paul cocksedge: skin for flos

paul cocksedge: skin for flosinstallation view image © designboom

london-based designer paul cocksedge has designed ‘skin’, a suspension lighting solution for flos. the idea for ‘skin’ was derived from the desire to reinvent the notion of what a lamp can be outside of the voluminous shapes of conventional bulb lighting. it is comprised of thin sheet metal which has undergone minimal alterations to its basic form. its essential purpose is to achieve the most out of the least, making it an exercise in lightness and equilibrium. the structure resembles two sheets of paper – sandwiching and concealing the lighting components – which carefully peel open in the bottom corner to reveal the light source.

the installation alludes to the light which looks like a blade, splitting open like an orange being cut image © designboom

the peeled back corner which reveals the lighting source image © designboom

detail image courtesy of paul cocksedge and flos

‘skin’ image courtesy of paul cocksedge and flos

‘skin’ was showcased at the flos presentation in superstudio più during milan design week 2010.