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3D Design

Pinecone Lamp

Our ongoing explorations with material scientists help us arrive at unexpected solutions.

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The Design Challenge

When we start with “what if?” we usually get to “here’s how.” Pinecones open up their scales in the heat of a forest fire to release the seeds that will grow a new tree. What if the heat of light could open a lamp to release light into a room? We used heat sensitive bi-metallic muscle wire to shift the levers attached to wooden fins and created a lightscape.

(Winner of Off/Cut: Best of Canadian Wood Design 2005)

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