INSTRUMENT collection
Where it comes from
MATRIX (M-03) comes from dot-matrix displays and speaker grilles: a plain grid that only means something when it lights up. It is the most graphic lamp in INSTRUMENT, a collection that treats lamps as equipment.
Making factAll the panels print flat for the cleanest face, then are assembled into the cabinet.
The form
A flat-fronted cabinet on a plinth. The front panel carries 140 square cells; behind them a translucent liner spreads the light so every cell glows evenly. Close up, the grid reads as pixels; across a room, as one soft rectangle of light.
In the room
Its depth of 8.4 cm lets it stand on a bookshelf or at the back of a desk without taking over. The light it throws forward is a soft grid, and on a glossy surface the cells reflect as a second, fainter matrix.
How it's made
The panels print flat, which gives the best surface on the front face, then the side panels butt in behind the front. The bulb sits 13 mm clear of the liner and the back. The mains parts (cord, switch, lampholder and bulb) are bought-in electrical parts, never printed.
I wanted the moment you switch it on to feel like a screen waking up, without a single pixel being a screen. — Fakhrul
Designed by Fakhrul
