ORBIT

Name: ORBIT
Brand: Chao-Chun Kung
Price: 5500.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

3D-printed bio-composite PLA made with recycled coffee grounds, LED light
Large: 60 x 60 × 200 cm / Medium: 60 x 60 × 90 cm

£5,500.00

About the Artwork

ORBIT reimagines the lantern as a contemporary light sculpture, connecting memories of illuminated streets, temples and festivals in Taiwan with the everyday café culture of London. Its modular forms are 3D-printed from a bio-composite incorporating reclaimed coffee grounds, transforming the residue of a daily ritual into a glowing structure.
Arranged around a shared vertical axis, the rounded volumes evoke both the repetition of lanterns and objects in orbit. When illuminated, the earthy material becomes warm and translucent, shifting between solidity and lightness.
The work explores how familiar rituals and discarded materials can carry cultural memory across different places. Sitting between functional lighting, sculpture and material research, ORBIT reflects an ongoing interest in how objects can connect everyday life, identity and new modes of making.

Please note that the two lamps are sold separately. The price listed is for the smaller piece. For further pricing and inquiries, please get in touch.

Artwork photography by Hsin Huang.

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Details

Medium: 3D-printed bio-composite PLA made with recycled coffee grounds, LED light

Year: 2026

Size: Large: 60 x 60 × 200 cm / Medium: 60 x 60 × 90 cm

Ready to Hang:

Freestanding light sculpture assembled around a central vertical LED tube. The individual 3D-printed sections are stacked and threaded over the light tube one by one.

Chao-Chun Kung

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Chao-Chun Kung (b. 1998, Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a London-based artist, designer and architectural practitioner working across sculpture, material research, computational design and digital fabrication. He studied Architecture at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology before completing an MArch in Bio-Integrated Design at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Kung has received international recognition including the Grand Prix at the DNA Paris Design Awards 2024, Second Prize in the YAC Vertical Farms competition 2025, an iF Design Talent Award 2023 and a Red Dot Award in 2020. His work has been exhibited at The Bartlett Autumn Show 2024 and during London Design Festival 2026 in “After the Last Sip” at Fab.Pub London. His work and material research have also been featured by Designboom and supported by Taiwan’s Global Pathfinders Initiative.

Hypha Studios Artist: 'SPOILED PROPAGANDA: grafting bio-futurism', curated by PHYEIN Collective, at Hypha Gallery HQ Euston (2026)

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