Veronika Gombert's Umleiter lamp hangs offset from its ceiling rose
German industrial designer Veronika Gombert has created a suspension light for illuminating parts of the room that aren't directly below the electricity point.
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Veronika Gombert designed the Umleiter lamp to avoid unsightly cabling across the ceiling when trying to install a pendant light in a new location.
Instead, the wiring can run through a 1,500-millimetre metal tube from the electricity point to a conical lamp shade.
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"I made the first version of the Umleiter lamp in 2011 for an apartment where I had exactly that problem of electricity outlets being not where the furniture and interaction in the house required them to be, so I tried to solve it in the best way," Gombert told Dezeen.
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"I saw the same problem in a lot of households, so you end up with cable running over the ceiling or fixed with hook."
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With one end resting on the ceiling, the tube is held in position with a steel wire that can be adjusted to alter its angle.
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The Umleiter lamp can be moved through 360 degrees, in three dimensions and positioned anywhere within a one-metre radius of the power supply point. The height of the hand-spun shade can also be adjusted.
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"I liked the idea of staying flexible, so it works when you move your table or fold out a table for more people," said the designer. "I also liked the idea of not directly designing a lamp as an object but more as a tool and going back to what a lamp is actually meant to be – giving light in the place where it's needed."
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"It is something very banal and simple that I made. But it does solve a banal and common problem, so I'm curious to see how people will respond to it."
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The lamp is available in three versions: made from red-painted aluminium, black-painted aluminium or mirror-polished brass.