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How We Make the Blip Lamp

How We Make the Blip Lamp

The Blip Lamp starts as recycled PLA filament — polymer sourced from UK recycling streams, including suppliers in Stroud. From filament, it becomes a lamp.

Every Blip shade is 3D-printed in our Warwickshire workshop. That matters for a few reasons. It means we can make in small batches without tooling up for injection moulding. It means each lamp has a slight uniqueness — the surface texture of a 3D print is not the texture of a mass-produced object. And it means we control the whole process, from filament to finished product.

The ribbed silhouette — inspired loosely by a seed pod and mid-century modernist forms — was developed over many iterations. Early versions were too tall, too squat, too plain. The version you can buy today is the result of a lot of printing and starting again.

The tripod base is sustainably sourced and gives the lamp its planted, slightly space-age quality. The flex cable is a 2-metre off-white twisted cotton cord with a UK plug. The bulb included is a 5W B22.

The Blip comes in six colourways: Mushroom, Green, Cream, Olive, Sage, and Amber. The colour runs through the filament, not applied as a finish — so there is nothing to chip or peel. It ages well.

If you want to know more about how any of our lamps are made, email us at hello@rogo.uk or find us on Instagram at @rogo.studios.