Manuka, David Trubridge

A team effort produced this luminaire, based on the blossoms of a tree indigenous to New Zealand.

Sometimes great design involves building on the ideas of collaborators. Such was the case for this luminaire, whose original shape was based on abstract leaf shapes created by David Trubridge. One of his team members rearranged the shapes to create a five-pointed blossom, similar to those found on New Zealand’s Manuka tree. The bamboo plywood luminaire comes in two sizes (800mm and 1,100mm); the former is lamped with an E27 bulb and the latter with LEDs. davidtrubridge.com

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Jennifer Brite

Jennifer Brite is a design journalist and public-health scientist who is currently pursuing a doctorate in public health with a concentration in epidemiology and demography at the City University of New York. For ARCHITECT, she writes about new products and sustainable design.

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