Hunyadi Márton

Márton Hunyadi holds a Master’s degree in Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology. He has lived in Indonesia for two years, where he first studied local culture, language and arts, including Javanese woodcarving (ukir kayu), as part of the Darmasiswa Scholarship of the Indonesian State. In 2012/13 he was a visiting lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology department at Semarang State University (UNNES). After returning, he taught at the Corvinus University of Budapest in the framework as a doctoral candidate. Between 2017 and 2021 he was in a position of young research fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Minority Studies. From 2022, he is studying Product Design at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.

About the object

Bolygó lamp

The floor lamp ‘bolygó’ [i.e. planet and/or in the same time rambler] is a reinterpretation of the work of Sándor ‘Borz’ Kováts, a less known designer from the early days of Hungarian industrial design, as part of a collaboration between Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and the Hungarian Museum of Applied Arts.

The primary and most important inspiration for the planetary lamp is the planetary wheel created by Borz Kováts. Its functional principle is a feat of engineering that incorporates the aesthetics of geometric shapes while at the same time using a solution that is quite innovative for its time, to facilitate the movement of furniture.

The geometric and industrial style of the pipes was an inspiration for the overall design, which was combined with the space-forming power of the light softening by the diffuser.