PERCH

Origin

The Perch lights are by Umut Yamac and entered the Moooi collection with their 2016 release. They came together from three interests of Yamac: kinetic sculptures, birds and paper. His first balancing sculpture rested on two feet and rocked against a counterweight, and that contact point pushed him toward light. He presented the Perch prototypes at Design Junction on a tiny stand, and Casper Vissers, a Moooi co-founder, spotted them there.

Design Language

Each lamp is built around birds of polycarbonate and synthetic paper. Paper acts as the shade and diffuser and also holds the counterweights that govern the movement, so the birds swing when touched gently. Paper birds with golden beaks and trails of precious metal in the feathers of their tails balance on perches.

Key Pieces

• Perch Light Tree, a suspension lamp with a cluster of birds
• Perch Light Branch, a suspension lamp in Small and Large
• Perch Light Floor, a 164 cm tall floor lamp holding one bird on a tall metal perch
• Perch Light Table, a table lamp 61.5 cm high, the smallest of the family
• Perch Light Wall, made of folded paper and brass, in Small and Large and in recessed versions