COIL LAMP
A lamp defined by its power source.

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.

Upon first glance, the familiar shape may lead the viewer to believe that Coil Lamp is merely a stylized table lamp, but upon closer inspection they will discover the entire form is created exclusively from a single electrical extension cord-- a humble, everyday
object that appears to defy gravity by maintaining a
3-dimensional form.

In actuality, the extension cord has been wrapped around a laser-cut clear plexiglass form, which both provides structure for Coil Lamp’s deceptively minimalist concept, and raises the status of the banal extension cord to the realm of high design.

After all, every extension cord aspires to be a lamp someday.

+ Created for "Deceptive Design", a juried exhibition of conceptual furniture at the Chicago Cultural Center running from October 10th - January 3rd, 2009.

+ Coil Lamp will be available for purchase in early 2009 as a DIY product: the buyer will assemble the lamp by wrapping their own extension cord. Please join the mailing list for updates.