‘KOPRA BURST’ PENDANT LIGHT FIXTURE Nr. 433 BY DAVID WEEKS

From the studio of David Weeks, a chandelier-inspired Kopra Burst pendant fixture. The explosive reach of its bubbling, modernist composition would boldly enliven any interior. At once space-age and timeless, organic and otherworldly, the Kopra Burst comprises a balanced arrangement of fifteen differently-sized Boi shades suspended from a steel drop and mounted to powder-coated arms of varying lengths. The steel Boi shades (a Weeks signature) exemplify the designer’s use of “formal reduction,” whereby elementary shapes such as cones and spheres have been carved into to produce more obscure profiles. They feature openings at both the top and the bottom, allowing light to flow through, and rotate 320° for multidirectional illumination. A vibrant rejection of conventional expectations, the Kopra Burst arguably represents the height of statement-making sculptural modernism in lighting. DAVID WEEKS (b. 1968) is an American designer of lighting, furniture, and home goods. He was a pioneerin