Shwood

Desk Lamp for Joakim Ryden

The Shwood desk lamp wants to elevate wood craftsmanship and help you reduce your stress levels. It will do so by touch, sound and light. Operating the lamp requires you to touch the wooden surface when sliding the center pillar through the outer structure. This emits the soothing sound of two solid wood pieces sliding alongside each other while the light softly dims up or down. The lamp does not use swiping motions, 5G or AI. It is a piece of nature that stands alongside you to present you with light and a calming sensation.

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Unique Properties

Shwood desk lamp is a concept that wants to elevate wood craftsmanship and help the user reduce their stress levels. Operating the lamp requires touching the wooden surface, sliding the center pillar through the outer structure, emitting the sound of solid wood pieces sliding with ever so little friction alongside each other. This is also how the luminaire got its name, combining the sound with the material resulting in Shwood. It's a piece of nature that stands alongside you to present you with light and a calming sensation.

Tags

wood, nature, light, touch, interactive, warm, memories, relaxed

Production Technology

This concept was entirely made in Sketchup using Vray for renders. During the concept stage, hand sketches was used before a 3D printed mock-up were used for defining scale of the product and testing the operational element.

Design Challenge

The challenge for me was to portrait this feeling of nature and simpler life within in a digital concept. Having mediocre skill in 3D-modelling I began learning more about it until I completed a model I was happy with. Playing around with the 3D printed mock-ups was also a challenge for me but not because of design technicalities rather because of my one and a half year old son who took a strong liking to them. After a few broken ones I did decide on the perfect model and size that I needed.

Project Duration

The project started in December 2021 in Stockholm and the concept was completed in august 2022 in Stockholm.

Operation Flow

Sliding the inner pillar up into position softly turns on the light. It's held into position by a small hook on the backside. By slightly dropping the inner pillar down and backwards the hook will connect with the ledge integrated on the inside of the outer wooden structure.

Research

The idea of this lamp came to me rather quickly. It came from an urge to go back in time to a simpler life. A time where hand craftsmanship and natural materials was more commonplace and used more. I wanted to bring a piece of that into the high tech modern world. The connection with the wood when operating the lamp and hearing the wood slide and clunk is a manifestation to this urge. Much time was spent on researching wood types and objects that we interact with in everyday life.

Inspiration

How does light sound? How does craftsmanship and care for details sound? Light and sound provide us with emotions from our memories. Inspiration for Shwood came from an urge to surround myself with nature and materials that you can feel and relate to.

Project Overview

Shwood Desk Lamp has been a Iron winner in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design award category in the year 2022 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.

Image Credits

For design images and photos please credit Joakim Rydén.

Iron Recognition

Joakim Rydén was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2023, a testament to excellence of their work Shwood Desk Lamp.

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