Hungarian designer Zsuzsanna Horvath uses laser-cut birch plywood to make the Illan Pendant Light for Italian light company Luceplan.
Horvath piqued Luceplan's interest when she displayed a prototype of her design at Salone Satellite during last year's edition of Milan Furniture Fair.
The lamp is made of birch plywood
Illan means something temporary or fleeting in Hungarian, a concept Horvath sought to capture in the simple and delicate design.
Precise laser-cutting technology is used to score equidistant lines through a thin sheet of plywood.
Gravity creates the lamp's shape
When hung from above, the wood drops into the lampshade's distinctive curved shape.
"The idea of the lamp comes from experimentation with models of laser cutting applied to different materials," explained Horvath. "When sheets of paper and wood are cut geometrically, they take on new characteristics, suspended by the force of gravity."
Illan Pendant Lights are available in three sizes
A warm-toned LED light sits inside the shade, leaking through the slats to create a golden, diffused light.
"The simple concentric cutting motif shapes wood into a three-dimensional sculptural object that reacts to the slightest movement of the air, while the warm glow of the light creates a relaxing sensation, reflecting on the wooden surface," said Horvath.
"The lamp is on the borderline between art and design, balancing functional quality, good looks and a bit of the magic we need in ...