2019 / Design / Lighting

Nodum Lamp

Creating this lamp, Lervik begun with the idea of taking a thick tube of pain and squeezing it to layer the paint in circles atop the lampshade. Repetition and tubes of paint recalls artists like the Frenchman Arman, but here, the end result has a different character. The circling of a textile cable around the lamp makes for a more organic, sculptural impression reminiscent of conceptual artists like Louise Bourgeois. She often worked with hanging, textile pieces, sometimes inspired by the weaving of the spider. Her interest in psychoanalysis also influenced much of her work–a wide range of influences, many of which can be read in this piece.

Designer
Alexander Lervik
Year
2019
Producer
Zero
Category
Design, Lighting

Nodum Lamp is a designer lamp by the Swedish designer Alexander Lervik, dated 2019. The work is produced by Zero, which manufactures and distributes it, while the design originates in Lervik’s studio. In the portfolio it is listed under lighting.

Alexander Lervik is a Swedish designer whose work spans furniture, lighting, product design and collectible design. His practice combines function, storytelling, technology and conceptual experimentation, moving between industrial production, limited-edition objects and design art. He trained at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm and runs his studio in Österlen in the south of Sweden.

The project belongs to a body of work that is represented in museum collections including Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo and the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, and that has been covered by international design and news media. Related works can be found through the furniture, lighting and collectible design pages and in the complete portfolio.

Nodum Lamp by Swedish designer Alexander Lervik
Nodum Lamp by Swedish designer Alexander Lervik
Nodum Lamp by Swedish designer Alexander Lervik

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