Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tim Keepers’ Callister floor lamp takes dimensional inspiration from Le Corbusier’s Vitruvian Man with the control knob being at the stomach and the head being at the top of the marble disk.
The Callister floor lamp has been awarded a Prize Design for Modern Furniture + Lighting 2023 by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design.
The intention of this floor lamp was twofold.
First, to be able to serve as an accent design object that can indirectly cast light into the space that it is in.
To do this the designer opted for a gold-coated bulb that casts its light backward toward the gold plate and marble disk.
This allows the light to bounce forward into the room while the openings on either side of the plate allow light to spill backward behind the lamp as well.
The second goal of the design team was to make the marble top appear lighter than it really is by making the body/post of the light seem thin.
In this case, they chose the stacking of acrylic rods around a gold aluminum center post.
This allows you to see the post behind while the rods give a sense of airiness yet add a bit of thickness to allow the proportions to work out.
Project: The Callister Floor Lamp
Designer: Tim Keepers, Orchestra ONE Studio
Manufacturer: Orchestra ONE Studio
