Lean
in collaboration with
Munich University of Applied Sciences and Ekceed UG
Lean is a lamp that gives indirect light and is made from natural materials.
The lamp is created in a free project of Munich University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with a Munich/Cameroon Start-Up. Through the production and sale in Africa, jobs are created and aid projects are supported. The sale to Europe is planned as a longer-term goal. A majority of the material used, is oriented towards the natural raw materials from the region.
It can be leaned in a corner to create a lighting ambience like a gateway to another space.
The goal of the project is the design and implementation of a lamp made of bamboo tubes and illuminants and the design of a construction manual for future employees who make the lamp. The lamp should be composed of as few parts as possible. It should be easy to produce in a few steps and should emit indirect light.
The model construction was first supported by a small prototype and then systematically built in 1:1 scale
The bamboo tube is cut twice. On the back side, the recess for the LED strip is cut with a router or circular saw. After that, the tubes are joined together at your front with an exact fit and clamped. The connection is made by epoxy resin, as this dries colorless. The LED strips are glued in regular intervals on the cut partitions of the bamboo. The cable is led out to one of the lower corners and attached there.
