COIL LAMP
Working-class extension cord with upper-class aspirations.

Coil Lamp reduces the domestic lamp to the absolute minimum of defining elements. A single electrical cord coils around what appears to be an empty volume, defining the iconic form of a table lamp and ultimately powering a single light bulb.

The entire form is created exclusively from a single 100 foot extension cord that has been wrapped around a laser-cut clear plexiglass form. This simple transformation elevates the status of the humble, everyday extension cord to the realm of high design.

+ Exhibited at Design Within Reach's MDF exhibition, April 2009.

+ Originally created for "Deceptive Design", an exhibition of conceptual furniture shown at the Chicago Cultural Center from October 2008 - January 2009.

The first edition of Coil Lamp is available in two forms:

Handmade Coil Lamp: $150 'Handmade' Coil Lamps are numbered and signed limited editions, that are hand-coiled and come ready to plug in and use. Included are the acrylic frame, the bulb adaptor, 100' orange extension cord, and 1 CFL lightbulb.

DIY Coil Lamp: $75 'D.I.Y' Coil Lamps include the acrylic frame and bulb adaptor. Buyers will customize their lamp by wrapping their own extension cord and CFL lightbulb.

+ Coil Lamp is approximately 17" tall by 11" wide.

+ Please allow 2-4 weeks for production and delivery.

+ NOTE: Coil is currently backordered until early July. Pre-purchases will be filled in the order they are received.

Original concept rendering.

Concept development.