A minimalistic tubular fitting on which you can vary infinitely using a
simple plug. The tubes connect like a luminous network of tunnels
with light at the end of the tunnel.
The name °plug clearly refers to the ‘jack plug’, an electrical plug
connection that we all know from, among other things, headphones.
It is this simple switching principle of the concentric plug that forms
the base of the luminous as well as atmospheric light line. °plug can
be combined lightly and infinitely, but in the design, Frits Jeuris also
connects deeper stories of a glowing past.
Do you want to link the spot to the led line, or rather extend it in
the dark, emphasize it later, branch or bend it? Everything is possi-
ble. With °plug you go ahead. “The idea originated with the thought
of the mines”, says designer Frits Jeuris. Even more than the under-
ground network and those connections, I wanted to highlight the
powerful message of the former miners.
They consider the special togetherness of which they always speak,
as an unstoppable source of energy. Several times they mentioned
that ‘everyone was black in the pit’. In that dark end period for the
Belgian mines, Frits Jeuris saw a bright spot for the future.
In Eden Design — itself located between the former mines of Zwart-
berg and Winterslag – sparkles the energy of that mines past. “When
developing the luminaire in the production hall of Eden Design, col-
laborating with these burly craftsmen, I saw those weathered hands
again and arms full of tattoos, full of mine references. Everything
clicked together so wonderfully for me, that it seemed predestined.”
°plug is so much more than a modular light line.
It is an ode to the energy changing form.
°plug - the story behind
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