A departure from the typical fabrication of light fixtures, the Glob Lamp takes a minimal approach in its materiality. Constructed solely of sprayed vellum pulp, the Glob’s only hardware serves as the lamp housing. In its form, one may read the bulbous silhouette in several ways: as the iconic shape of a Mickey Mouse balloon or, ironically and conversely, as male or female anatomy. The figure stands upright as an integration of structure and skin and has initiated a new material and fabrication method for our work.The project spurred and architectural offshoot, an installation for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Gallery at the Charles White Elementary School. Additional lamps will be sold through dealers.
A departure from the typical fabrication of light fixtures, the Glob Lamp takes a minimal approach in its materiality. Constructed solely of sprayed vellum pulp, the Glob’s only hardware serves as the lamp housing. In its form, one may read the bulbous silhouette in several ways: as the iconic shape of a Mickey Mouse balloon or, ironically and conversely, as male or female anatomy. This inflated figure stands upright as an integration of structure and skin and has initiated a new material and fabrication method for our work.
From this, we have spurred an architectural offshoot in an installation for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Children’s Gallery at the Charles White Elementary School. Additional lamps will be sold through dealers.
