Heliodiscus

Heliodiscus is a modular light installation inspired by the most remarkable skeletons of Radiolarian species. The glassy shells scatter the light vividly. The installation can be placed on wall, ceiling or both.

YEAR
2023

TYPE OF WORK
MODULAR LIGHTING DESIGN, 3D PRINTING, NATURE INSPIRED

"The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry and limitation, and these are the greatest forms of beautiful." - Aristotle

Bringing Nature’s Intricate Designs to Life

Radiolarians are one-celled organisms that make the most outstanding siliceous and translucent skeletons. They're free-living ocean plankton, unbound by gravity, and their glassy shells vary wildly from simple cups to intricate polyhedral fantasies.

They've been observed with interest and wonder since the invention of microscopy, most famously by Ernst Haeckel in the remarkable of illustrations of Kunstformen der Natur. Until recently we've seen them only in 2D. This light object brings them to life.