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Pluto Task Lamp by Heitor Lobo Campos

Pluto Task Lamp

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020

This audio description presents a contemporary task lamp photographed against a soft pale gray background. Scanning from back to front, the composition reveals a compact, sculptural lighting fixture rendered entirely in smooth matte white, the surface cool and uniform like unglazed porcelain or finely finished plastic. The lamp's body consists of a horizontal cylinder positioned at a downward diagonal angle, tilting toward the lower right portion of the frame. This cylindrical housing, perhaps the length of a hand, terminates in a perfectly circular opening from which warm buttery light emanates, the color suggesting early evening sunlight or candlelight against the cool white surroundings. The illuminated face appears slightly recessed within the cylinder, creating concentric rings of decreasing warmth toward the bright center, like looking into a gentle tunnel of light. Behind and above the main cylinder, a spherical element sits partially visible, smooth and continuous with the white finish, suggesting an adjustable joint mechanism. Supporting this lamp head, a tripod base provides stable grounding through three identical conical legs that taper to rounded points where they meet the surface below. These legs splay outward in a triangular arrangement, the front two legs visible in their entirety while the third extends backward, partially hidden. The geometry creates an impression of a small creature perhaps, alert and focused, directing its luminous gaze toward some task. A slender power cord emerges from the rear, trailing off toward the right edge in a gentle curve, its gray color providing subtle contrast. Soft shadows pool beneath the structure, warm gray and diffused, grounding the object in physical space. The overall impression conveys quiet functionality, approachable sophistication, and the comforting presence of thoughtfully designed light.

Pluto keeps the focus firmly on style. Its compact, aerodynamic cylinder is orbited by an elegant handle perched over an angled tripod base, making it easier to position with its soft-but-focused light with precision. Its form was inspired by telescopes, but instead, it seeks to focus on the earth instead of the stars. Made with 3d printing utilizing corn-based plastics, it is unique, not only for using 3d printers in an industrial fashion, but also eco-friendly.