Arik’s initial idea was to use a typically indoor object as a metaphor,
one which helps you to feel at home in your external space.
Lighting is a good vehicle for this, so he started from the idea of
the archetypal lamp, with a base and a shade. Something simple,
obvious even. It’s an iconic code immediately
familiar to everyone.
Then, Arik remembered a pile of folded paper that he had seen in the
streets of Paris, used to create the well-known plissé fashion classics.
This paper had the same folding as the Butler has. Arik worked on the
angles, size and propositions, keeping in mind the reflection of natural
light. Now the shadows appear in a perfect way on the folded form of
the Butler, making it merge in every space.
see the video at www.deltalight.com/butlerbyariklevy
INSPIRATION
‘I changed a few times the number of folds and I think
now it looks great, because now light and shadow
convey the right rhythm.’
