Kozo lamps are those lamps with a unique style. Hand made with dedication as everything done or build by one's hand is not just a work of art but also shows certain dedication behind it, as contrary to mass production where the object produced is only just a number into a series of production line.
One can see in these lamps a sense of every day things in one's house taken forgranted and which no special thought and attention is given. These lamps attract one's attention as they create a conflict with the style in the interior of the room rather than blend in.
It's style is in conflict with it's surrounding, it's gray colour giving a sense of a cold feeling not warmth and connects us to the past. It takes one back in one's life, maybe. It reminds us that through such a piping system, water was delivered to every household. Without it's invention one can only imagine the hardship to obtain water, or how water could have been delivered.
Another conflict these designers intentionally created was that between materialism and reusing of materials. It reminds us that old parts of things can easily be recycled into a new product such as these new lamps. They represent environmentally responsible production. Certain standards are reached such as high standard components, wiring is heat resistant and isolated and in compliance with EU standards.
They fulfill one's expectation for originality and the wish to possess it comes from the idea that it can mean different things to different people.
For such lamps although in conflict with the room's style it shows that invention and development of designs can contribute to use and management of resources in a responsible way and not just as a means of making money and not contributing in a way to production with responsibility.
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