Polyp Pendant
Justin Bailey’s Polyp Pendant follows in the tradition of naturalistic, quirky, organic form that we can perhaps trace back to Dima Loginoff’s Male.
![Polpy pendant five lights in different colors](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JBDPolypLamp_FullSet2-4-web-1024x732.jpg)
Though certainly not as overt as Loginoff’s tribute to the masculine, Bailey’s Polyp does connote a certain sexuality, even if it’s just in the basic sense of exuberant propagation: “The fruiting form of apples, pears, lemons, and more inspire through their patterns of growth and natural quirks.”
![Polyp four pendants in off white](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JBDPolypLamp_FullSet2-3-web-1024x732.jpg)
I also see gourds here, perhaps appropriately enough given the coming harvest season and considering that Polyp has a kind of dark, celebratory aspect that puts me in mind of the aesthetic of Tim Burton and the Halloween season.
![Three pendant lights in a gray tone with red at top](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JustinBaileyPolyp_08Pendant_web-1024x819.jpg)
Polyp also offers a lesson on wise resource use and sustainability. The simple palette of materials includes yupo paper, which is 3D print with recycled PET-G, and a standard LED bulb.
![Polyp view from beneath, detail](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Polyp-solo-1024x901.jpeg)
The pendants flat-pack and are assembled without hardware or glue. Simmons says they’re “digitally sculpted and algorithmically assisted”—a humble take on a visionary light and an enlightened form or production.
![Four different-colored lights hung at different heights](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JBDPolypLamp_FullSet2-6-web-1024x732.jpg)
Read more about Justin and the Polyp Pendant here.
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