Cal Poly Architecture major Adam Harris’ wooden lamp appears unassuming at first—a curious achievement given that it resembles a chic lightsaber that’s 6 feet tall when fully assembled.
Harris’ red oak creation beat out more than 200 other woodwork products last year to win Cal Poly’s Vellum 18 annual furniture competition.
“It was an incredible atmosphere. I personally haven’t seen anything like it. We were all coming out of COVID, so we were very socially deprived. Just the buzz and the rush that you get looking at everyone standing by their piece,” he said. “No one was overly proud but they were happy and relieved. They were embracing the creative atmosphere that everyone was bathing in.”
Hosted every fall by the College of Architecture and Environmental Design and the San Luis Obispo firm Vellum Design Build, the competition has been a Cal Poly crowd-puller since its 2004 debut. While