Hiu Fung LEUNG

Title:
Quartz

Concept Statement:
“Quartz” is a floor lamp design. The design inspiration is derived from the various expression of crystallization. We observe that crystals in liquid seldom repeats its changes, in which they change depending on time, temperature and season. We are inspired by the various expression of it, as light changes when people use it with various needs.
We think of how lights react to its surrounding spaces and by what means to achieve the aim of utilizing its transparent structure to illuminate every corner of the spaces with the elegant caustics. We create a multi-faceted surface acrylic shade to produce the refracted and reflected lighting pattern.
Lights refract through the textured transparent shade to create an illusion where the room is being crystallized. Lights are reflected and refracted in any angles, therefore, the room can be lit up even when one single light bulb is being used.

Project Specs:
Material & Production:
Every single part of Quartz can be mass manufactured. The multi-faceted acrylic shade can be easily produced by existing molding method which makes the lamp lighter and more cost effective. The plated steel stand provides support to the lamp and it is easy to assemble each part with only two glass bolting. And users can replace the light bulb without disassemble the lamp shade.

Dimension:
Acrylic shade: 70cm x 46cm, Thickness: 3.3cm
Plated steel stand: 37cm x 29cm x 170cm, Diameter: 3cm

Bio:
Kevin Leung and Ivy Tai are both studying product design in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. They think design is not only about aesthetic, a good design should have its value and meaning. They hope to create designs that can influence people, make little changes to the world. Also,as designers from the east, they want to bring their unique aesthetic to the rest of the world.

Place of Origin:
HONG KONG