About a year ago, I uploaded my first lamp design here.
At that point, it was honestly just an experiment - a mix of curiosity, late nights, and seeing how far I could push a couple of design ideas. Then something unexpected happened: the Florahedron lamp went viral.

Not in a planned way, for me this came out of the nowhere. And that moment changed a lot for me.

Instead of stopping there, I kept going. I started exploring new forms, new structures, new ways of assembling lamps without screws or glue. I experimented with push fit mechanisms, clip-on designs and with a lot of materials. One design turned into the next, and over time that turned into about 60 different designs. Each design teaching me something new about geometry, printing limits, and what actually works in the real world (not just on screen). I cant tell how many iterations some designs had and how many fails i printed.

Some of my lamp designs in no specific order.

Some ideas failed. But every failure is a new learning. In the end i released about 80 % of my designs, some are still in my drawer. After a year i reached over 8k followers here and over 50k downloads!

Some user makes of my lamps, i love to see all your pictures!

At some point, I realized I dont want to design the next lamp from the start again. I wanted to design a Lamp Ecosystem.

That’s how Moduluma started:

A modular lamp ecosystem where vases, shades, inlays, and decorative elements all work together. Tool-free, press-fit, endlessly combinable. One idea that could grow instead of being “finished.”

Bambulab contacted me just at the perfect moment. Turning that into a crowdfunding campaign was honestly scary. I had this concept and idea in mind but to realize such idea is a completely different thing! I totally underestimated how much work this would be and made things more complex than i would had to. One week before the campaign ended i still had about 50 models i needed to finish. And all that while also still working at my main job.

And somehow… it worked. In just one week i opened a exhibition for the german designer „Wolgang Joop“ where we designed the media choreography with my Audio-Visual Art Studio „Xenorama“ and also managed to release all Moduluma files!

My exhibit at the JOOP exhibition

The Moduluma campaign ended up being funded with around $18,000, which still feels a bit unreal to say out loud. But the most important part wasn’t the number. It am now seeing people build their own versions, remix parts, ask thoughtful questions, and push the system further than I ever planned alone. This is what keeps me going!

A picture of a user make with frosted 3D ice leaf windows

None of this would have happened without this community.
Every download, comment, remix, message, and bit of feedback pushed me forward more than you probably realize. Moduluma isn’t the end. It’s just the current chapter.
And I’m genuinely excited to see where it goes next, together with all of you.

Thanks for being part of the journey!

And now its your time to start your first big project! Bambulab just launched “Lets Make It Fund!” This campaign is here to get you started with your extraordinary idea. You can submit your idea and describe what and how you want to achieve it. If you are selected you can get up to 300000 Dollars in funding and material! I will for sure try to be part of this campaign as well, lets see where this will bring us! 

You can find more information here!

Big thanks to Bambulab for the ongoing support over the last year! If you wouldnt be such an amazing partner i wouldnt be where i am now! 
 

Have a great end of year and a even greater start into the new one,

Mateo - Modular Mapping