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Mohanned Iskanderani’s RAYGON
Created in 2016 by Mohanned Iskanderani, the RAYGON lamp is created solely from the parametric graphic algorithm editor, Grasshopper, so that as Iskanderani describes, “the computer is allowed to design as much as the designer is.”
What’s really astounding about this project is that while the script was created by hand, the actual form of the lamp was entirely computer-generated, and likely easily modifiable. With this, it allows further experimentation of customized intricate designs that would otherwise be difficult to manually create. Of course, Iskanderani still had a hand in creating the final lamp form, with his main goal being to create a lamp that projected a unique pattern to truly fill the space in which it resides. The final product is something that makes itself known not simply to make itself the focal point, but to enhance the room that surrounds it.
RAYGON is still under development, and not much information regarding it has been made available since its initial appearance, but is intended to be 3D printed in plastic and finished in some other material.
RAYGON earned an Honorable Mention in the 2016 VMODERN Furniture Design Competition. The project is also available to view on Behance.