INSTRUMENT collection
Where it comes from
COLUMN (C-02) comes from heat sinks, the finned metal blocks that cool amplifiers and computers. It is part of INSTRUMENT, a collection that treats lamps as equipment: graphite bodies, and light only where it does work.
Making factThe 25 rings are printed one by one and stacked onto the core tube by hand.
The form
Twenty-five horizontal rings stacked on a central core, cut back by a 44° window on one side. The rings stay dark; the core glows through the window and between the rings, so the light reads as one tall strip with fine horizontal shadows across it.
In the room
It is the tallest of our lamps and the narrowest for its height, so it fits the corner of a desk or a deep windowsill. Turn the window towards the room or towards the wall, depending on how much light you want.
How it's made
Flat rings cannot print upright as overhangs, so each ring is printed on its own and stacked onto the core tube by hand; the stacking is part of the look. The mains parts (cord, switch, lampholder and bulb) are bought-in electrical parts, never printed.
A heat sink is one of the best-looking parts inside a machine, and nobody ever sees it. COLUMN puts one on the table and lights it. — Fakhrul
Designed by Fakhrul
