Bau Pendant – a hanging lamp with attitude
Bau is a sculptural hanging lamp designed by Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt, who has combined colour, composition and geometric shapes in a unique and creative design. Bau is a hanging lamp with attitude.
The design is based on interlocking geometric circles, sticking out in all directions. Bau has an immediate pattern that is broken up by the discs’ colours, sizes and off-centre linkages, making the lamp living and organic in its expression.
Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt’s designs are often based on geometric shapes, and her love for architecture is also reflected in the Bau lamp. In German, Bau means construction, and it is exactly the lamp’s construction and composition that create an expression of harmonious disharmonics.
Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt explains:
“Decoration does not need to be restricted to objects you hang on the wall, but can also form an integral part of more functional objects, such as a table or a lamp. This creates new and exciting opportunities in furnishing. When you move your position in relation to Bau, the tight geometric lines are broken. The sort of experience I want people to have is to see the Bau lamp and wonder what it looks like from the other side. It must appeal to peoples’ sense of curiosity.”
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Name: Bau Lamp
Type: Pendant light
Materials: Basswood
Materials Combination: Eco/Recycled/Green, Wood, Wood + Color
Sizes: 80 discs, Height: 48.8 cm, Width: 57.5 cm
Colour: Mix Color, Natural Color
Year: 2010
The people
Lighting Designer: Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidts
Manufacturer: Normann Copenhagen
Text Description: © Courtesy of Normann Copenhagen
Images: © Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidts, Normann Copenhagen
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