Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container.
Davidpompa launched the two additions at this year's Design Week Mexico as part of a two-day festival called Disen?o Contenido, or Design Content.

The pop-up event took place from 5 to 6 October in the garden of Parque Lincoln in the city's Polanco neighbourhood, with many local designers showcasing their work in a series of shipping containers.
"The industrial container became the scenario to present Origo's contemporary forms and warm character," the studio led by designer David Pompa said.

Davidpompa launched the Origo collection earlier this year at the Euroluce fair in Milan with a pendant and a wall version of the light. All of the light fixtures in the collection ? including the new floor and table lamp ? feature the same, dual composition with two sphered volumes of equal sizes.
One part is the light, while the other is a sphere made from a porous volcanic stone. Called recinto, the dark rock forms when lava solidifies.

"This strong and resistant rock has been present in Mexico for many years, and used by several Mesoamerican cultures mainly for sculptures, kitchen utensils and architecture," the studio said.
"Deeply rooted in Mexican culture, recinto represents historical richness," it continued.

The floor lamp is supported by a rod of coated aluminium, w...