'Roofer' lamp19. May2011
A collection of pendant lamps covered in modular silicone tiles. Roofer comes in different shapes and colors thanks to the adjustable steel frame support and the silicone allowance to have any color. The tiles are flexible enough to adapt to the various configurations of the steel frame support also allowing the light to come through the tiles. Given this flexibility, 'Roofer' becomes a truly DIY lamp, one that everyone can modify as they like.
'Roofer' lamp was part of Fabbian lighting collection at Milan 2011.
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'Roofer'lamp for Fabbian
Images by Giulio Favotto
More details from Benjamin Hubert:"Roofer starts from a production brief of creating a flexible module that can create the surface of a range of shaped pendant lamp structures."
Laying out the silicone tiles on the steel frame support. 
Various configuration of the steel frame support that allows to have different looking 'Roofer' lamps. 
"Inspired by roof tiles found in Marrakesh a single ‘tile’ is used to clad various steel frame works. This allows for different shaped lamps to be created from a single tile. The consumer can build their own lamp from a framework and selection of different coloured tiles, allowing for customisation as the end user becomes part of the design process." 
"The tile is manufactured from a flexible silicon polymer which both allows the module to be formed around a compound curvature framework as well as allowing some light through its translucent structure.The selection of a polymer is also inline with the high volume production involved in this type of repetitive element scheme." 
Benjamin Hubert himself assembling the lamp. 
View of the steel frame support for the silicon Roofer tiles. 
Concept sketches of the 'Roofer' lamp.
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