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MAQUETA DE LA LÁMPARA I.Q.LIGHT*

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Entre los diseños de lámparas modernas encontramos muchas con una estructura claramente poliédrica. El diseño de las lámparas del danés Holger Strøm está basado en las figuras poliédricas que tienen caras con forma de rombos. La más conocida es la que se acerca más a una esfera, el Triacontaedro Rómbico.

Los rombos están ligeramente deformados, lo que obliga a curvarlos para encajar unas piezas con otras. Unida la tensión de la curvatura a unos salientes en forma de ganchos de los vértices, permite que las piezas y la figura se mantengan sin necesidad de pegamento ni otros accesorios.

La curvatura además permite el paso de la luz de forma indirecta y del aire que evita el sobrecalentamiento.

La lámpara original está hecha con un material plástico semitraslúcido, Para realizar la maqueta es conveniente que utilicemos un cartón suficientemente resistente (de unos 240 gr/m2). Las piezas van unidas de 5 en 5 en los vértices agudos y de 3 en 3 en los obtusos. (Para el triacontaedro rómbico). Para otros diseños las piezas se unen de 4 en 4 en alguno o en varios de sus puntos.

Plantilla en A4 (8 piezas) CorelDraw (17 Kb)

Plantilla en A4 (8 piezas) PDF (25 Kb)

Debajo puedes ver diferentes modelos con el número de piezas necesario para cada uno. Para el triacontraedro rómbico son necesarias 30 piezas.

* I.Q.Light es una marca registrada. (Más información sobre su autor, su historia, su geometría y su comercialización en www.iqlight.com)

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The IQlight lighting system™ is a unique piece of original Danish design, created by the Danish designer Holger Strøm in 1973. IQlight® is a self assembly lighting system, made up of interlocking quadrilaterals. Lamp shades of various shapes and sizes can be

constructed by linking together the identical modules, allowing the end user to build anything from the classical sphere to a completely unique design.

Award winning design In 2005 IQlight® was awarded the "Interior Innovation Award" at the IMM furniture fair in Cologne, Germany, for its innovative and original design.

The IQlight® packaging, also designed by Holger Strøm, won the Danish Design Award in 2001.

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1 module, 22+ different lamps Lamps of many shapes and sizes can be assembled using the identical IQlight® modules. The number of modules used and how they are put together determines the design of the final lamp.

The standard IQlight® pack is available in 6 sizes, all containing 30 modules.

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Holger Strøm The IQlight® system was designed in 1973 by Danish designer Holger Strøm, who was then working at the Kilkenny Design Workshops, Ireland.

Holger Strøm has designed packaging, exhibition systems, furniture and toys, all manufactured from corrugated card.

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The history - how it all began

The IQ lightTM system was designed in 1972 by Danish designer Holger Strøm, who was then working at the Kilkenny Design Workshops, Ireland.

He was originally asked to create a modular construction for a cylindrical and a spherical lamp, both to appear to be the same size, to be used in a Christmas display.

"I constructed them from triangular modules, which I glued together, and by using an equal number of modules for the sphere and the cylinder, they did actually appear to be the same size. It was just a Christmas decoration, but I couldn't completely forget the idea. I wanted to make it with a mechanical assembly system, and with identical modules.

"I used a rhomboid shape because, of the classic geometric shapes, it's one that can give a most round form. I also realised that by giving the module a curl on each corner I could hook them together, but the result was a bit loose and floppy. So I lengthened the top and bottom of the rhombus, that gave them tension when they were hooked together, and it was that tension I needed for the lamp to hold together."

Through the seventies it was manufactured by Kilkenny Illuminations Ltd, who sold around 20,000 lights worldwide.

The IQlight® concept

Designer Holger Strøm started taking an interest in the rhombic polyhedrons in the early 1970s while he was employed by the Kilkenny Design Workshops, Ireland.

As a packaging designer he used cardboard and paper for his experiments in search of the polygon best suited as an element for building lampshades.

The rhombus was chosen as the basic element, and the rhombic triacontahedron as the geometric model for the construction.

Assembly needed to be as simple as possible, and after several experiments a hook was placed in each corner of the rhombus, the hooks being connected in pairs by a soft curve. Regardless of whether three, four, or five elements meet, the corners form decorative circles.

It was also desirable that the same element could cope with different degrees of contortion depending on the size and shape of the lamp. The material needed to be more pliable than cardboard and stronger than paper. The material was also required to admit most possible light while avoiding glare from the bulb.

Experiments with pliable sheet plastic allowed a new possibility: tension within the element. When a plane is curved in one direction, it becomes more rigid in the other direction.

The tension was created by lengthening two opposing sides, so they would curve out when hooked together and thereby give the two other sides the rigidity necessary for a 3-dimensional construction.

Because of the flexible elements, both flat and sharply curved surfaces can be formed. The openings ventilate the bulb and help diffuse the light without showing the bulb.

The tension in the material allows the elements to grasp the flex so tightly that no other means of mounting is required.

The shape of the element gave an incredible degree of variation in form and size. You can see some of the many forms of lamp possible in the variations section.

The trade name IQlight® refers to the geometry: Interlocking Quadrilaterals, and not as you might think: Intelligence Quotient. Have fun!

 

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The geometry behind the IQlight Lighting System™

Platonic Solids Archimedean Solids Rhombic Polyhedra

Platonic Solids

The regular polyhedra - solid figures with identical regular polygonal faces - were already known in classical Greece and were named after Plato, who used them in his theory of the structure of the world.

REGULAR POLYGONS

The equilateral triangle is the simplest regular polygon. The simplest polyhedron, the tetrahedron, can be constructed with 4 of these as its faces. A tetrahedron can be inscribed in a sphere.

TETRAHEDRON

The octahedron's 8 faces are also equilateral triangles. As the number of faces in a regular polyhedron increases, the form of the polyhedron becomes more spherical, a sphere having the smallest possible surface area in relation to its volume.

OCTAHEDRON

The spherical form is clearly visible in the icosahedron, which is comprised of 20 equilateral triangular faces. When balanced on a point, the icosahedron can be understood as a "ring" of 10 triangular faces with a rosette of 5 faces above and another rosette of 5 below.

ICOSAHEDRON

Besides these 3 polyhedra with triangular faces, we are familiar with one with 6 square faces, namely the regular hexahedron, also called the cube. The cube is probably the most common polyhedron, as the box shape has become a part of our culture.

HEXAHEDRON

The last of the 5 Platonic Solids is the regular dodecahedron, which is comprised of 12 regular pentagonal faces with three corners meeting at each apex. It may be understood as a top and a bottom face, with 2 rings of 5 faces each between the top and bottom.

DODECAHEDRON

When 3 regular hexagons are placed together they form a flat surface, therefore a "sphere" cannot be formed out of regular hexagonal faces only. Regular polygons with more than 6 sides cannot form a polyhedron, as 3 corners cannot meet when the corner angle is more than 120°.

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The geometry behind the IQlight Lighting System™

Platonic Solids Archimedean Solids Rhombic Polyhedra

Archimedean Solids

Archimedes described a series of "semi-regular" polyhedra, whose faces are a combination of different regular polygons. The semi-regular polyhedra can also be inscribed in a sphere, and can have hexagonal, octagonal, or decagonal faces combined with triangular, square or pentagonal faces.

THE ARCHIMEDEAN SOLIDS

Rhombic Polyhedra

There are numerous polyhedra comprised of non-regular polygonal faces. The two that are dealt with here are both comprised of rhombic faces:

The rhombic dodecahedron has 12 rhombic faces and is related to the cube, as seen when drawing the short diagonals of the rhombic faces. It is also related to the regular octahedron, as seen when drawing the long diagonals of the rhombic faces.

The rhombic triacontahedron has 30 rhombic faces.

All 5 Platonic solids can be inscribed in this interesting form, which leads us to the subject of this site: the IQlight Lighting System™

       THE RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON                   THE RHOMBIC TRIACONTAHEDRON

22+ variants with just 1 moduleIQlight® is a self assembly lighting system made up of interlocking quadrilaterals. Lamps of various shapes and sizes can be constructed by linking together the identical elements. The standard IQlight® pack contains 30 modules.

The variations shown below are proven variants using from 9 to 120 modules. Taking into consideration, that the IQlight® module is available in 6 sizes, that's at least 132 different lamps you can make with IQlight®. But the only limit is your own imagination really. Play around with the small test modules included in the kit - perhaps you can create your very own and unique variant?

Holger Strøm, designer of IQlight®

Since the late sixties, Holger Strøm has worked primarily in the field of corrugated card packaging design.

As well as packaging, he has also designed exhibition systems, furniture and toys, all manufactured from corrugated card, and has worked on the development of parametric CAD systems for box design.

In 1973 Holger designed the now world famous IQlight® system, a self assembly lighting concept made up of interlocking quadrilaterals, making it possible to create lamps of various shapes and sizes only by linking together the identical elements.

He lives with his wife in Birkerød, Denmark, where he runs a packaging design studio.

 

 

Holger Strøm 1972

Holger Strøm 2000

Award winning design

The striking beauty of the geometry and the pure genius of the IQlight® design fascinate the eye and have proven to be contemporary in any design era.

In 2005 the IQlight Lighting System™ was awarded the Interior Innovation Award for its innovative and original design, at the IMM furniture fair in Cologne, Germany.

The IQlight® packaging, also designed by Holger Strøm, won the Danish Design Award in 2001. On the 26th of October, Holger Strøm received the award for his design of the IQlight® packaging. The award was presented by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik.

The new packaging was designed by Holger Strøm for a relaunch of IQlight®. The awards jury agreed that the IQlight® packaging was highly original and in keeping with the overall concept of IQlight®.

The concept:

Staged unwrapping - the contents are gradually revealed Masking the contents - a customer will not buy IQlight® without first learning about the

lamp in the shop Storage - the packing can be reused as storage for unused modules and accessories

The packing consists of:

Inside - the cover is made from 250 gr. Ensocoat with an outward mat UV-varnish and a closing mechanism introducing the concept of assembling the lamps while keeping the 30 modules in place

Outside - the economically constructed container is made from 330 gr. Ensocoat with an outward mat UV-varnish and a pocket folded - not glued - onto the container

Sealing - the self-adhesive label seals the packing and identifies the IQlight® kit, 30 modules

The contents of the IQlight® package:

A manual with thorough instructions in English/Danish, English/German, English/French, English/Spanish, English/Italian

A poster showing 22 different lamps assembled with the original standard IQ 100 A sheet with 30 miniature modules perfect for practicing 30 modules of either one of the 6 sizes, ready to be assembled

Holger Strøm, creator of the IQlight® system, has designed packaging since 1965.

 

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Illums BolighusAmagertorv 101160 København KPhone: 33 14 19 41www.illumsbolighus.dk

Dansk Design CenterHC Andersens Boulevard 271553 København VPhone: 3369 3369www.ddc.dk

ArtiumVesterbrogade 2A1620 København VPhone: 33 12 34 88www.artium.dk

Illums BolighusTivoliVesterbrogade 31630 København V

Phone: 33 91 18 45www.illumsbolighus.dk

LuksusLamper.dkStrandlodsvej 11B2300 København SPhone: 44 44 62 44luksuslamper.dk

Illums BolighusKøbenhavns LufthavnTerminal 22770 KastrupPhone: 32 52 82 38www.illumsbolighus.dk

Illums BolighusKøbenhavns LufthavnTerminal 32770 KastrupPhone: 32 52 51 43www.illumsbolighus.dk

Belysningskompagniet ApSBernstorffsvej 1352900 HellerupPhone: 39 90 70 71www.belysningskompagniet.dk

LysmesterenPrøvestensvej 183000 HelsingørPhone: 49 22 69 57

LouisianaMuseum of Modern ArtGl. Strandvej 133050 HumlebækPhone: 4919 0719www.louisiana.dk

Allerød Lamper ApSGl. Lyngevej 18 C3450 AllerødPhone: 48 17 50 55www.dansk-el.dk

LysmesterenSkomagergade 254000 RoskildePhone: 46 35 99 21

Casanova MøblerNørregade 394100 Ringsted

Phone: 55 44 44 46www.casanovafurniture.dk

Lisa Buhl BoligindretningAdelgade 86000 KoldingPhone: 75 55 03 79

TrapholtÆblehaven 23Strandhuse6000 KoldingPhone: 76 30 05 43www.trapholt.dk

Bo BedreStrandby Plads 76700 EsbjergPhone: 75 13 88 66www.bo-bedre.com

Dubuy.dk ApSOrionvej 27430 IkastPhone: 21 60 00 21www.dubuy.dk

Halling MøblerVestergade 198000 Aarhus CPhone: 86 12 01 14

RifRafSkt. Pauls Kirkeplads 198000 Aarhus CPhone: 88 73 18 08www.rifraf.dk

Illums Bolighus AarhusVintervej 7 Hasle8210 Aarhus VPhone: 87 41 50 00www.illumsbolighus.dk

1-2-Træ-boligdesignKærvej 26, Besser8305 SamsøPhone: 29 45 35 15

S.B. JensenNygade 38600 SilkeborgPhone: 86 82 09 50

stormagasinet.dkSmedebakken 8

8600 SilkeborgPhone: 61 777 299www.stormagasinet.dk

t.i.n.g.Tværgade 138600 SilkeborgPhone: 86 82 20 99www.ting-shop.dk

Boulevardens LysBoulevarden 99000 ÅlborgPhone: 98 12 06 03www.boulevardenslys.dk

Ulf BolighusStenbukken 99200 Aalborg SVPhone: 98 18 49 00www.ulfbolighus.dk

Vodskov BolighusPlovhusene 19310 VodskovPhone: 98 29 31 88www.vodskovbolighus.dk

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Standard IQlight kits

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Welcome to the official IQlight® Online Store

Standard IQlight ® kits IQlight ® editions

Standard IQlight kits Displaying 1 to 6 of 6 products

IQlight 075 smallDKK 549,00

IQlight 100 mediumDKK 749,00

IQlight 125 largeDKK 1.199,00

IQlight 150 X-largeDKK 1.799,00

IQlight 175 XX-largeDKK 2.599,00

IQlight 200 XXX-largeDKK 3.599,00

All prices including 25% Danish VAT. Deliveries outside the EU are exempt of VAT.

IQlight limited editions Displaying 1 to 2 of 2 products

IQlight 100 MikadoDKK 749,00

IQlight 100 RedDKK 749,00

All prices including 25% Danish VAT. Deliveries outside the EU are exempt of VAT.

Extra IQlight modules Displaying 1 to 6 of 6 products

IQlight 075 module - set of 3 pcsDKK 129,00

IQlight 100 module - set of 3 pcsDKK 150,00

IQlight 125 module - set of 3 pcsDKK 198,00

IQlight 150 module - set of 3 pcsDKK 249,00

IQlight 175 module - set of 3 pcsDKK 300,00

IQlight 200 module - set of 3 pcsDKK 399,00

All prices including 25% Danish VAT. Deliveries outside the EU are exempt of VAT.

Free delivery over DKK 1,000 / EUR 135 / USD 175 / GBP 115

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Novoform ApSThe IQlight CompanySmedebakken 8DK-8600 SilkeborgDenmark

How to shopIt is this simple to order products from our webshop:

1. Find the desired itemUse the menu in the left hand side of the shop to find the IQlight® kit you want to buy.

2. Add item to cartOnce you have found the item, click "Add to Cart." This will display the contents of your basket and you can edit or delete the item. If you want to buy more items click "Shop more". If you are finished shopping, click on "Checkout".

3. Enter shipping informationWhen you click "Checkout" you will be prompted to enter your address information. If you want your order delivered to somewhere other than your own address, for example if the item is a gift, or if you prefer to receive the product at your workplace, you can specify a separate delivery address.

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5. Accept and finish the orderMake sure all information is correct. Changes are made easily by clicking "Edit". Before you approve your order, you must indicate that you agree to our terms and conditions. This is a legal requirement.

Click "Continue". Have you selected payment by credit card you must then enter the relevant information via an SSL encrypted page. Did you choose to pay via a bank transfer the order is now completed.

Once you have completed your order correctly, you see a "thank you for your order" confirmation screen and you will receive a detailed order confirmation via e-mail - so easy!