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Carbon Fiber Lamp

By John Farrier in Arts & Crafts, Home & Garden on Nov 11, 2009 at 12:27 pm



Photo: Marcus Tremonto

Designer Marcus Tremonto created a lamp made out of carbon fiber. He selected this material for the Carbon 451 Lamp because it is strong enough to support its own weight but thin enough to present the aesthetic qualities Tremonto wanted:

When asked by art gallery owner Patrick Brillet to design a piece out of Carbon Fiber, we decided to celebrate and utilize the best of the materials true physical properties, its strength and lightness. The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely[...]

More pictures at the link.

Link via Gizmodo | Artist’s Website


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  1. GailW
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    So gorgeous!

  2. pwscott
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    A bit to modern for that home. I think it needs a setting that compliments the design. Great work of art.

  3. oOPonyOo
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    Very nice. Kind of looks like Golgi Apparatus.

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