As far back as the collective memory of mankind goes, the flame has been the first and only light source, guiding our ancestors through history from the moment we dared to differentiate ourselves from the animal kingdom. The fascination with the movement and warmth of this light source is hardwired into our brains thanks to millions of years of this most special of relationships.
The advent of electric light has done nothing to diminish our love for candle light, if anything it has helped to emphasise, just how special it’s effect is to us. A few years back a playful experiment with a small LED matrix at Studio Waldemeyer produced a surprising result. Despite it’s very low resolution, the digital circuit managed to perfectly reproduce the complex motion of a flame.
But the surprise was less in the technical ability but in people’s response to it. As if by magic we had captured the essence of everything a flame means, and added some intrigue. The tiny circuit had it’s own soul and captured peoples imagination unlike anything we had created up to this point or since.
The table lamps ‘eternal flame’ and ‘midnight’ oil were launched via our very first Kickstarter campaign and are now available online. The hanging version, called ‘celestial flame’, made its debut at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in 2018 and is available in small groups or larger custom chandelier form. Please get in touch for more information.