STREET FURNITURE AND PUBLIC LIGHTING

Juanita Betancur from Medellín and Rick Tegelaar from Arnhem indulged oneself in each other’s cities for the theme local-local. Fashion and street lighting were the common starting point after which they continued solo with the design of products for the public space.

WATERLENS PROJECT

Rick Tegelaar

CONCEPT

What is the difference between indoor and outdoor lighting, and how can this be made visual? For the occasion of the MTic project Atelier Rick Tegelaar developed a series of streetlights that interact with the elements. The first one being the Wind Streetlight. The liquid inside the lens body of the streetlight is agitated by the wind, and it creates a vivid image of light on the pavement.

DESIGN PROCESS

GENERATION OF TEXTURES WITH LIGHT AND MATERIALS

Juanita Betancur

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCEPT

After the initial design of a street bench of woven metal, Juanita designed a street lamp working on solar cells, with the clear signature of her designs. She demonstrated the lamp at the Medellín Design Week and triggered the interest of the municipality.

DESIGN PROCESS

 

 

 

 

 

COMMUNICATION

Google hangouts was the principal way of communication. E-mail and Facebook chat were used to for find out each other opinions.

ABOUT THE DESIGNERS

Juanita Betancur (Medellín, CO) – 5am is a Colombian design brand based on unique and exclusive design as its form of original expression. We appraise each detail that makes a 5am product unique. Represented by Juan Manuel Barrera B an Administrative Engineer and Juanita Betancur V a product design engineer, we believe in design and we love lighting and furniture, our goal is to give the value to all the people involved in the design process, the designs an the artisans that work with us to make our products real. www.5am.com.co

Rick Tegelaar (Arnhem, NL) – Rick Tegelaar Studio is an independent design studio founded by Rick Tegelaar focusing on new exciting possibilities for existing materials. www.ricktegelaar.nl