Rick Tegelaar interview: Meshmatics Chandelier for Moooi | Design Dreams | Dezeen

Designer Rick Tegelaar explains how the Meshmatics Chandelier he developed at university became a Moooi product in this movie in our Design Dreams series for the Dutch brand.
Launched by Moooi at Milan design week in 2017, Tegelaar's Meshmatics Chandelier is made from three concentric, inverted wire-mesh domes of different diameters and heights.
The wire structure reflects light emitted from an LED source concealed within a smaller gold dome at the base of the chandelier.
"It's a big light, but it's not a big visual block," Tegelaar says in the movie, which Dezeen filmed for Moooi in Arnhem and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
"It's really transparent. It's almost like a cage for the light, so you have all these different transparencies and reflections that give this very basic material something almost magical."
The light is the culmination of many years work for Tegelaar - he first developed the technique of using wire mesh to create lights while studying product design at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem between 2007 and 2011.
He says that he felt mixed emotions in finally letting go of the product.
"Meshmatics Chandelier being in the collection of Moooi is a bit like my child leaving home," he says.
"It is a bit scary, but it's also nice to see the product really taking off and popping up in showrooms around the world."
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[@Larzag0]

Awesome designs! I am a retired engineer, now enjoying 2nd life as artist. Really appreciate the freedom of art vs the constraints of engineering!

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It's just fantastic! The story, the products, the designer!

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I'm currently studying engineering but ever since I've been trying to find intersection between my natural impulse for creativity and this technical field. I think I am born for designing, that is what I want to pursue further.

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This mesh wire sculpture technique was first developed by Ruth Asawa in the 1940’s a Japanese American.

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Amazing. would love to see more design

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This light is beautiful1

[@davidcassar25]

very nice design. The light on it, it does not look enough to use it on its own for the dinning table. what about if i have some spots lights close by and setting the spot lights over it to bring more light on the table.

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Brilliant...

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Great design! Love your story. Can we purchase your products in the USA? Closely associated with Industrial Design majors over here. What great books or resources could you recommend that helped you?

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