designer yar rassadin

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designer yar rassadin

'TIN' lamp houses the lampshade inside the lightbulb
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russia-based yar rassadin is a product designer who works on projects which range from lamps,
mp3 players, USB flash drives to salt and pepper shakers. in doing so, he tries to discover
new meanings in ordinary objects.

his project, TIN lamp for triode design / paris is a contemporary art object which reverses the roles
of the light bulb and lamp shade. TIN sands for 'torshier in lamp', in which you find that the light bulb
has become the lamp, with the lampshade housed within acting as the 'bulb'.

'TIN' lamp comes in a variety of colors
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olympic podium for your power cords
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'olympic' is a power strip for champions.
the simple design is based on the medal podiums of the olympic games, so you can decide
which device is of a winning standard to plug in.

which electronic devices are worthy of gold, silver or bronze?
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'pantone matryoshka' gradates in color - the largest is most vibrant to the smallest which is lightest in color
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rassadin's 'pantone matryoshka' nesting dolls are a contemporary twist on the traditional art form.
they draw from the pantone color matching system, gradating in color - most vibrant to lightest -
in relation to their size. he has also designed the 'ninja matryoshka' which is based on the belief
that the nesting doll arrived in russia via japanese souvenir dolls in 1890 and is represented
as a solid black matryoshka. they also have a bit of a space-age UFO minimalist style.

'pantone' and 'ninja' matryoshkas
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yar rassadin was also a short-listed winner in our designboom competition swarovski crystal vision,
with his beehouse lamp.

'beehouse lamps' draw on the honeycomb structures of bees
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rassadin has also been a short-listed winner of our designboom competition swarovski crystal vision.
his entry 'beehouse lamp' combines the natural building process of bees with crystal technology.
here, honey is transfered into crystals, emitting a warm yellow glow, making it a key element
in this light design. the scheme in which the cells are filled is taken from the actual process
of beehive building.

'honey' fills the cells of the lamp
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