Name
Peter Schumacher
Graduated
1995 Bachelor of Industrial Design
CV
1995 Sunbeam Sydney - Domestic product design
1996 Glenn Pleass - Postmix tower design
1997 Andrew Rogers Industrial Design - Consultancy
1998 Studio ARKeType - Consultancy
1999 to present Lecturer - Industrial Design, University of South Australia
2011 PhD from ANU "The Design of Pictorial Assembly Instructions"
Currently - Program Director for the Bachelor of Design (Product Design), University of South Australia
Awards
2001 LG Electronics Design Competition - Honourable Mention
2002 Furniture Design Competition for the International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa, Bronze Leaf
2010 Green Furniture Award, Sweden – First Place
Project - Leaf Lamp
Leaf Lamp won the 2010 Green Furniture Design competition in Sweden and it currently being manufactured by Green Furniture Sweden. It has been installed in a range of commercial interiors across Sweden where it is valued for its green credentials, appearance and sound dampening qualities.
The ’twigs’ and ‘branches’ are arranged using Fibonacci numbers and plant growth patterns found in nature. The overall construction emulates how nature uses basic structures and repeats them at different scales in order to create complexity from very simple rules. The entire lamp is made from birch and unbleached wool felt (apart from the light source and electrical cable. Parts are connected via tapered joints that provide a firm connection requiring no glues or additional fixtures; as a result the lamp is easily assembled and disassembled by hand allowing for efficient flat packing for transportation.
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