"Before the days of Pinterest, the humble bulletin board with push pins has long been a tool for quick idea-making: fast, simple, and accessible. That rapid, almost improvisational rhythm can spark unexpected connections and moments of clarity that feel uniquely human. Toronto-based designer Maxwell Sims channels that same spirit into lighting with the Pin Sconce - a fixture that embraces immediacy, ingenuity, and a touch of playfulness while rethinking what a wall light can be."
"I do work a lot with paper, so I'm glad that that was the impression, that there's something kind of understandable about it. Paper, firstly, offers something very like kind of communicable, which I like. The result of a form, or the logic of a form, is easily communicated to someone who may not know anything about design, as opposed to something that's injection molded or milled."
The Pin Sconce embraces immediacy, ingenuity, and playfulness to rethink wall lighting through a simple, improvisational aesthetic. The fixture is crafted from heavy cotton paper and uses pop-up card mechanics to lift a center that appears as a delicate, fluted shade. The design celebrates the material’s fragility, tactility, and formal clarity in a single gesture. Paper and sheet metal provide constrained, easily understood starting points that communicate the logic of form to a broad audience, contrasted with less legible methods like injection molding or purely digital modeling. The concept foregrounds accessible, tangible material exploration.
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