Yamagiwa, Japan’s leading lighting company, has collaborated extensively with architects and designers to produce original light fittings. They invited the studio to work with them on a concept was to treat light as a raw material rather than to design an object that lit up.

The rubberized flexible stem allows light to be targeted in any direction. It is fitted with an LED specifically developed by Yamagiwa’s technicians. Because LEDs do not generate heat, the light source can be recessed 20mm into the stem, eliminating glare. The zinc tripod base is inspired by the form of concrete sea defences.