USM Haller Barcelona — industrial design and structural development
Engineering solutions for modular and architectural systems
Our collaboration with USM in Barcelona explored new configurations, components and spatial applications. the work combined industrial design, structural logic and detailed engineering to extend the possibilities of the USM Haller system.
BCD
Dupond & Dupont
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PRODUCT DESIGN
Forma, Gabriela Cholvis, Claudia Fernández, Matteo Guida
MANUFACTURING
Forma
VISUALISATION
Forma, Claudia Fernández
COMISSIONED BY
Stefano Colli and Carles Novell, for BCD
Dupond and Dupont are two lamps that resemble each other almost to the point of confusion. Their origin lies in a simple exercise: take a familiar typology and let a minimal deviation define two separate pieces.
The structure is direct. Three metal legs converge firmly. Cold surfaces, exact junctions, and an assembly that appears more casual than it is: ironically, a disciplined geometry producing a form that seems almost too easy.
Light is directed upward. The ceiling becomes the reflector, softening the beam. A small twist of the top activates a concealed standard switch. The gesture is minimal and the mechanism is ordinary, but its integration creates the illusion of a more elaborate system.
