MIGUEL LEIRO

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Miguel Leiro is a designer, curator, and educator based in Madrid who focuses on expanding the cultural value of design. After receiving a bachelor's in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute (New York City) he started a practice in Madrid that specializes in products, creative direction, interiors, and branding. SELECTED CLIENTS

Camper
David Chipperfield Architects
Panoramah!
PIN-UP Magazine
Mast Books
Font Barcelona
Marmoles Covarrubias
IED University SELECTED AWARDS + PRESS

Maison & Objet Rising Talent Award
Rome Prize
AD Best of Spain

El País
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PIN - UP
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Neo2
El Semanal

        DORIC CHOP - 2023

Onyx and plexiglass
40 x 38 x 16 cm


DORIC CHOP is a decagon (10 sided) lamp designed to function as an ony and plexiglass light-box. It can be placed either on the floor or above a credenza or large table.

As the name implies, the lamp takes reference from the classical geometry integrated in architecture up until today. In this case, the lamp alludes to the ruin of a column, commonly found at archaeological sites. This nostalgic yet playful hint helps us to understand the lamp as the fruit of a translation fro a derelict architectural element to that of a functional object.

In the Triclinium, lighting was supplied by terracotta lanterns, held in place by bronze ̈candelabrum ̈, translated to lamp stands. The Doric Chop design plays onto this notion by interrelating the image of the lamp stand with the column, but sliced.

   DORIC CHOP - 2023
 
Onyx and plexiglass
40 x 38 x 16 cm

DORIC CHOP is a decagon (10 sided) lamp designed to function as an ony and plexiglass light-box. It can be placed either on the floor or above a credenza or large table.

As the name implies, the lamp takes reference from the classical geometry integrated in architecture up until today. In this case, the lamp alludes to the ruin of a column, commonly found at archaeological sites. This nostalgic yet playful hint helps us to understand the lamp as the fruit of a translation fro a derelict architectural element to that of a functional object.

In the Triclinium, lighting was supplied by terracotta lanterns, held in place by bronze ̈candelabrum ̈, translated to lamp stands. The Doric Chop design plays onto this notion by interrelating the image of the lamp stand with the column, but sliced.