Kipinä - a Spark

Kipinä - Lighting collection celebrates primitive ways of making and controlling fire and how those interactions can be brought into modern lighting.

Hosted by Riku Toivonen

This project is now archived and was part of DDW19

Event type

Exhibition

Location

Strijp-S

Klokgebouw | Hall 3

Klokgebouw 50

5617 AB

Candle works as a switch and as a timer.

Riku Toivonen

Kipinä, meaning a spark in Finnish, explores primitive and historical ways of making and controlling fire and how those methods and interactions can be brought into modern lighting. Through these experiments I am exploring the controlling of light through unusual but intuitive and playful ways.

Fire has played a big role in my life. I’ve spent most of my summers on a small island in an ascetic Finnish summer house with no modern comforts such as electricity or running water. Fire for me means a source of light. Today, when everything wo

A Spark will activate the light.

Hand Drill simulates primitive ways of making fire

Match: a wall switch for controlling general light

Candle works as a switch and as a timer.

Hosted by

Riku Toivonen
riku.t.toivonen@gmail.com
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About Riku Toivonen

In my practice I try to explore and question the norms of human behaviour and how we interact with objects and products in everyday life. My goal is to solve the problems of everyday life with a touch of humour and thereby making life better. In product design I aspire to create functional, aesthetic as well as long-lasting and timeless products considering the challenges of today. Finnish culture as well as my background as a wood artisan can be seen in my design.

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