Spike Lampa by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award di Ferru in Disignu d'Illuminazione Competition Category.

FerruIlluminazione· 2020

Spike Lampa

by Sini Majuri

Client: Sini Majuri

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Illuminazione Category

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The Design

About Spike Lampa

Spike lampadina ghjucà cù cuntrasti. Riflettisce à a cultura punk, ma ancu per calmà u clima scandinava. Hè un pezzu voluminosu, ma a luce calda hè focalizata in una piccula zona sottumessa sottu à u pezzu. A lumera Spike hà un apparenza aggressiva per via di e spine metalliche chì puntanu versu u spettatore. À u listessu tempu ci hè qualcosa di calmu nantu à a liscia di a superficie ceramica è a luce calda. A lampada crea tensione in un internu. Cum'è un individuu da una subcultura.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Spike Lampa hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Spike Lampa sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Spike Lampa hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Spike lamp is studio made from ceramics and recycled metal. Spike plays with contrasts. It reflect to spiky fashion of punk culture yet to calm Scandinavian mood. It is a voluminous piece, yet the warm light is focused only into a small pointy area under the piece.
Dimensions & Packaging: The diameter of the ceramic part is 350 mm x 320 mm. With the spikes the diameter of the lamp is 450 mm x 370 mm.
Tags: lamp, spike, ceramic, metal, led
Production Technology: The object is made in a two sided plaster mold. The outer surface of the ceramic object is spray glazed. The light is a dimmable LED.
Design Challenge: The challenge of the design was to create sophisticated piece with high quality materials, yet create a piece with a startling pulchritude.
Research: In the nature spikes are used to protect ones core, for example in the spiked plants and animals defend theirselves. The objective of the design was to simplify mathematical shapes of virus like forms into aesthetic outcome that has philosophical approach on social distancing.
Inspiration: The Spike lamp is inspired by social distancing and fashion subcultures. The core of the design is also mimicing the contrariety of nature, how simplicity becomes complexity.

The main materials used in the Spike lamp are mold made ceramic sphere and metal spikes. Both materials have shiny surface that reflect the environment of the object. The interior of the lamp is contrasting to the outer area, because it has a warm and smooth texture.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2019 in Helsinki and finished in May 2020.
Operation Flow: The Spike lamp has a aggressive appearance because of the metal spikes pointing towards the viewer. At the same time there is something calm about the smoothness of the ceramic surface and warm light. The lamp creates tension in a interior.
Image Credits: Eiran Kertan Oy. Finland.