Sunday, June 5, 2011

Algae Lamp: a lamp by Christian Vivanco inspired by the marine vegetation

To tell us where did the inspiration for this pattern of light is the same Christian Vivanco, after having spent several summers in the Mexican Caribbean and have developed a great curiosity on coral reefs and algae, has decided to revive their ability to generate a variety of colors and intensities in constant motion underwater.


“Algae Lamp” is just a hanging lamp-like seaweed in the air: its shape and brightness are constantly changing depending on the angle from which you look. Two acrylic surfaces, two ‘sheets’ covering a fluorescent tube: two layers that diffuse the intensity of color in a gentle way. “Algae Lamp” (as the previous “Alux”) is part of a collection of lamps designed to Almerich.