← All projectsPOMODORO / A LAMP IN THREE CHAPTERSKarl Georr

Lighting / one project, three chapters

A lamp in
three chapters.

01↓03

From Ripple to Passing Time.
From Passing Time to Pomodoro.

One lighting project, developed through atmosphere, material construction and a physical rhythm for work and rest.

Follow the evolution ↓
Pomodoro Lamp glowing through sand in a translucent hourglass
Pomodoro / the latest chapterView full size ↗
  1. 01RippleAtmosphere & direction
  2. 02Passing TimeForm & construction
  3. 03PomodoroTime & interaction

Chapter 01 / Atmosphere & direction

01

Ripple

How should light feel?

The project begins with awakening, a vaporous atmosphere and the need to illuminate one precise point. Ripple explores the space between an ambient effect and a directed beam.

An association map connects morning light, water-like reflections and the act of pausing. The relationship between light and everyday rhythm is already present.

Orange circular Ripple lamp study with a projecting arm and reflective surface
Ripple / circular direction, orange material studyView full size ↗
Original Ripple slide with awakening, vaporous atmosphere and precise illumination brief
Original brief / réveil, vaporeuse, un point précisView full size ↗
Original Ripple map connecting spotlight, morning light and pause
Original association map / the pause as a starting pointView full size ↗

01.1 / TESTING THE FORM

Reach out.
Draw in.

Two form directions explore where the light belongs. An arched support reaches over a working area. A shallow circular body draws attention inward, toward a reflective plane inside its rim.

Arched floor lamp proposal with a rectangular light head
Directional form / arched supportView full size ↗
Circular Ripple proposal with a marble-like rim and blue surface
Circular form / reflective planeView full size ↗

Changing the surface changes the mood.

Warm texture, cool stone-like surfaces and saturated orange were explored in the circular studies. Reflection, roughness and colour alter the apparent depth of the centre and the weight of the rim.

Warm brown material rendering of the circular Ripple lamp
Surface study / warm and texturedView full size ↗

Ripple → Passing Time

From the atmosphere around the light
to the object that holds it.

The interest in light and pause carries forward. The form changes: the open circular and arched studies give way to an hourglass silhouette, developed through its material and assembly.

Chapter 02 / Form & construction

02

Passing
Time.

How does the object come together?

The hourglass becomes the project’s central silhouette. A cylindrical upper volume narrows into a slender neck before opening toward a circular base.

This chapter develops that form through glass and stainless steel: transparent and frosted surfaces above a textured, worked-metal foundation.

Passing Time Lamp with a frosted hourglass body and circular dark base
Passing Time / glass and hammered stainless steelView full size ↗

02.1 / A MATERIAL LANGUAGE

Soft transmission.
Hard reflection.

Formed glass

The assembly proposal specifies heated glass plates rolled into a cylinder and cones, with circular caps closing the body.

Hammered stainless

A textured metal ring surrounds a welded internal structure, bringing a harder surface beneath the smooth glass.

A diffusing layer

A frosted circular glass plate separates the upper body from the lighting structure in the base.

Passing Time / a closer reading

A quiet outline.
A layered object.

Front visualisation of Passing Time, showing its narrow glass waist and dark circular base
Front view / glass volume, waist, base
Tilted exploded view of the Passing Time glass volumes, internal support and base
The same form, opened up.The tilted assembly view separates the outer volumes from the support beneath them.

02.2 / FROM SURFACE TO PARTS

Take it
apart.

The exploded view turns the silhouette into a sequence of components: six glass body pieces, the frosted plate, the internal support and the outer metal ring. The assembly gives each surface a place and a connection.

Original annotated Passing Time exploded drawing identifying glass components and stainless structure
Original assembly drawing / annotated axonometryView full size ↗
Rendered exploded Passing Time assembly with glass sections above the stainless base
Assembly rendered in materialView full size ↗

02.3 / DRAWING THE CONNECTIONS

Nothing
is floating.

The technical sheet records plans, elevations, sections and an electrical path. Welds, UV-glued glass joints and hidden structure connect the clean outer silhouette to its internal logic.

Original technical board with dimensioned plans, sections, joints and electrical path
Original technical drawing / open full size to inspect detailsView full size ↗
Top perspective of Passing Time showing the cylindrical upper glass volume
Upper volume / top perspectiveView full size ↗
Underside of Passing Time revealing the structural cross inside the base
Base / internal supportView full size ↗

These drawings describe the construction proposal for this stage of the project.

Passing Time → Pomodoro

From an hourglass silhouette
to an hourglass ritual.

The hourglass carries forward. The material and base are reworked, and sand gives the form an active role: changing the light over a period of focus.

Chapter 03 / Time & interaction

03

Pomodoro

Time will tell.

The project’s next step makes the passing of time visible through the light itself. A warm light sits below a translucent hourglass. As sand falls, it changes how much light passes through.

The original proposal sets a 25-minute working interval. Sand gathers above the light source, with the intended dimming effect marking a pause.

THE LIGHT & SAND STUDY

An illustration of the proposed relationship between sand and light. Move from focus to pause to let the whole page follow the light.

FOCUS / LIGHTPAUSE / DARK
25MINUTES OF FOCUS
→
05MINUTES TO PAUSE

The timing and dimming sequence describe the design concept. The project record contains renders and modelling studies, rather than measured performance of a working lamp.

03.1 / FOUR SIMPLE STEPS

A small
daily ritual.

The gesture matters as much as the duration. Pick up the hourglass, turn it over and give the next stretch of work a clear beginning.

The assembled Pomodoro lamp illuminated in focus mode
01 / Plug — light onView full size ↗

Pomodoro / separation study

Between the glass
and the glow.

Pomodoro visualisation with the glass hourglass separated above the illuminated bowl
An additional visualisation isolates the two parts: the hourglass above, the illuminated bowl below.View full size ↗

03.2 / FORM FOLLOWS THE GESTURE

Hold the middle.
Light the base.

A symmetrical hourglass can be reversed without changing its relationship to the bowl below. The tight neck makes the point of contact clear; the curved base repeats the soft geometry of the falling sand.

Original modelling render of the separated hourglass and textured base
Modelling study / separated volumesView full size ↗
01

The translucent upper body is specified as PLA in the original poster.

02

The written proposal explores a concrete base; visual studies also examine coloured variants.

Daylight render of the hourglass lamp with sand and a stone-coloured base
Material visualisation / the object in daylightView full size ↗

03.3 / THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL

Plug. Flip.
Work. Pause.

The presentation returns the interaction to four words. What began as a study of atmosphere becomes an object that asks for a gesture, holds a moment of focus and signals a pause.

One project in development: Ripple → Passing Time → Pomodoro. Original drawings, model studies and concept visualisations document each chapter.

Original Pomodoro poster showing Plug, Flip, Work and Pause
Original project poster / interaction sequenceView full size ↗