John Pawson's design combines curved and straight elements to create a quietly monumental volume. Notches cut into the form add detail to the lamp's distinctive profile, while serving to shape the way light is diffused and create an entry point for the cable. Each version explores a contrasting interaction between material and light - the potential inertia of marble and the reflective quality of aluminum.
Materials marble or aluminium, polycarbonate
Light source Integrated LED 2700K
Dimensions 20 x 8,8 x H20 cm
Aluminium
Marble
John Pawson
John Pawson was born in Yorkshire, northern England, in 1949. Just as Alvar Aalto's bronze door handle has been described as the "handshake of a building", the sense of engaging with the essence of a philosophy of space through everything the eye sees or the hand touches is a defining aspect of John Pawson's work. Everything is linked to a coherent set of preoccupations with mass, volume, surface, proportion, junction, geometry, repetition, light and ritual. In this way, even an object as modest as a fork can become a vehicle for much broader ideas about how we live and what we value.