers sensations, emotions and communication.”
“I think my lights are very much animate objects,” he continued. “At this point I’m still pretty sure they are not alive, but I think there will be a moment where the boundaries become more blurred.”
The idea was conceived after the designer created a radio-controlled box with an abstract head and began experimenting with it in a park in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 2011. The designer was surprised to find that passersby began to wave at it, pet it and chase it as though it were a pet.
De Graaf then experimented with removing the human-control element to make something more autonomous, and presented the Species of Illumination lamps as part of his graduation from the Design Academy Eindhoven last year.
Israeli designer Haim Evgi has created versions of Anglepoise lamps in solid oak using traditional carpentry techniques.
The direction of light from Haim Evgi‘s TZAP lamps can be altered by moving the joints between the wooden elements, which are fastened with decorative coloured bolts and wingnuts.
“The arms are interconnected using Tzap, a technique carpenters use for hidden attachments in their works,” said the designer, explaining where the title of the collection came from.
The lamps come in three designs, with the number of arms varying from model to model.
The four wooden sections that make up the stem of the Felix lamp get shorter towards the head, while all the zigzagging elements in the Flexi design are the same size.
The smaller Nuny desk light has just two joints. All of the lamps balance on circular bases.
A fabric power cord runs up inside the stem and hops out over the joints, allowing them to be adjusted unimpeded.
The head of each lamp is made from powder-coated aluminium, and all three are a slightly different shape.
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This pendant lamp based on a flower by Russian designer Constantin Bolimond would open and illuminate when it senses low light.
“The idea came about thanks to flowers that begin to bloom when the sun shines,” Bolimond told Dezeen.
Constantin Bolimond’s Bloom lamp concept would act in the opposite way to normal flowers.
Instead of unfurling its bud-like cover in sunlight, the lamp’s optical sensor would react when it gets dark and cause the petals to gradually spread out as the light decreases.
Different materials and colours could be used to create the six petals, which would act together as a shade and regulate the amount of light dispersed from the small bulb positioned in the centre.
The Arturo lighting series makes clever use of cables and its wooden construction to create pendant, table and floor lamps that look as good OFF as they do ON! Constructed using carpentry techniques from the designers’ native Chile, the designs merge traditional woodwork with modern minimalism. Together or as single lighting solutions, they transform any space into an intimate and warm atmosphere.
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This flat circular lamp by Japanese designer Jun Yasumoto was designed to resemble an owl’s wide eyes at night.
Jun Yasumoto designed Owl lamp for French furniture company Ligne Roset in three variations: a table lamp, reading light and a wall lamp. The white cotton shade can be pivoted around the light source to diffuse the light in a certain direction.
“This rotation enables the light reflected from the bulb to be modulated, directed, and softened by the other side of the disc, pivoting around the light source rather than confining it,” said the designer.
A bare fluorescent bulb attached behind the flat shade emits a soft light when illuminated. The table lamp and reading lights are mounted on matte white lacquered-steel bases.
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