Raphael
Kadid

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Current
2021—2026
             LOG
             Beacon
             HLC
             Cassini
             Philae AL
             ISU
             Pirogue
             Apollo

Selected
2016—2025
             Oblago
             Cheverny
             Philae
             IO
             Espelma
             Plywood Bed
             Al Bookshelf
             BLX2
             Signal
             Orion
             Altitude
             Copper Shade
             Moon
             Blue Line
             Autumn
             Eclipse

Brass Works
2013—2016
             Brass Bookshelf
             Brass Table III
             Brass Table I
             Brass Lamp XI
             Brass Lamp X
             Brass Lamp IX
             Brass Lamp VIII
             Brass Lamp VI
             Brass Lamp V
             Brass Lamp III
             Brass Lamp II
             Brass Lamp I

About

Raphael Kadid is a Switzerland based French architect, exercing in the field of architecture, product design, photography and edition.

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Beacon
2026.04

Aluminium, Acrylic, LED engine

Beacon is a portable, modular lamp inspired by the history of handheld tools and technical lighting devices. Reinterpreting the language of utilitarian objects such as airport marshalling wands, it combines precision machining with the reflective and transmissive qualities of coloured acrylic to create a versatile instrument.

The lamp is composed of three independently manufactured elements: an aluminium body housing a rechargeable Li-ion battery and LED light engine, a CNC-machined acrylic diffuser, and a stack of interchangeable high-transmission acrylic panels. Available in a range of colours, these 3 mm panels can be added, removed, or replaced to adjust the light’s colour, intensity, and appearance over time, allowing users to personalise the lamp to different settings.

Reference: Donald Judd, Untitled, 1968
Original prompt photographs by Edgar Berg & Suus Waijers

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