Heracleum II Suspended

Overview

The Heracleum II Suspended is the second generation of Bertjan Pot's LED pendant for Moooi, which first appeared in 2010 and takes its name from the Heracleum plant. White leaves, which are lenses, branch from slender stems into what Moooi called a very technical yet natural structure. The pendant was offered in two sizes, Large and Small, and two colours, Nickel and Copper. It has since been superseded by the Heracleum III family.

Construction

The structure is a metal wire frame with polycarbonate lenses, hung on an ultra-thin suspension wire. Instead of conventional wiring, the lamp is powered through Electrosandwich by Marcel Wanders: conductive layers coated onto the frame carry the current to the LEDs, so the frame is the conductor. Moooi said this was not possible with normal wires. Each leaf can be repositioned by rotating it around its stem.

Specifications

• Large: Ø98 cm, 65 cm high; Small: Ø72 cm, 53 cm high
• Large: 63 LEDs, 2700 K, CRI 85, 695 lm, max 22 W (CE, 200-265 V)
• Dimmable; power supply included in the canopy
• Pebble II canopy Ø16 cm in the matching colour, cable length 400 cm
• Colours: Nickel, Copper

The second generation

The first Heracleum, the Suspended, was introduced by Moooi in 2010, and its reception led to The Big O and Endless variants. Heracleum II then brought a new LED that Moooi described as much more efficient, with a unique and sparkling illumination.

Why it was thin

Pot's idea needed many LEDs lit at once without a tangle of soldered wires. The Electrosandwich coating, proposed by Marcel Wanders, let the frame itself carry the current, which kept the branches slender.