Harry Allen’s Fuse Lamps showcase the alchemy of ceramic production. A cylinder is cast in porcelain and roughly cut into rings, which are then glazed, stacked, and fired at high temperatures in a kiln. The process allows the designer to play with color, texture, and translucence, but it is also very unpredictable. During the firing, the glass melts and the rings fuse together; the structure shifts and the glazes mix. Each unique lamp is snapshot, capturing the movement and magic of making.
A project by
Harry Allen
Harry Allen established his award-winning, multi-disciplinary design firm, Harry Allen Design, in 1993. Although trained as an industrial designer, Harry achieved prominence in 1994 for the interior design of Moss. A multitude of interior design projects followed.Harry’s product design work spans a wide range, from furniture and lighting to packaging and accessories. His ‘Reality’ line of products for Areaware, including the ‘Bank in the form of a Pig,’ has taken on a life of its own. More recent projects include the Apex water bottle for BuiltNY; Arc, an inflatable structure for InflateUK; and ‘Applied Portraiture,’ a 3d printed ceramic portraiture project launched at the 2019 Design Miami. Since 2021 Harry has been producing a line of slip-cast ceramics called Generative Ceramics.In addition to his design practice, from 2016 to 2019 Harry was Creative Director of the Design Pavilion, a celebration of innovation and design that took place in Times Square each spring during NYCxDESIGN. And Harry has been a professor in the Rhode Island School of Design Furniture Design Department for the last 5 years.The Harry Allen Design process is a unique combination of experimentation, cross-pollination between industries, manufacturing expertise, and marketplace savvy.