This 3 lamp collection illustrating the 3 phases of matter; solid a 3x3x3 in cube made of concrete acrylic and steel, liquid a 12.5x 4 x 6 in tall lamp made with vellum steel cork and acrylic, and gas a 3d printed resin lamp with a steel base. each one of these objects plays with a different concept of light. solid plays with reflection liquid plays with diffusion, and gas plays with distortion.
THIS COLLECTION IS LIGHT ILLUSTRATED IN PHYSICAL FORM. THE CONCEPT BEGAN WITH THE QUESTION OF HOW CAN I MAKE LIGHT AN INTANGIBLE MATERIAL AND CONFINE IT TO A SPACE THAT IS MORE FAMILIAR TO OUR PHYSICAL SENSES. THIS LED TO A STUDY OF MATTER AND ITS FORMS. A SOLID IS SOMETHING HEAVY TACTILE AND RIGID. A GAS IS SOMETHING THAT RISES AND MUST BE CONTAINED. A LIQUID IS SOMETHING THAT FLOWS AND IS FREE WHILE ALSO BEING WITHOUT FORM TILL CONTAINED. I TOOK ALL OF THESE CONCEPTS AND APPLIED THEM TO THE FORM OF MY LAMPS TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND YET STILL FAMILIAR.
A project by
NILE JOHNSON/OMNI ERGO
NILE JOHNSON IS AN ARCHITECT AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER STUDYING AT PARSONS. HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO. DESIGN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF HIS LIFE FROM A YOUNG AGE, THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE INNER WORKING OF OBJECTS AND WHY THEY LOOK "COOL" HAS ALWAYS BEEN CENTER STAGE. THIS CURIOSITY MORPHED INTO PASSION DURING HIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES IN NEW MEXICO WHERE HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AND WORKED IN A BIOLOGY LAB TO UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS ALONG WITH CONSTRUCTED ONES. THIS EVENTUALLY LED TO AN INTEREST IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE FINER DETAILS OF ENVIRONMENTS AND THE OBJECTS THAT MAKE UP THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.