Pendant lamp Malda

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Malda (말다) means ‘to wrap’ in Korean. This minimalist pendant lamp basically consists of a rolled-up sheet of Forbo Desktop linoleum. The flexible material is cut into shape, simply rolled around an aluminium frame and then secured with an aluminium band. In this way a three-dimensionally shaped lampshade is constructed from a flat surface, using just a few simple production steps. The linoleum used for this lamp comes from residual streams from the furniture industry. Malda has been part of the Vij5 collection since 2020. Arjan and Byounghwi met in Seoul, South Korea, during a Dutch trade mission in which Arjan participated in 2018. Since then we kept in touch and Byounghwi sent us a proposal for this lamp. We were immediately convinced that the aesthetics and idea behind this design would fit very well with the philosophy of Vij5. So we set to work straight away to further develop the design together. Studio PESI originally designed Malda in bendable plywood. As a start, however, we opted for the sustainable and locally produced material Forbo Desktop linoleum. We had been looking for a while for a product to apply this material on and Malda turned out to be perfect for it. The construction of the lamp lends itself very well to versions in different flexible materials, so perhaps we will expand the collection in the future! Malda was deliberately designed in such a way that not only the appearance of the lamp but also its manufacturing process would be minimalist.