Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Lime
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Aqua
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Bamboo
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + White
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + White + White
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Blue
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Orange
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Pink
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Red
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Yellow
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Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Lime
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Lime
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Aqua
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Aqua
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Bamboo
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Bamboo
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + White
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + White
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + White + White
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + White + White
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Blue
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Blue
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Orange
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Orange
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Pink
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Pink
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Red
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Red
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Yellow
Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large + Bamboo + Yellow
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David Trubridge

Kina Pendant Light: Extra Large

$6,910 - $11,080



Description

"An exquisite jewel," is how designer David Trubridge describes the kina, the Maori name for a tiny sea urchin native to the waters in the designer's adopted home of New Zealand. It also served as the form for his Kina Pendant Light.

A passion for the environment and earth drives the construction of all David's work, primarily made of renewable bamboo and flat-packed to reduce freighting and packaging resources and the identical pieces make home assembly a snap, literally. Endlessly adaptable, the light is available in 2 sizes and 9 stock colors (custom colors upon request) in natural or painted bamboo with nylon clip fasteners. The celebrated designing craftsman ended up in his adopted home of New Zealand after he, his wife and their two sons sold everything and set off on a yacht for a world adventure. It culminated in 1985 when they decided to remain there. While an artist-in-residence, he built a house and suddenly found himself with further commissions. Before realizing homes, lamps and furniture, David left Newcastle University in 1972 with a degree in Naval architecture. His work has appeared in countless museums, including the Victoria & Albert and the Pompidou Centre. That barely scratches the surface of his fascinating story and work ethos.

Specifications

Size

  • 25.6" h x 55.1" dia (65x140cm)
  • Cable length: 118.1" (300cm)

Material

Bamboo

Technical

  • UL listed
  • E26
  • Bulb not included
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Brand

David Trubridge

“I design to communicate, to tell a story,” says the designer David Trubridge, “to relate what I find in the mountains and wilderness and what it is to be human.” Originally trained in boat design, David taught himself how to make furniture and his early work was widely heralded in his native UK. Turning a page in the early 1980s, he and his young family sold everything they had and set sail on their yacht “Hornpipe” around the Caribbean and the Pacific, while he built houses for clients living on nearby islands.

Arriving in New Zealand a few years later, David began to create furnishings inspired by his time at sea and eventually expanded to include his distinctive lighting, becoming an influential presence in the design world. An environmental sensibility governs his operation there, including recycling factory and studio waste, exclusive use of hydro electricity and eco-supportive shipping and freighting. As David puts it, “If design is not actively trying to preserve our future it is, by default, destroying it."


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