NFrisch - EX12 - Basic Elements: Shape

This hanging light fixture is all about creating unusual and organic shapes through the curves of a single, long sheet of some kind of material. If for instance, the material used is sheet metal, it could be considered a kind of folding for structure. Starting with a single piece of sheet metal it was loosely folded back and forth to create an almost random-looking squiggle of an expression. Based on what Dondis says about shapes, if a circle represents enclosure and a triangle represents stress or tension, this piece as a whole could be holding stress inside – it’s almost like an abstract exclamation point with lights inside. Along the sides where each curve rests are the lights inside the “enclosure” created by a semi-circle. The lines connecting these (from the side) create rough triangles as the material weaves back and forth. I like how the designer used the essence of these two basic shapes to their advantage, and turned this piece into a display of light shapes, rather than just a way to dump light into a space.