Atlas lamp by Michael Bom of Bomdesign.
The Atlas book lamp in action.
Blaze
Blaze and its amazing detail.
The elegant Moment 5.
Love this Moment 5 close up.
Moment 6 is possibly my fave.
Tempest casts a beautiful warm glow.
Pegasus. As if on fire + taking flight.
Luce. The sconce fully reinterpreted.
Boeklampen by Michael Bom of Atelier Bomdesign.
The Netherlands based Bomdesign is one of those Dutch companies after my green loving heart. My modern green design loving heart, to be exact. Regular Green Design Girl readers know about my fierce love for the clever masters of Dutch quirk, Droog and Moooi, so it should be no surprise that I am equally smitten with Bomdesign.
Based in Rotterdam, Bomdesign was founded by Michael Bom and Antoniet Deurloo, whose specialty is to take found objects and other used consumer goods and recycle them, converting them into modern, thought provoking pieces, each being truly one of a kind. They’ve been known to use discarded vinyl records, billboards, juice and milk cartons, umbrellas and books… which brings me to this post.
I first saw photos of Michael Bom’s Boeklampen [Book Lamps] floating through the blogosphere in 2007. I remember thinking that his Pegasus model brought to mind the works of one of my favourite lighting designers, Toshiyuki Tani. Fast forward to August 2009: I picked up the new issue of elemente magazine [which has the brilliant, Pritzker Prize winning Architect Zaha Hadid on the cover!], and was thrilled to see a great feature on Bomdesign on page 24. No doubt there will be a renewed interest in these amazing, uniquely handmade book lamps now.
If you have access to the current issue of this Canadian magazine, they’ve got some incredible images of both the Blaze and Tempest models. Michael Bom explains that he developed the book lamp over a 3 year period of experimentation and trial and error, before it evolved into what it is today. He’s always been inspired by “how books are put together, how the architecture of a book makes it really strong and durable.” He’s also keen to “make thrown away material beautiful and useful again.”
Like I said: A modern design company after my green loving heart! I’ll be featuring more works by Bomdesign soon.
