Lampada sospesa tramite un cavo da una persona

Poligo is a suspension lamp formed by two polygons on the sides that diffuse light through the bulb inside. The concept follows a game of contrasts and geometric lines that bring the lamp to be an object of adaptable design for any environment.

THE POLIGO LAMP BY SIMONE MASSINELLI: A CREATIVE PROCESS.

At the same time, the Lighting Design is the science and the art of lighting environments, whether artificial or natural. Being able to harmonize light with the surrounding environment and architecture is the task that the Lighting Designer faces to satisfy the customer.

Increasingly present in interior design projects, this figure deals with lighting not only for what concerns the technological part but also the emotional and dynamic sphere.

“Designing light is also the art of creating shadows” Cit.

It is precisely by thinking of his own emotions that the Lighting Designer Simone Massinelli has designed Poligo, his suspension lamp with modern lines.

The approach used for the project is intuitive: he was inspired by a clear light beam that illuminated his desk, making space between the two doors of the window. The “forcing” of light between two profiles was taken as the basic concept for the development of the Poligo lamp.

Sketch on a notebook of some lamp drawings

THE CONCEPT

From the initial idea shown on a simple sketchbook, we have moved on to a creative method: instead of focusing on a CAD drawing or a tiring render, simple black cardboard scraps were used together. In fact, starting from two pentagons, various geometric shapes have been cut out, subtracted and added up to finally obtain two scalene quadrilaterals, which have been taken as a reference of the front view.

The key element for the designer was that the shape of his lamp should “clash”, capture the attention when placed in contrast with the walls, be not in line with what surrounds it; to reach this result it was important to evaluate the rotation of the polygonal shape when looking at it frontally, identifying the exact point where to anchor the electric cable for suspension.

It should be noted that each side of Poligo (with the exception of the suspension cable) will be unlikely parallel or perpendicular to the elements and lines that are usually found in an environment, thus confirming the initial idea of ​​contrast. The sum of the details of this concept has finally led to inserting a light source between the two twin quadrilaterals, placed parallel to each other: Poligo therefore appears as a small sun held between the doors of a window.

DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT

The project takes its name, as can be guessed, from the word polygon decomposed and abbreviated, just like the initial pentagon cut and transformed into a quadrilateral.

Rendering al computer della lampada vista in varie angolazioni

Following the minimal and clean line, the designer has digitized his creation on 2D CAD software and then 3D, thus obtaining a solid that can be inspected and modified to accommodate between the two parallel faces, a bulb with a classic E27 socket. The bulb shape is dictated by the constraint of having to “force” the light from a powerful central core, directing the flow exclusively towards the edges of the lamp; the possibility of the end user was also taken into consideration, to be able to choose from the wide range of E27 bulbs with high color yields to guarantee quality light.

PROTOTYPE AND PRODUCTION

The development of the prototype has grown in collaboration with the Hiro.design site, a portal dedicated to independent designers, specializing in trendy micro-productions.

The choice of collaboration takes into account the contained costs and the efficient complete service that the portal offers; starting from the CAD files Hiro.design provides the engineering and safety certification of the electrical and structural parts by delivering a finished product, complete with instructions and packaging.

WHERE CAN POLIGO FIT?

The Poligo design lamp is perfect for all modern, Nordic and industrial environments. A clear reference to industrial design is provided by the 6 meter long cable that allows it to be hung from the ceiling, giving the possibility of creating geometries using cable clamps. It can be attached to a common socket thanks to the EU plug with a switch located about one meter from the plug that allows it to be switched on and off.

Poligo suspended lamp

The bulb recommended by the designer Simone Massinelli is a filament led bulb with color temperature between 2700k and 3400k.

An alternative could be a LED light bulb with opal glass. The difference between the two is basically the beam that generates Poligo: with a transparent glass bulb we will have a clean beam against the surrounding walls while with an opal bulb the light beam will be much more widespread and flattened.

Poligo will be available for purchase on the Hiro.design portal from September 2019. Further information can be found on the Instagram pages (@miniperylighting) and Facebook (Minipery Lighting Design).