The SunFLOWER standing lamp is Dirk Vander Kooij’s new lighting concept, that originated from a two-year research and prototyping process on Fresnel Lighting. Instead of a pendant lamp, the Sunflower is mounted on a metal frame with multiple branches. Each of these branches ends in a Fresnel lamp module, like the buds on the stem of a flower. The lamp module itself consists of two plastic halves, enclosing LED-modules. The hundreds of dimmable LED-lights produce over 50.000 hours of light and are easy to replace.
A sunflower has a special relationship to the sun. The flower itself resembles quite clearly the shape of the sun, but more special is the direct relationship with light. During its growth, sunflowers tilt throughout the day to face the sun. The Sunflower lamp uses this heliotropism in a reverse way. Instead of tracking the light, this sunflower is the source of light. Each lamp rotates around a center core, a metal ball, making the direction of the light easy to adjust and to aim where needed.
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