revitalizer 2: regenerative wax lamp by merve kahraman

What a plagiat of Ikarus wax lamp!
If you steal ideas, do it at least better!
Try harder!

This design is wonderful.

To comment briefly:

-Great and original idea, liked it!
-Pretty good workmanship, reflected with elucidative photos
-Highly adaptible to her concept series (Grow Old Series)

good morning 🙂

makeyourownstuff, you do have a point when (angrily, it seemed) referring to the \”totally trendy machines\” in a deprecative way. at a first glance, the project also brought this \”minor\” problem of trendiness to my attention and, believe it or not, i too have a couple issues with this kind of projects (mostly because they are mystifying the discipline of design rather than clarifying it: see the case of lawyers or doctors or teachers, every mortal understands their profession). but, guess what? the products\’s arena is also made of cynical objects, poetic objects, experimental objects, partial or completely handmade objects… so i guess designers don`t really have the monopoly of creating them. the fact is even if, as you mention and i don`t agree, all the designer\’s other objects might be a reproduction of the same idea, the one here in appreciation is in fact a good evolution of precedent products/technologies mankind has been using and evolving. does it mean it is already a good product? i don\’t know: it does use (what it seems to be) an halogen bulb and a heat resistance to process the wax and that comes with costs… by presenting a charming, functional solution for the reuse of a material (forget for a moment the entropy issues and the vanity of the design scene), the designer really achieved something positive here.

Wow, its horrible reading really ignorant dialogues (makeyourownstuff), trying to use art terminology and flat out butchering it and themselves. Appropriation… blah blah blah. ” You get a gold star for today!”
Icarus: follows the quiet charm of Drooog What was in “en vogue” 10+ years ago. It’s a great concept, wonderfully rendered and beautiful to look at. With that said; this lamp is interesting in it’s own right. Not a copy, wax melting as said above has been around for millennia, who’s to lay claim to who invented it. They both share that they are lamp shades, but the function/ process is intensely different. One is the shade for a pendant, hanging high, once it melts over the course of a night or a month – its gone. It’s process is temporal (this ones for you), once it’s done it cannot be repeated. I mean you could buy another one, but much like physics declares, it cannot be repeated in exactly the same way. On the other hand this project, shares the wax shade, but it doesn’t die (?), and its a side table/lamp, the basin below the lamp catches the shades wax, once it hardens the shade is made anew.
Instead of looking at the basic concept, melting wax – the max being a lamp shade. Look at the process, the function of the object. Base that on all the things you’ve learned and make a valid decision. Don’t just pop on the comments and ramble off something or attack someone elses comment. Think about those big art words, think about the design. This isn’t just art, it’s also design.

Blaming designers by being shameful requires authority in some point (to comment of D and bad, who are you to write such lol :D)

absolutely better than a lot of objects in this site.

I must not that by doing this comment I also contribute, but why do they allow everyone to comment these stuff, people can be irrelevant to the idea or concept or biased such as cnichols states above. I see some failing comments, this lamp is good…

pictures are quite professional just as the product! I am not an expert of it but I will buy this piece if it will be produced. Just imagine how different and original it will seem in a crowded area such as a restaurant or hotel. Nice idea by designer merve kahraman.

Just read the comments and couldn’t prevent myself to write sth. Commenters such as makeyourownstuff or D., your comments appear absurd and effortless compared to her cool design. i think its a great idea and should be provoked and published in these kinds of media sorcues much more.

also just please consider the concept “grow old series”!

her main attention was towards a renewable process and this one seems verry suitable, congratz

1- Personal Comments:

It is quite interesting how the wax melts from the inner cylindrical surface of the wax towards outside, that should be reflecting the light much more penetrating at the late melting, which would obviously increase awareness towards the user (or the owner) that it is the time to re-maintain the cycle. By this process, I believe it is useful and owner-friendly in the sense that it naturally generates a signaling system. A good advantage will be that the wax, as a choice of material, will offer her to apply various colours to the system. Also when used with caution, which appears quite minimal, this product is safer than many other illuminatory objects or so-called wax/light implementations.

At a glance, I was quite unsure about the easyness or the comfort of the recycling process. Main point of this argument was that, \”does the wax melts down in perfect uniform pattern so that the upcoming lower surface will be flat?\”. But then I realized that she applied a melting system for the pot from the bottom, which probably was added later on after trying the system for the first time or so; but was a very intelligent way of optimizing the system.

2- To makeyourownstuff,

First of all, you writing so aggressively and impatiently clearly shows how biased you are. Could yourself be more creative than your comments, or is it some kind of a misunderstanding of the idea of design- should there be only one designer who focuses over melting down a wax? Obviously the piece is not a copy and seems quite authentic. Unlike your comments, I believe she has clearly introduced a new and appliable version of wax implementation.

I suggest you to reconsider your perception towards design and be respectful to others without even having any authority in the league; and please try not to appear like a freshman arts student, I think you can do better than that.

In essence, this product appeared quite lovely to me, and if I could find it with a reasonable price, I would happily purchase it. Thanks Merve Kahraman.

to makeyourownstuff:

I guess you are trying to promote ikarus lamp through this article, since it is obviously your design:)

I think both of the lamps are very beautiful. What makes Kaharaman\’s special is not actually how the wax falls but how it preserves and remoulds itself in the cup. I think that is a very unique and environmentally friendly take on lighting.