Design studio Bybeau's minimalist XYZ lighting collection draws on Cartesian coordinates and features magnetic engineering that means its arms can be rotated 360 degrees.
The modular collection, which won the public vote for lighting design of the year in Dezeen Awards 2020, is designed to be simple and universal rather than conceptual.
The lights were informed by Cartesian coordinates
The team was informed by the Cartesian coordinate system ? which uses an x-axis, y-axis and z-axis to specify a location in three-dimensional space ? when creating the eponymous design.
"Every designer, every day uses XYZ, it's fundamental to how we communicate dimension and form," designer João Fagulha told Dezeen.
"In many ways, it's the language of design. From sketchpad to 3D program, XYZ is how design works." "This isn't a modern technique, it dates back to the 17th century, and it certainly isn't something new to us ? adapting the clean lines of contemporary architecture into our work is something we have been working on for many years. "
Each arm can be rotated
The studio's aim for the light was to break the design down into its purest form.
"The name itself comes from how we always label the parts of our installations to most easily install them," Fagulha said.
To create the minimalist style, Bybeau used a triple-ring magnet that means each XYZ arm can be rotated 360 degrees to create a versatile design. The magnetic connection system is house...