Description: Australian Product Designer
At Vert Design , I have worked with Angus Ware and Jeffry Simpson of Heliograf to design and create the award winning Light Soy. Light Soy is a glass lamp inspired by the iconic single-use soy sauce packets shaped like fish found in sushi shops around the world. The light is conceived as a statement to the single-use nature of the soy sauce packets, by designing the lamp in a way that can be treasured. Using premium materials with longevity, designing for disassembly, repair and modularity, the light soy is
Light Soy took over two years in design and development, ensuring each aspect of the design is reflecting its main purpose; Design for Longevity, Repairability, Disassembly and Durability. The original brief was to design the soy fish glass lamp, in a way that would work as 2 models: the portable table lamp and the pendant lamp. Drawing on the original form of the soy sauce packet which consists of the body and a small threaded lid, we treated the red lid as the universal lighting closure which would house
Reflecting on the principles of durability and longevity we chose premium materials and created something that will be treasured, not trashed. Drawing on years of experience in glass production, Vert Design has worked closely with glass manufacturers perfecting the glass-blowing technique, developing the right surface finish and most importantly the fitment between a hand-blown glass and an injection moulded threaded cap.