marten herma anderson draws from childhood experiments

Architectural and furniture designer Marten Herma Anderson presents a new series of candy-like lamps that translate a childhood memory into a tactile lighting object. The project is driven by a moment he recalls as ‘ a childhood memory of melted candy on a lamp-bulb, ‘ which eventually expanded into a small family of lamps. What began as a playful accident has been shaped into a focused material study.

Anderson describes a long-standing fascination with ‘ translucent colour — ice cream wrappers, gummy bears, the way light moves through something that was never meant to glow. ‘ Using resin, he suspends melted pigments to echo the soft collapse of candy under warmth. The shades appear fluid and spontaneous as they hover around the bulb.

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fluid lamps crafted from melted pigments

Each of Marten Herma Anderson’s lamps combines glass fiber shades with raw, waxed ceramic bases.…