NATTABOON TRINATHY

After a BA in Film from the Communication Arts Department at Rangsit University, Nattaboon Trinathy worked for his family business (import of electrical and lighting equipment). In 2002 he founded RGB Lighting Design Ltd, one of the first Thai company specialised in lighting design for residential houses, hotels, department stores and restaurants. On top of managing his own company, Nattaboon mastered in 2006 in Lighting Design from the School of Architecture and Design (King Mongkut's University of Technology) and started turning his attention to designing lamps. After his graduation, he decides to create his own brand: Amalgamm+. Locally acclaimed as one of the best emerging young designers, Nattaboon does not pay attention to trends and market needs but takes his inspiration from his own needs to create designs he likes. As he says, "if people like them too and that they sell, that's a bonus!"

Airlines,the latest line he came out with, takes on a capsular form that draws from thefollowing observation: "Air is all around, you can't see it but you canfeel it. Once you recognise it, you will see how a wonderful thing can becreated".

The concept of Airline grew from the desire Nattaboon had to change theshape of our invisible atmosphere into a form more tangible, which is madepossible through the use of inflatable (PVC) material and fluorescent T4 WarmWhite Tone bulbs as a light source.

The transparent air bag has a light and delicate appearance and serves asshading for the lamp. More than simply imprisoning the air, the balloonunderlines its very existence.

The heat build up of the fluorescent bulb is relatively low and the frameworkhas been designed to guarantee a sufficient amount of air circulation. The tubeis separated from the inflatable plastic material by a light weight metalstructure. As a bonus, an electronic device allows to dim the fluorescent tubeintensity.