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Blue Monday

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Furniture Design
  • Company/Firm
    Dasein Products
  • Designer
    Kristof Gerard De Bock
  • Project Date
    januari 20th 2020

“Blue Monday” is a floor lamp from our “Monday”- collection. It is a lamp that is tensed between floor and ceiling by means of a Ayous support. The cylindrical part contains the fitting for the light bulb and is made of multiple pieces of Valchromat that are glued together. This part can be raised or lowered on the support for the best result.

The support has to be around 3% longer than the height of the ceiling. The light fixture can be changed in height by loosening the button on the back. A mirror bulb light is preferred, but others may have a different opinion. Al is well as long is it fits the E27 socket.

Design and research:

We wanted to create a floor lamp that is different in form and material. So we had the idea to get rid of the standard standing position and came up with a stick that is tensed between floor and ceiling. We choose Ayous as it is a flexible wood without the fragile buttons. And it is a warm, good looking material.

The cylinder is made of cnc-cut Valchromat discs that are glued together under pressure, sandpapered multiple times and finished with a strong mat varnish. The Valchromat is colored in the core and fire retardant.

Bio
Dasein Products is a very young design brand, founded in 2018 in Belgium and already winner of several awards from around the globe. They like to rethink interior objects by means of material use and out of the box construction. But always with functionality in mind.

Other prizes
IDA 2018: Gold in Illumination – Floor Lamps with Monday EPDA 2019: Gold in Illumination – Floor Lamps with Monday EPDA 2019: Silver in Illumination – Floor Lamps with Meanwhile LIT 2019: Gold in Floor Lamps with Monday A Design Award 2020: Gold in Furniture with Planck Spark Design Awards 2019: Finalist with Monday Golden Pin Design Awards 2019: Finalist with Monday SDA 2020: Finalist with Monday DNA Paris 2020: winner in Furniture & lighting with Monday DNA Paris 2020: winner in Furniture & lighting with Meanwhile Muse Design Awards 2020: Silver in Furniture with Planck Muse Design Awards 2020: Silver in Lighting with Monday Good Design Awards 2020: Winner in Lighting with Monday Good Design Awards 2020: Winner in Furniture with Planck IDA 2020: Bronze in Home Interior Products-Lighting with Flying Surplace IDA 2020: Bronze in Home Interior Products-Lighting with Trecento