A5 has its origin in a ceramic piece left over from another project, DIN A5 sized, held up against the light: it kept some of it and let just enough through. The final version is made of cotton paper, and A5’s light wanders through it, spreading out softly: warm, diffuse and slightly irregular, as befits any handmade object. It weighs so little that it can sometimes be moved by the breeze.
Delicate, a little witty, and politely elegant, A5 behaves in all senses as you would expect from a «light object». More information
The project began during the Forma years, at the studio in Poblenou, when Martí and Luis held a ceramic piece left over from another project, DIN A5 sized, up against the light. The piece kept some of the light and let just enough through. From this came the hypothesis: hanging it from the ceiling with the bare minimum needed to hold and feed it should make it a lamp. A principle of construction was set from the start: nothing is glued or welded. O-rings lock the wire to the cable by friction alone, and every superfluous element is excluded. The screen could be metal, cardboard or glass, any material of that size. The light source is a standard R7s LED, not integrated, held in place by the wire's own tension: when the bulb runs out, the bulb can be changed without losing the whole lamp.
The final version was resolved in cotton paper. A5's light spreads softly from the two screens, keeps just the right amount and avoids the discomfort of looking at it directly. It is warm, diffuse yet centred on whatever is placed beneath it, and slightly irregular, which is part of the charm of all handmade objects. Some of the wire skeleton can still be glimpsed from outside, like a faint shadow, under the glowing paper. It weighs so little that it can sometimes be moved by the breeze. Delicate, a little witty and elegant, A5 behaves in all senses as you would expect from a «light object». More information