Geodesic Sphere Lamp Shade

The inspiration for 'The Geodesic Sphere' lamp shade stems from the ancient Greeks' love of geometry. Although it isn't strictly a Platonic Solid it feels like a continuation of this family of 3D shapes.

This 3D printed lamp shade is huge! A sphere of 40cm in diameter, it will become a feature of even very large rooms. It is made up of 17 printed components, 2 Pentagons, 5 Diamonds and 10 Hexagons [see accompanying build instructions for more details on assembly and components].

The design takes advantage of the 3D print process to create large, strong hollow parts that weigh a lot less than you would think [Assembled the Sphere is less than 900g], therefore it is safe to hang on ceiling lamp wire without reinforcement. Ours has been hanging for over a year and has survived a mild earthquake!

This product has been designed for an E27 lampholder [40mm diameter] if you can't find one of those let us know and we can supply you with an adapter plate/alter the design.

We have tested this product for over a year with a 15W light bulb and there has been no deformation of the PLA. If you use PLA we wouldn't recommend going much higher than this.

Printed with Satin Shine + White PLA [Real Filament]

To print this design we used an Ultimaker 2+ 3D printer with a 0.6 mm nozzle [You can also use a 0.4mm or 0.8mm].

Component Update!

A customer Alkerion suggested that we create a triangle part to use in place of the diamond component to create a dome instead of a sphere. It is a great idea so we included this file in the file pack.

Dimensions for Each Component

Gd Upper Pentagon: 200mm x 191mm x 22mm

Gd Lower Pentagon: 200mm x 191mm x 35mm

Gd Hexagon: 210mm x 205mm x 42mm

Gd Diamond: 174mm x 119mm x 15mm

Gd Triangle: 88mm x 119mm x 15mm

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Resolution: 0.1mm - 0.3mm [0.3mm Shown]

Wall Thickness: 1.2mm [2 Walls]

Infill: 0%

Support: No

Brim: No

Raft: No

Speed: 55mm/s [Shown]

Post processing: No

Dimensions: 407mm x 394mm x390mm

Time to Print: 52Hrs

Material Usage: 880g

Notes: If you are having trouble with the build please look at the provided build instructions. Geodesic Sphere Build Instructions.pdf