David Irwin
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Winner of Design Event MART 2011 Award for Best Interior Product sponsored by Living North Magazine
For the Design event presents brief I wanted to Create something that has a link to the industrial heritage of the North of England. I became interested in the Mining lamp and its design evolution from early Davy lamps (first used in Hebburn Colliery) and the Geordie lamp (created by George Stephenson in 1816) to carbide lamps and today’s battery powered equivalents.
An idea then evolved to design a small domestic light re appropriating the mining lamp by referencing both its form and functional nature. Integrating features from various mining lamps such as a handle for carrying and hanging, a removable base for storing the flex and a rotating conical reflector for directing light has produced an immensely versatile product. One that can be used as a task light, table lamp or even a floor lamp.
Available as a limited edition run in Spun brass and Solid black Walnut exclusively for Design Event presents.
