studioilse w08t
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!