We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Tiago Curioni about their original and creative Table Lamp design work. Tiago Curioni is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original table lamp works.
Tiago Curioni ("TC") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Bubble Table Lamp. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
TC : Produce a design with pure and minimalist lines, canceling surpluses, with respect to the environment and comfort to the user
TC : The intention was to develop a luminaire of intuitive use and that was elegant and of contemporary forms.
TC : I would like to try a job offer in a design office outside of Brazil.
TC : It was especially fast. The drawing came inspired by children playing soap bubbles.
TC : It was developed for my own studio and today we sell it in several design stores and galleries around Brazil.
TC : There is the possibility of selling the patent. It depends on the proposal.
TC : Our studio still had no table lamps on the production line.
TC : The design in Brazil is currently very strong and active. Our colleagues in the profession have become friends and partners in other projects, too.
TC : We sell to design stores, galleries, but also to retailers and customers who consume our products regularly.
TC : We believe that Bubble is a lamp different from everything we find in the market and its differential is precisely the simplicity of use, without any complex gear or systems that may come to a break.
TC : Bubble, from the children's play of making bubbles soap with a straw.
TC : Our designs are always born by hand and then are calibrated with the use of AutoCAD and other software.
TC : Lightness and elegance.
TC : Yes, our studio had help from a company specializing in marbles, which made the first sphere with the help of a CNC. Nowadays the spheres are hand carved, for having a better result and more homogenous.
TC : Because it is entirely handmade, with the exception of the first one that had the sphere sculpted with a CNC, we believe that our piece is exclusively handmade, without the use of advanced technologies.
TC : We seek to clearly understand who our target audience is and work on items and materials that are required by them.
TC : First, find massive blocks of stone near Sao Paulo, then cut the brass pipe to fit the LED lamp. The whole process is done by hand and any deviation would render the piece unusable.
TC : We already knew the competition, because last year we won with another item, the Angel bench.
TC : We have learned that stones are fragile and our packaging has been developed to be used in aircraft, protecting Bubble lamp from any damage during transportation.
