Rivet Lamps

Designer: David Irwin

Materials: Copper, resin

The forms of the lamps are derived from types of solid rivet – permanent mechanical fasteners consisting of a cylindrical shaft with a head on one end.

Rivets were the once indespensible steel fasteners used prominently in the construction of ships, bridges and skyscrapers. Today rivets have been mostly replaced by modern technology.  And so, it is with new technology that David has reinvented the old rivet in a way that is relevant in our modern lives.

The wireless Rivet lamps house a powerful rechargeable battery, which produces 100 raw lumens for over 20 hours on a single charge, and up to 60 hours on the ambient light setting.  It comes in three shade styles, each representing a once common rivet head, which we call Pan, Button and Cone.