This piece has been launched at the Salone di Mobile, Milano 2011.
Touch is an hybrid between a lamp and a flower base. The flowers work as a switch for the light: when touched, the light goes on or off.
Touch is an hybrid between a lamp and a flower base. The flowers work as a switch for the light: when touched, the light goes on or off.
Touch invites you to a playful experience combining water with light,
yet being 100% safe. Touch sensitive technology is being used here,
while the high content of water on the flowers makes them conductive and
sensitive when touched. This piece will add an accent of colour as an
ambient light. It can be placed in restaurants, hotel rooms, lobbies,
home entrance or hallway…
The vessel is made of one entire ceramic piece. The lampshade is made
of fabric. Electricity runs on 12V. The water can be easily replaced
when need it.
Roger Arquer. Born in Barcelona in 1975, Roger Arquer graduated from
ESDI (Escola Superior de Disseny Industrial, Sabadell) in 1998. Soon
after graduating, he moved to New York, where he worked for several
designers and artists. In 2003, he
moved to London to attend an MA in
Design Products at the Royal College of
Art (2003-2005).
He opened his studio in London in 2005 and since then has
worked for
companies such as Royal VKB, Eno, Thorsten Van Elten and Mathmos. He
teaches at Central Saint Martin’s and in Camberwell.
Arquer is
interested in how quotidian objects have the capacity to give us
pleasure as we use them, “good designs have that extraordinary power of
making life easier and more enjoyable”.
His work has been exhibited around the world, from Milano to Tokyo and his native Barcelona.
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