The “Giraffe” Lamp

The Giraffe Lamp is a design that takes its name from what are to me very graceful and serene animals. They exude a natural sense of balance. Inspired by these stunning animals, the “Giraffe” Lamps centre their weight at the base with solid steel spheres and use light piping to get the light source all the way up in an attempt of covering a bigger area with its light. The head houses a LED round panel and the transformation box and can be tilted on the vertical plane only (can giraffes even turn their hear to the sides?). The pipes allow the cabling to go around and leaves the lamp by a perforation at the base.

The Giraffe Lamp require advance techniques in shaping the spheres at the base with a turn and in creating the top piece with a compression mold to make the drop-like shape.

Kilzi is a young design project by architect Jorge Suárez-Kilzi, based in Barcelona,  Spain with new manufactures in Mexico and soon Japan. The design process of all of the items under this project focus on craftsmanship and its values.

Due to the highly manual work that go into Kilzi’s designs, every piece is unique in shape, size, form and materiality, giving the owner the certainty of having a one-off piece, never to be repeated identically in another piece. Defect and human trace are sought after as testimony of the hands that created it and the beauty behind what’s hand-made.

The inspiration behind most of these pieces usually arises from small human moments and the feelings that go with them, cherishing tradition and history as well as nature and its values in modern society.

See more works at: https://kilzi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Portfolio-Jorge-Suarez-Kilzi_Download_kilzi-eu.pdf

Standing: Grassing: 80x150x150cm