Kilim lights

product design
Joint development of a family of lamps made of natural, wool-based felt felt, based on our own product concept.
Industry experience
Interior, R&D, Collaboration with Multifelt (18+ years)
Services
Branding
Product Design
Product development
Communication
Strategy
Industry experience
Interior, R&D, Collaboration with Multifelt (18+ years)
Services
Branding
Product Design
Product development
Communication
Strategy
Date
2023

The story

Multifelt represents the artistic processing of felt with a thousand faces in Hungary. They have been making wonderful items from their felts with a high wool content for decades. The “plastic” pin board, i.e. DIY felt, and the felt made of wool, i.e. wool felt, are incomparable from an aesthetic, ergonomic, and environmental point of view. The latter is a healthy, natural substance with all kinds of good properties. Its possibilities of use are limited only by imagination. A family of lamps made of this special material has not yet been made among the partner’s products, so an exciting joint development was born from the inspiration of our company.

The details

In the case of a natural material, we almost want to feel it. Thus, we placed the emphasis on physical contact and touch with the material throughout the entire design process. We have created a family of lamps where the user can not only feel that the object is his own and unique by shaping its physical and textile-like appearance, but we have also made the light sources suitable for brightness control with the zipper opening-closing solution, which is thus the person, design and function at the same time. imprint. 

 We put emphasis on the property of the felt, that if the material thickness is sufficient, it is stable on its own, but at the same time it still has the free formability characteristic of textiles. The dreamed-up lamp family is suitable for both suspended and free-standing functions, where experience-based daily use is made fun by integrating one or more trolley zippers. We had a vision to further enhance free, impulse-based and user-centered design. 

Simplicity was the key when creating the product, as we really wanted to introduce a mechanical method of brightness control, which we did with the zip-lock, creating a soft connection with the user. By interacting with the zipper, you can dress up and undress the product, which also controls its brightness. 

 We made the felt coverings of the lamp using a unique immersion coloring technology. The aim of the development was to find out how the previously unique immersion technology could be made mass-produced in a customized way. Based on Co&Co’s design, the Kilim Lights product line became the vessel for joint development: www.kilimlights.com The product line is sold and manufactured by our company, our own products. 

HFDA was a supporting partner in the development.