Pipe Terra floor light

red dot: best of the best
red dot award: product design 2006

Luminous figure - aesthetics of the natural
Light is never constant in the course of a day. The natural sunlight eventually finds its way even through the smallest cracks and gaps, creating an interplay of light and shadow. The naturalness of the light had already been used in the atria of classical antiquity to fascinating effect: the idea had been to skilfully directed beams of light into the interior. The Pipe Terra floor light combines an organic design with the use of innovative materials in order to provide the user with the highest possible degree of light exploitation. With its slim stem-like body, the lamp almost seems to move by itself and resembles a light sculpture in a room. The body of the lamp consists of a highly flexible steel tube covered by a transparent platinic silicone sheath, topped by a conical diffuser. The design of the Pipe Terra lends the floor light a new "natural" appearance that seems to enter into a symbiosis with the light. One essential aspect of this floor light design is its intelligent functionality that facilitates individual light scenarios in an uncomplicated way. According to need, users can choose between indirect and diffused, or direct and adjustable light. The tube of the lamp, manufactured using special processes, and the singular finish of the tube's coating, further add to the simple and highly functional tendency of the light. The organic appearance of the floor light is further enhanced by another aspect and function of the lamp: A "dark light option" allows for attenuated illumination and the lamp's internal reflector made of aluminium with random perforations emits tiny shafts of light. A functional principle which seems to come close to the natural dispersion of daylight.