this design marks the culmination of a series of work that has spanned the designer's sculptural life. this light scuplture expresses the unity between the four elements of the natural world and the spiritual wholeness of the universe - what the artist likes to refer to as the quintrino.
this lamp is based on the dodecahedron, the most mystical of the platonic solids. "mathematically, this object adds complexity to the original dodecahedron by bringing in a rotation, so that the object becomes different from its mirror reflection," grossman says. "it’s a symmetry that is rarely seen; in fact, I’m unable to point to another example of any man-made or natural object which has it.
the truly unique aspect of each materialise lamp is that it was created through the use of rapid prototyping technology. this 3D material printing process allows for freedom of design far beyond the capacity of traditional manufacturing processes.
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