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Originally introduced in 2012, the new w 127 winkel is a developed version of our most award-winning and best-selling task light. A lot of hard work has been put into refining the lamp in some key areas such as mechanics, operation and, of course, lighting. The w 127 winkel is the result of a progressive collaboration between Wästberg, the Berlin-based designer Dirk Winkel and the Gemany-based chemical company BASF. Working with features such as solid and by large extent biologically sourced plastic, highly qualitative and efficient LEDs and micro springs, we spent more than three years...

The w 127 winkel is the first task lamp that we know of with arms made of solid plastic. In the injection moulding process, components are usually made thin walled in order to avoid distortion and sink marks. So the implementation of Dirk Winkel’s design in solid plastic presented us with a challenge. Now we have broken new ground. And we’re happy about that, of course. Steffen Funkhauser and Dr. Axel Ebenau Steffen Funkhauser, Head of BASF designfabrik® and Dr. Axel Ebenau, Segment Management E&E Industry at BASF, Ludwigshafen, Ger

The making of w 127 winkel. By Petra Schmidt.

Designers don’t need to have polymers in their blood to work with plastic. Though a good understanding of the material certainly doesn’t hurt – it is a very complex substance. Plastics processing is challenging due to the expensive tool and mould making and the lengthy selection of materials, among other things. Yet the work on the plastic desk lamp w 127 winkel must have come naturally to the young Berlin designer Dirk Winkel. As the son of a plastics engineer, he was playing with granules – the grainy raw material used in making plastics – from a very young age. Thanks to his father he...

Understanding w 127 winkel. Dirk Winkel, Eva Höfli and Magnus Wästberg interviewed by Petra Schmidt.

Petra Schmidt: Magnus Wästberg, you launched your company in 2008 and quickly established Wästberg in the lighting industry as a player to be reckoned with. How did you get into the industry? Magnus Wästberg: I literally grew up with the business of producing and developing lighting systems with my father being a lighting producer. Still, I decided not to work in the family business at first up until I gradually came to feel that, coming from an entrepreneurial family, I wanted to develop my own company. I had realized that the lighting market is very conservative but also very polarized....

PS: This is even true as far as mechanical features like the cable and the micro springs are concerned. DW: Yes, we didn’t hide these features, sticking to the concept of showing on the outside what’s inside. Indeed, every dimension in the lamp couldn’t be different. It is exactly as it is because of dependencies inside the lamp. It starts with the head. You need the head to be a certain size because of the heat sink that has to be a certain size to get a certain light output. Because of the size of that heat sink, you get a certain weight in the head, and then you need a certain power in...

The light technology is based on a highly energy-efficient COB (chip on board) LED solution. This consists of a cluster of diodes, instead of several separate diodes. The shade is adjustable for universal direction of the light. There is a glare-protection system to minimise both direct and indirect glare. w 127 winkel is equipped with a seamless dimmer. A built-in timer automatically turns the lamp off after nine hours. The unique combination of materials and heat engineering inside the lamp shade makes sure that both external and internal temperatures are kept low, for safe handling and a...

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Wastberg is a Swedish lighting company aimed at bringing back light to human proximity, by restoring the private spheres man has been deprived of during decades of misguided pursuit of efficiency and standardisation. The universally acclaimed lamps are created in close collaboration with some of the world’s most renowned architects, designers and lighting experts, and have earned prestigious awards for their combination of aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and resource conservation. Product developement team: Dirk Winkel, designer Magnus Wastberg, CEO and founder, Wastberg Hasse Larsson,...