We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Sayoko Shibuya about their original and creative lamp design work. Sayoko Shibuya is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original lamp works.
Sayoko Shibuya ("SS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work blue lamp. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
SS : Simple and minimal forms can be more complex to create than you imagine, and I was happy to challenge it to enhance its theme; air and water.
SS : This project has a lot of possibilities for lightings. It can be expanded to table lamps, wall lamps, floor lamps and any other type of lighting. Moreover, each acrylic will have slight difference in terms of texture on the surface as of its reactions with heat.
SS : It took quite long period, which is about 2-3 years, to test many different type of acrylics and enviroment.
SS : Light is an essential element in the real world, when I experimented a material, then I came up with the idea to express importance of fundamental elements in our life. I was fortunate enough to be selected to exhibit in Milan a few years ago, so I deceided to pursure this project to introduce my attempt.
SS : I am always fascinated with lightings and was interested in creating something which can change atmosphere of space. The lighting is perfect for it.
SS : This could be located in public such as hotels, restaurants and bars, but also installed on domestic situation, it would be for interior dsigners, architects, and distoributors etc.
SS : The colours we see are created by refraction of air, water and the sun. As you know that blue colour represents the colour of the sky and the sea, I named after it. Blue is also my favorite colour as well.
SS : It is produced with a huge industrial oven which is customised to have control the heat, and laser cutter to trim it, the polish the edges and placed the sheet into the wooden mould.
SS : it is definitely the surfece of the lamp. I was pleased to see people enjoying its texture and the lights through the surface. Another thing, some people thought it was soft material as it is organic shape, or even glass.
SS : It is always nice to have feedbacks to go to the next stage.
