Atelier Robotiq’s latest lighting series explores the poetic interplay between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary robotics. In this work they highlight a unique tape weaving technique creating fascinating lighting designs.
Inspired by traditional Japanese lantern making methods they started experimenting with layering of washi paper. Surprised by the interesting shadow play at the material intersections, they further experimented with overlapping patterns. Starting with manual weaving of paper and textile tape materials they discovered a beautiful cotton tape material having the perfect translucency. The next challenge was to reproduce these patterns for which they created a novel robotic weaving process. This mixture of tradition and technology has resulted in fascinating lamps resembling the warm light of Japanese lanterns, manufactured with a novel robotic tape weaving technique.
Lightness and Movement
The new tape weaving technique inspires to make designs with a sense of lightness and movement. This resulted in a first collection of lights wherein the woven lamps show subtle movement by swaying in the wind or tilting by a slight hand gesture. The collection includes Tilt and Sway.
Tilt
Tilt features a woven shade playfully balanced over a spherical light source. A gentle touch allows the shade to tilt, altering both the direction and character of the light. Its sleek cylindrical base emits a soft glow while an internal weight ensures stability.
Sway
Inspired by the swaying grasses of Naoshima Island, Sway is a poetic lighting piece that gently responds to the air around it. Designed to move gently when touched or stirred by a breeze, it creates a calm, atmospheric presence in space. The slender pole is anchored in a solid stone base, available in variations inspired by natural landscapes such as riverbeds and dunes.
About Atelier Robotiq
Atelier Robotiq is a design studio from Rotterdam, founded by designers Søren Blomaard and Anne-Lise Heydra. Their different backgrounds combining aerospace engineering, product design, fine arts and robotics leads to unexpected and exciting products., Their Fiber Pattern Lamps, and Tape Weaving Lamps are a series of light fixtures, made by weaving fibers or tapes into geometrical patterns using an industrial robot. They manufacture all their designs in-house, with a small team, in their atelier, located in the city center of Rotterdam.
