Parasol Lamp

Industrial Design

2023

Inspired by factory machinery, this innovative design invites you to adjust, direct and finetune light to suit your setting. Adjust the tensioner, tilt and tighten.

Using a guided pivot to control and fix the position, the dome can rotate on a full 180° axis, allowing you to downlight a room, bounce light off the wall to create atmosphere or to simply read in style.

Assembled in London. Only 30 made.

The aluminium knob & stainless locking nuts are precision made using CNC machining, and finely bead blasted and anodised to give a luxurious finish.

Finally, the custom made coiled cord makes cabling much less messy, and features a satisfying switch designed by Achille Castiglioni in the 1960s.

Development

The light encourages the user to tilt and move the shade to direct light indirectly away. This meant creating a pivoting arm which would allow smooth movement but also hold the weight of the shade.

Testing dozens of approaches, the chosen solution uses a guiding pin hidden within the pivot, and a tensioner which fixes the position.

The shade is spun from steel by Gary, a 3rd generation metal spinner based in in Uxbridge. The tubing, cut from seamless steel tubing in Norfolk was welded and finished by hand and sealed to protect against liquids.