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Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ by Matthew Haseltine

Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ by Matthew Haseltine is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award אין אײַזן in באַלײַכטונג פּראָדוקטן און פֿיקסטורן דיזײַן Competition Category.


אײַזןבאַלײַכטונג· 2021

Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ

by Matthew Haseltine

Client: Metropolitan Space

A' Design Award אין אײַזן Winner in באַלײַכטונג Category

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The Design

About Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ

אָוטער באָראָ איז אַ פֿרייסטייענדיקע מאָדולאַרע פֿלאָר לאמפ, דיזיינד צו שטיצן אַ הענגענדיקע לוסטער. די לאמפ פֿאַרבינדט אַ שטאַרקן געגאָסענעם בעטאָן־פֿונדאַמענט מיט אַ טאָפּלטבלעטעריקן דאַמפּ־געבויגענעם אייכן־אָרעם. די בעטאָן־אויבערפֿלאַך איז פֿאַרדיכט, פּאָלירט, פֿאַרזיגלט און אויסגעגלאַנצט צו דערגרייכן אַ האַרטע רעפֿלעקטירנדיקע פֿיניש. דער אָרעם ווערט פֿאַרבונדן מיטן פֿונדאַמענט דורך שטאָלענע (סטיינלעס סטיל) צווישנשטיקער און שוואַרצע אָקסיד־קאָנעקטאָרן. די צונויפֿשטעלונג ווערט געטאָן פֿון צוויי מענטשן אין עטלעכע מינוט, און פֿאַרריכטבאַרע פֿיס גלייכן אויס אומגלייכע פֿלאָרן. די הענגענדיקע לוסטער שטעקט אַרײַן אויבן אין פֿונדאַמענט, לעבן אַ שאַלטער אָדער דימער. די פּלאַטפֿאָרמע קען אויך האַלטן הענגענדיקע לוסטערס געשאַפֿן פֿון אַנדערע דיזיינערס.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין אײַזן

Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין אײַזן, אַן פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו גוטע דיזײַנס וואָס טרעפֿן די פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע און ינדוסטריעלע פֿאָדערונגען וואָס מען דערוואַרט פֿון גוט-דיזײַנטע באַשאַפֿונגען. אײַזן-געווינער ווײַזן גרויסע בקיאות, הויכע ספּעציאַליזאַציע, מומחה-פֿאַרשטאַנד און קרעאַטיווע פֿעיִקייט פֿון זייערע שאַפֿער. פֿון Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע באַשאַפֿונג וואָס איז פּראַקטיש און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין אײַזן פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן פֿון דער ענף און האָט בקיאותדיקע טעכנישע אייגנשאַפֿטן פֿאַרבונדן מיט וויסן און טאַלאַנט. Outer Borough פֿלאָר לאמפ ווערט געערט פֿאַר זײַן גרינטלעכקייט און איז דיזײַנט צו פּראָווידן פֿאַרבעסערונגען פֿון לעבנס-קוואַליטעט וואָס העלפֿן מאַכן די וועלט צו אַ בעסערן אָרט.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The Outer Borough Lamp (OBL) is a free standing modular floor lamp composed of a high-strength cast concrete base and double-leaf steam-bent wooden arm that supports a pendant luminaire. While the OBL is designed to stand completely on its own merit it is also fundamentally collaborative in spirit as it is designed with the confidence to equally support the pendants of other designers. The two leafs of the arm come together for a common goal. The common goal is to support the work of others.
Dimensions & Packaging
Assembled size is 250 mm x 305 mm x 2450 mm. Weight is 30 kg. Lamp base and arm ship separately.
Tags
floor lamp, designer lamp, concrete lamp, concrete, pendant, Brooklyn designer, Outer Borough
Production Technology
A high-strength self-consolidating concrete mix with water-reducers, defoamers, pozzolans and fiber reinforcing is poured into a steel water-jet cut mold with all fittings, adjustable feet & electrical housings cast in place. The surface of the cured base is then densified, polished, sealed and burnished for a very hard reflective finish. The oak-wood arms are steam-bent and shaped on a jig before connecting to the base with stainless steel spacers and black-oxide connectors. Electronics are then installed and soldered with a computer connector inlet at the back and a standard outlet at the top next to a switch or dimmer.
Design Challenge
The difficult part is the fun part of realizing a design where the chemistry needs to come together with the behavior of materials so at the end of the process the bent wood aligns perfectly with the connectors cast into the concrete base. The modularity of the system and components requires an additional layer of coordination across the manufacturing of swappable parts.
Research
Most technical research was conducted regarding the concrete mix for an eco-friendly material, chemical and production process. Lamps are sized to consume exact quantities of industry standard supply quantities, meaning there is nearly zero waste with the production of each lamp. Social research was conducted to determine a floor-lamp platform that would comfortably support a large array of designers' pendants in high-demand today. The lamp was also designed to fall below the maximum weight limits for the most popular consumer shipping options.
Inspiration
Concrete is age-old but today it is very high-tech. It is the new stone. It can be cast, it is authentic, eco-friendly, expressive and with today's science it can be very precise. Steam-bending wood is also age-old; an honest manipulation of that which grows from the earth. This material honesty is inspiring. The recent quest of our culture to be inclusive has inspired this design to reach out with confidence to collaborate with those outside its own identity. Plus I also needed a floor lamp.
Project Duration
This project is on-going as new collaborations begin and materials, finishes and hardware are customized to compliment the pendants of alternate designers.
Operation Flow
Lamp assembly by two people; one holding the arm and one connecting the fasteners. Can be done in less than 5 minutes. Plug the pendant into the top of the lamp base. Plug the power supply from the wall outlet to the back of the lamp base. On/off is controlled by the switch or dimmer at the top of the lamp base. Adjustable feet at the bottom of the base can correct for un-even floors.
Patents
Patent pending

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