Lamp "Luminous Shapes no 2" by Stine Mikkelsen Dimensions: 42 x 25 x 14 cm Materials: Composite material based on crushed granite and fish glue. The inner construction is polystyrene.Luminous Shapes is an ongoing collection investigating how people understand and interpret experimental product design. When presenting sculptural furniture, people often ask for the function of the objects. In this collection, the first phase is to make sculptures. After finding the right shapes, light sources are being placed. Some objects will have a clear reference to already known types of lamps while other will be more experimental and question if the object is a lamp, only based on the presence of the bulb.Stine Mikkelsen is a Copenhagen-based material researcher and manipulator working within the field of experimental product design. With a background in textile design, materials have a primary role for her in both the process as well as the final objects. Through challenging and refining methods from this field, unexpected things occur which lead to new ways of making and producing. Through this, she not only challenges the way we understand textile and product design, she also modernises the notion of crafts.