Top Secret
Lamp
2003 (designed)
2003 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
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).
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).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Top Secret (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Acetate strips, electrical wiring, nylon net |
| Brief description | Lamp, 'Top Secret' by Hector Serrano, London, 2003. |
| Physical description | This is a ball of randomly intertwined acetate strips with typed text on them written in the German language. The strips are held together with the palest blue plastic wire netting, which resembles the packaging for supermarket oranges. Within this ball of strips is a compact fluorescent light bulb and fitting covered in a protective paper tube and attached to a translucent wire. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Summary | 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). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.580-2007 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2009 |
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