anna strupinskaya + alexey ivashkevich's 3D printed light piece unites nature and technology

industrial designers anna strupinskaya and alexey ivashkevich together with russian furniture creators, the sarai, collaborate on their latest lighting installation, ‘hako’. the design is a lighting concept that unites nature and technology — the two create a sense of harmony with each other, generating an intense and powerful single lighting unit.

the ‘hako’ lighting has been released in limited series of 50 pieces

master japanese carpenters believe that a raw chunk of the tree is more divine and elegant than any woodcraft piece created by man. with that in mind, designers anna strupinskaya and alexey ivashkevich, in collaboration with the sarai, started this project with a genuine solid century-old pine piece, scanned its surface on a 3D scanner and grew the fitting upper part of the lighting fixture on a 3D printer, with a fitting tolerance of 0.03mm. the design was accomplished by using an old japanese carpenter principle — groove-into-groove. this allows for details to be joined without any glue or nails with perfect precision.  

‘hako tsugi’, a typical Japanese furniture blind joint technique, gave name to the project

the perfect unison of wood and the 3D printed plastic

details of the 3D printed plastic

details of the plastic section including the cable

a separated view of the wooden part and 3D section, highlighting the complexities of the installation

the inner section that connects to the wood

an image of the preliminary 3D model

screenshot showing the details of the model

project info:

size: 200 х 55 х 175 mm
materials: solid pine, 3D printed plastic
images: stanislav trushkin

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: lynn chaya | designboom

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