Form iii (coiled) is a minimalist floor lamp by the Melbourne-based multidisciplinary designer, Annie Paxton. Made from sand-cast aluminum planes and coles, dupioni silk offcuts, the sculptural light reveals a soft, fractured glow through its textured surfaces, transforming remnant materials into an intimate study of light, form, and threshold.

Two rough and raw aluminum planes act as the legs of the lamp while crisp strips of fabric conceal the light source, juxtaposing hard and soft textures. As opposed to acting as a strictly functional source of illumination, Form iii (coiled) invites focus on its textiles, where rich, tactile surfaces and the individual wrinkles and folds become the main highlights.

“The soft textural surface harbors light in a way that absorbs and engulfs rather than reflects and amplifies. It’s a softness that draws and lingers, exhibiting the material surface itself, rather than ‘performing’ as a lamp in space,” shares Paxton. “I am interested principally in how the material surfaces perform: the light offering a way of illuminating the performance of remnant materials blending, binding, weaving to re-form as a sculptural lantern.”