Set Up Shades
Standard Lamp
1988 (designed), 2002 (made)
1988 (designed), 2002 (made)
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The conical lampshade is an archetypal form - it is what most people imagine a lamp should look like. Designer Marcel Wanders believes that using archetypes in his designs helps to make the objects look familiar, so that consumers feel comfortable with them even when they are new and unusual.
Set Up Shades was one of Wanders's earliest significant design projects. His ideas about archetypes were shared by many other Dutch designers in the 1990s, when a small version of Set Up Shades was selected for the highly influential Droog Design collection. This larger version was introduced in 2002 by Moooi, a company founded in Amsterdam in 2000. Marcel Wanders is the Art Director of Moooi, and designs the majority of the company's products.
Set Up Shades was one of Wanders's earliest significant design projects. His ideas about archetypes were shared by many other Dutch designers in the 1990s, when a small version of Set Up Shades was selected for the highly influential Droog Design collection. This larger version was introduced in 2002 by Moooi, a company founded in Amsterdam in 2000. Marcel Wanders is the Art Director of Moooi, and designs the majority of the company's products.
Object details
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| Title | Set Up Shades (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | PVC/ cotton laminate on a metal frame, electrical light fittings and cabling |
| Brief description | Standard lamp, "Set Up Shades"; seven conical white lampshades each made of PVC/ cotton laminate supported on a metal frame to form a tower containing an electric light fitting attached to cabling; designed by Marcel Wanders, 1988, manufactured by Moooi, 2002 |
| Physical description | A tower of seven identical conical white lampshades supported on a metal frame, containing an electric light fitting attached to cabling. |
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| Credit line | Given by the manufacturer |
| Summary | The conical lampshade is an archetypal form - it is what most people imagine a lamp should look like. Designer Marcel Wanders believes that using archetypes in his designs helps to make the objects look familiar, so that consumers feel comfortable with them even when they are new and unusual. Set Up Shades was one of Wanders's earliest significant design projects. His ideas about archetypes were shared by many other Dutch designers in the 1990s, when a small version of Set Up Shades was selected for the highly influential Droog Design collection. This larger version was introduced in 2002 by Moooi, a company founded in Amsterdam in 2000. Marcel Wanders is the Art Director of Moooi, and designs the majority of the company's products. |
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| Accession number | W.62-2002 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2002 |
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