Random Light Bert Jan Pot

Bertjan pot is a designer probably best known for his masks and random light 1999.

Random light bert jan pot.

It began as a modernist craft project that then transformed into one of moooi s most recognizable designs. Now sold trough moooi in three sizes 50cm 85cm and 105cm diameter all sizes sold through moooi. The light started as a material experiment which is basically the start of each product created by studio bertjan pot. A resin drained glass fiber yarn is randomly coiled around a big balloon.

Sounds simple but it took me 3 years to develop. The moooi random ii light designed by bertjan pot is hugely dramatic and light as a feather. Sounds simple but it took 3 years to develop. Bertjan pot s most well known product is probably the random light 1999.

It transmits a feeling of simplicity softness lightness and a touch of magic in contemporary style. If you are reading this it is because your browser does not support the html5 video element. They re never completely round yet always beautifully transparent and delicate. Both the random light and the masks started as a material research which is basically the starting point of each product created by bertjan pot.

Designed by bertjan pot and introduced in the moooi collection in 2002 the random light has become a best seller right from the beginning. The random light is a resin drained yarn which is randomly coiled around an inflatable mold creating a magic translucent 3d fabric. After making failed attempts at knitting fiberglass as a means of creating structure pot resorted to coiling a strand of epoxy dipped fiberglass around a large balloon in varying patterns. Pot at first attempted knitting the fiberglass and then turned to wrapping the epoxy dipped fiberglass around an inflatable mold.

The production process is a special story by itself. Bertjan pot is a designer of mostly furniture and lighting. Old fruit tops bottoms 2004 2014. Due to how they re made each random light is unique.

Disco dome 2003 2014. Hugely dramatic light as a feather and distinctly dutch the random light 2001 by bertjan pot began as a modernist craft project of sorts. Most experiments start quite impulsively by a certain curiosity for how. The masks he makes out of colorful rope have also drawn quite some attention.

Random light ii transmits a feeling of simplicity lightness and a touch of magic in a contemporary style. The random light is the lighter way to occupy a space.