Meshmatics

Overview

The Meshmatics chandelier by Rick Tegelaar turns thin, flexible steel wire with hexagonal gaps into three mesh layers. The LED light is reflected from the three mesh bowls, and because the material is transparent the chandelier gives off a soft glow without creating a visual block.

Construction

The chandelier is galvanised steel and brass. It is fitted with 1 LED source (included) of 12 W max: 388 lm, up to 2700 K, CRI 84, 50,000 hours. Emission is in every direction. A 250 cm cable that may be shortened leads to a steel-coated ABS Pebble III canopy. The Wireless Wall Switch, DALI dt6 and smart home integration (Zigbee, Matter) can control it, while mains or ELV dimmers cannot.

Specifications

• 90 x 90 x 90 cm (W x D x H; Ø 90 cm)

Wire netting formed over a mould

Rick Tegelaar has a special interest in undervalued materials, and the Meshmatics from 2017 started from wire netting. He developed a machine and a set of tools that form the wire in a controlled and accurate way. The material is stretched over a mould and shrinks into its form, and the tension that comes from stretching is captured in a very efficient structure.

Tegelaar finds it interesting to take a material and, without changing too much, see what other possibilities can arise through design.