This collection was completed by Teun Strikkers, designer and founder of Design Studio Willow before the founding of the studio. This is the wining collection of a design competition.
The project brief was to design a lighting collection of 3 pieces. It can either be a pendant or chandelier, wall light or sconce and table or floor lamp. The designs must be designed to use material that has been recycled or would usually be waste.
After wining the design competition and various rounds of ideation, the final designs wer created Below the final design can be seen. Adjustments were made for easy installing of the lamps. Forms were perfected as well.
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My primary inspiration comes from the material itself. The first choice was recycled fabric. In today’s society there are enormous amounts of waste generated by the fashion industry. This waste is not reused and sometimes burned. I wanted this abundant material a second chance. For me it was essential that I capture it’s beauty and show that a “second” choice material can be an example of luxury. That is why I went for a layered design, especially in the chandelier I think this is very visible. Making the material visible and putting it out in the open is also the line of reasoning that I choose for the second material, recycled cork. Although not often used there are some institutes that either gather or recycle them. Cork is a beautiful material that can be moulded in numerous forms. Coupled with the setting where a lot of beautiful lighting can be found, high end hotels, the used cork doesn’t have to travel far as once the delicious wine is drunken the cork can be used to make the chandelier.
After winning the award I continued ideation on the different lamps. The pendant stayed mostly the same as can be seen from the renders. The cork of the wall lamps has changed to wood. I requested samples on the different fabrics and wood to match the renders with real world materials. The wall lamp and standing light changed in form so that they were more in line with the pendant.
