Top Secret
- Object:
Lamp
- Place of origin:
London, England (designed)
- Date:
2003 (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Serrano, Hector (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Acetate strips, electrical wiring, nylon net
- Museum number:
E.580-2007
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This is a lamp made by Spanish designer Hector Serrano from acetate that has been passed through a shredding machine used to destroy confidential documents. The strips are held together with nylon netting like that used to package supermarket oranges.
Launched in September 2004 in Barcelona, Spain and exhibited at the Light and Building Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, the Top Secret lamp is manufactured by the Spanish company, Metalarte.
It featured in the V&A Exhibition, 'Brilliant' (5th February-27th April 2004).
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