Social Contract

The Social Contract is hand carved and cast in solid brass, with rear circular acrylic diffusing. The sconce takes on a facial form, or mask. With a single open eye light is able to pass through the face of the sconce, while being partially obscured by a hanging brass backing plate of rough un finished cast material.

Composition 
Sand Cast Brass & Acrylic

Dimensions
46 × 21 × 15cm / 18.1 × 8.3 × 5.9in

Bio
Calen Knauf is a Canadian designer living and working in Vancouver, Canada. Calen studied Industrial Design at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Shortly after graduating Calen won best student lighting for his thesis project Standard Lamp at Design Plus 2014 in Cologne, Germany.

Calen has worked since 2009 on a range of projects including product design for mass production, furniture, custom editions, interior design and graphic design. His work together has won several awards including The Rising Star Award at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2017 and short listed for the Dezeen Awards for Lighting Design in 2018. Calen has collaborated with companies including Dante Goods & Bads, EQ3, Stussy and others. His work has been featured in many international publications including Wallpaper, Frame, and Intramuros.

Photo credit: Product - Arseni Khamzin / Portrait - Conrad Brown

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No returns or exchanges, commercial warranty does not apply.
Shipping/pickup begins after October 5, once the exhibition ends.