Perforated Pendant Lamp, Paris Interior

4 October 2017 · Paris

A cylindrical drum shade hangs from a ribbed concrete ceiling in a Paris interior, its perforated metal skin punched through with a constellation of dots — varying in size from pinprick to coin. The inner shell glows pale green-white, the light forcing the dot pattern to read as both industrial surface and star map. Industrial design doing two things at once: containment and spectacle.