Cobra

Pendant Light for Tromilux - Iluminação Técnica Lda.

This product opens the space for the unconscious, adding to the primary goal of the product, human, spiritual, ecological and consumer responsibility issues. The Cobra was designed to be applied in conjunction with an interior garden for the company's showroom at its facilities. The purpose of this combination was to create a specific language and convey a message about nature and humans connecting, as it went from a simple lighting product to an art installation, where the form itself becomes self-reflecting.

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Unique Properties

This product aims to create a relationship with the unconscious, adding to the primary function of the product questions about human nature, the spiritual and ecological domains, and ideas of responsible consumption. Designed to be installed with an indoor garden so as to create a specific language and convey a message, the design went from a simple lighting product to an art installation, where the form itself becomes self-reflecting. In this dialogue between nature and the animal that frightens but that, at the same time, illuminates, here is a space that invites individualised thinking that can be different from the collective.

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light, pendant, minimal, nature, wild, lamp, modern, cobra, snake, garden

Production Technology

This product is shaped using aluminum sheet bending technology. Other components of construction are mainly made from turned and milled aluminum. The luminaire is equiped with HV5 LED Fortimo by Philips’ (their latest generation LED), as well as Xitanium drivers, also from Phillips. The curved polycarbonate diffuser is made with a clip attachment system. There is also the possibility of installing a Tunable white Casambi control system. All the aluminum parts are powder coated.

Design Challenge

The initial creative challenge was to start with a standard product already in the brand's range and give it a new life and purpose. The test was to take a product that is not often associated with creativity, given its ubiquity in everyday life, and to give it a value that goes beyond mere necessity, opening space for questions about its causes and the consequences it presents.

Project Duration

This project was conceived and developed to be installed in the central area of an office building of a Portuguese company that produces technical lighting, Tromilux. Through a specific combination of products, the intention was to convey a thought. Assuming a distinct sensitivity to issues such as responsible manufacturing and consumption, this design takes the idea of a showroom further and convey some of the thoughts that echo in the minds of designers. This project was developed between September and December 2020 and installed in January 2021, it will be on display indefinitely.

Operation Flow

The product is made of modules of quarter circles, octaves of circle and a straight line in aluminum, creating the asymmetrical and fluid shape of a snake in motion. It has a downward light projection along its entire length that is activated by a motion sensor located at one end.

Research

The pursuit of perfection in artificial lighting involves getting as close to natural light as possible. Scientific research raises questions about the consequences that excessive and inappropriate use of light can cause on human, animal and plant health. There are several examples of lighting products inspired by nature, in terms of form, materials, and interaction, and we wanted to bring all these together, given that light and nature have never existed separately.

Inspiration

There is a profound relationship between light and vision, as there is between human beings and nature. Without light there is no vision, no form, no shadow. Without the Sun there is no life. The Serpent design was inspired by this relationship, which is not evident on the surface. To illuminate is to interfere, to alter, to evolve. The Cobra design intends to develop this relationship between artificial lighting and nature, between that which is animal, wild, and innocuous and human action.

Image Credits

Image #1: Designer Liliana Viana, Cobra Up, 2021. Image #2: Designer Liliana Viana, Cobra Down, 2021. Image #3: Photographer Mariana Santos, Cobra Light, 2021. Image #4: Photographer Mariana Santos, Cobra Garden, 2021. Image #5: Photographer Mariana Santos, Cobra Reflection, 2021.

Project Overview

Cobra Pendant Light has been a Iron winner in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Iron Recognition

Catarina Santos was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Cobra Pendant Light.

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Cobra Pendant Light Design by Catarina Santos Wins A' Design Award

Catarina Santos' Cobra Pendant Light Design Wins A' Design Award for Lighting Products and Fixtures

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