Under the mass
The foot vanishes into the glow. What remains is a block, and the light that carries it.
STUDIO AUBERT
Model 22
Le Roc
A block of oak, held up by light.
49.90€
The piece is coming…
360°
Come closer. Turn around it.
The corner
The line turns the edge in one piece. No visible join.
From above
A solid face, no button and no slot. Just the strength of the wood.
Le Roc is the end of a long search: for an object that is at once a beautiful thing and a warm light. A minimal drawing, a glow that is discreet yet present, and a piece that looks like nothing else. Joseph Pont signs a sumptuous piece, one that brings the warmth of wood and the calm of a simple form into your home. It is with real joy that we present this new model: a new block, a new Roc, a new light.
I The material
One block, nothing added
Solid oak, dried before machining. The foot is cut from the same block. One whole, imposing piece that warms the room. Its grain reassures, its density settles you.
II The detail
What shows from three feet away
A button hidden in the whole. The cable leaves under the foot, in braided linen, and nothing protrudes on any of the four faces. The LED module comes out through the foot, with no tools and no glue.
III The light
Under the mass
2000 K, colour rendering index above 95. The light goes down, meets the tabletop an inch or two from the block and spreads there in a soft square. The wood keeps its honey, the wine keeps its red. You never see the source: you see a lit table, and a block that the light lifts.
Technical drawing
The drawing, dimensioned
Two views, nine dimensions. It all comes down to three numbers: eight square, four high, and the line of light three-quarters of an inch above the tabletop.
The line · 0.8 in
The one height at which the light passes under the mass.
The setback · 0.8 in
Enough for the shadow to flood the foot, little enough for the block to take a knock without shifting.
The mass · 3.9 in
Three inches of wood above the line. That is what gives the block its impact.
Nominal dimensions, tolerance ± 0.04 in.
Technical sheet
- Dimensions
- 7.9 × 7.9 × 3.9 in
- Weight
- 7.9 lb
- Material
- French solid oak, oiled
- Finish
- Natural oil, three coats
- Source
- Perimeter LED line, replaceable
- Temperature
- 2000 K · CRI > 95
- Output
- 260 lm
- Rated life
- 15,000 hours, or fourteen years at three hours a night
- Button
- Under the foot
- Consumption
- 5 W
- Cable
- Braided linen, 71 in, exits under the foot
- Design
- Joseph Pont
- Origin
- Designed in France
Delivery & returns
Cardboard packaging, wood-fibre packing: nothing to throw away, everything recyclable. Thirty days to watch it live; returns, no questions.
- Free delivery in mainland France
- Designed in France · drawing by Joseph Pont
Frequent questions
Is the block stable?
Solid wood on a six-inch foot: it does not move. The setback is worked out so the centre of gravity stays well over the foot, even if it gets knocked.
Can you see the foot?
Almost never. It is set back three-quarters of an inch and stands in its own shadow when the lamp is off; lit, it glows under a line of light brighter than it is. That is the whole drawing: the eye stops at the line and never goes lower.
Is there enough light to read by?
No, and that is not its job. Two hundred and sixty lumens pointed down light a tabletop, not a page. Roc is an ambient lamp: it belongs on a console, a sideboard, a coffee table.
Will the wood move?
It will: that is how it breathes. Nothing changes about the light, or about how the piece looks.
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