Magic Lamp by Daragh Enright is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Silver A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Competition Category.

SilverLighting· 2022

Magic Lamp

by Daragh Enright

Client: DaraghDesigns

Silver A' Design Award Winner in Lighting Category

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The Design

About Magic Lamp

Magic is a table lamp inspired by the natural form of the Liberty Cap mushroom. The shade is 3D printed from plant based plastic, and light passing through the shade highlights the spiralling concentric lines left by the printing process. Mushroom like gills under the head are also 3D printed. The stem and base are hand carved from locally sourced hardwood, so every piece is unique. Three brightness levels are selected with a touch sensitive dimmer concealed in the base. The lamp measures 150 by 150 by 650 millimetres.

The Recognition

About the Silver A' Design Award

Magic Lamp is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Magic Lamp is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Magic Lamp is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.

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Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Where to Get It

Handcrafted Wood and 3D Printed Lighting

We create unique lamps combining traditional woodworking with modern 3D printing. Each piece features locally sourced hardwoods and plant-based plastics, handmade in our Czech workshop. Our nature-inspired designs bring organic beauty and warm illumination to your space.

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Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Original design uniquely combining 3D printing technology with hand crafted wood. Based on the natural form of the Liberty Cap mushroom. Each piece is unique due to the handmade stem and base. Uses ecological materials , PLA plant based plastic and locally sourced hardwoods from managed forests. Made entirely by the designer in a small workshop. The lamp provides light in three brightness levels, operated by a touch sensitive dimmer switch concealed in the base.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 150 x depth 150 x height 650
Tags: lamp, magic lamp, handmade, wood, hardwood, 3d printed, PLA, mushroom lamp, ecological, natural, ecological, natural form, table lamp, unique design
Production Technology: The lamp is produced in small workshop, using Ender 3 pro V2 3D printers and woodworking machinery; bandsaw, table saw, planer, and sanders. Fusion 360 design software is used to design the 3D printed parts. The wooden part is hand carved and comprises of three original pieces joined together.
Design Challenge: Carving the wood to create a thin stem and # dimensional curve without cutting into the cable within.
Research: After picking this mushroom in the fields of South Bohemia, the designer experienced its 'magical' psychedelic effects. The mushrooms appeared to him to glow and pulsate with a kind of 'life force'. He decided to capture this experience by using its form as a lamp design, the electricity and light bringing it to life. To create this the designer aimed to innovatively combine 3D printing technology with the hand crafted wooden form so the entire piece could be produced in house, with ecological materials. Research and experimentation were carried out in his workshop and with design software.
Inspiration: The natural form of the Liberty Cap (Psilocybe Semilanceata) a potent psychedelic mushroom inspired this design. Scientists have been recently discovering the powerful healing potential of this mushroom, and they are increasingly being used therapeutically around the world. As it's significance to our human experience becomes ever more understood, the form of this mushroom becomes more recognizable, carries more meaning, and deserves attention.
Project Duration: The design work began in early 2020 in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia, and completed at the end of 2020. It has been on sale at Etsy since January 2021.
Operation Flow: The Magic Lamp has a three stage dimmer switch operated by touching any part of the metal base.