GOOD LIGHT

Good Light is a small lamp for the corner of a desk. The shade is a stack of angled ribs, and the light comes through the gaps instead of a flat diffuser. We wanted the print path to stay visible, not sanded away.

A lot of printed lamps try to look blow-molded or turned. Once a thin wall is treated as a copy of something else, the layer lines are only a defect. This lamp uses the gap between layers as the optic.

1. 01

   Grow the ribs as one continuous spiral, so each layer does not start with a seam.

2. 02

   Weight the base, keep the center of gravity low, and bring the cable in from the back.

3. 03

   Leave a seat inside for a small light. The bulb and the power supply are not in the file.

Ribs that were too thin stringed across the overhang. Ribs that were too thick turned the lamp off. The thickness now is the one left after four prints: it looks light, and it does not snap.

The base is charcoal. The shade is warm white. Yellow only shows up in the light. By day it is an object. At night it is a lamp.

Material

Matte PLA, a light color

Layer

0.16 mm

Walls

2, shade is a vase-mode variant

Infill

Base 20%, shade none

Supports

None

Speed

Slow the outer wall

1. 01

   Print the shade and the base separately.

2. 02

   Fix the light in the seat and lead the wire out the back slot.

3. 03

   Twist the shade on. No glue, so the light can be changed later.

Size

Ø 96 × 128 mm

Light

Seat for a small warm-white source

Cable

Exits at the back

Hardware

Bring your own light

• good-light-shade.stl
• good-light-base.stl
• good-light.3mf
• good-light.step