Honeynut Lamp (2023)


Throughout this project I was heavily inspired by expanding and contracting patterns in nature in my local area, Iris Van Herpen'swave-like textiles, and Ernst Haeckel's biophilic illustrations.

Although the shape is reminiscent of its namesake: the honey nut pumpkin. Its form echoes a familiarity among native flowers, trees, water, and exoskeletal organisms, radiolaria in particular.

The lampshade, designed to be perfectly dome-like and interchangeable, allows the user to interact with the object time and time again. This creates a multitude of possibilities with opacity, colour and texture.

The Honeynut Lamp was designed holistically to facilitate softness and comfort for the user, evoking the same peacefulness, wonder and elegance of a budding flower, or a droplet of water. The light, soft-toned wood and frosted glass were paramount to achieving this design goal.

The model shown in the hero images is representative of how it would exist at its final stages before taking it to be properly manufactured. Despite this iteration focused on domestic use, I envision the potential for this design to have sculptural applications, in a garden or public space such as a park or botanical exhibition; similar to that of Rene Binet's LaPorte Monumentale.

The piece comprises scrap wood and blown glass.