Lyra - Modular Blade Lamp

Lyra — Modular Blade Floor Lamp

Lyra is a parametric floor lamp you can scale to your space. Stack 2 to 7 stages to build a column of light anywhere from 440 mm to 1,540 mm tall. The name comes from the lyre: 20 vertical blades per stage, taut between two rings like strings on an instrument. Unlit, it reads as a clean architectural column. Lit, it becomes a glowing pillar that fills a room with diffused light, warm white for ambiance, or full RGB colour with a smart LED strip.

Lyra started as a single-stage table lamp. This is its bigger sibling. Same blades, same inner shade, same principle, just taller, and designed to stand on the floor.

Each stage clips onto the next through the blade connectors, no tools, no extra fasteners. Inside, a thin shade printed in vase mode wraps a helically coiled LED strip, diffusing the individual LEDs into a smooth, even glow. A weighted ballast base (240 mm diameter) keeps the lamp stable even at full height.

Size chart

What's in the download

Six print profiles are available, one per height configuration (2 to 7 stages). Each profile includes all the parts needed for that configuration and gives a clear picture of expected print time and material usage.

The lamp is made up of 8 distinct components:

• Base: available in two versions: standard, or with a print-pause cavity to insert metal ballast plates mid-print. The ballast version feels noticeably heavier and more premium once the plates are sealed inside.
• Bottom ring: hollow cavity that can be filled with small steel balls after printing for additional stability, especially on taller builds. It attaches to the base via a simple screwing mechanism
• Intermediate rings: connect and align the stages as you stack them.
• Top ring: closes the lamp with a clean finish.
• End blades: rounded on one end; used at the very top and bottom of the lamp for a smooth, finished look. Top and bottom are identical and interchangeable.
• Intermediate blades: flat at both ends; used for all stages in between.
• Inner sleeve: features a printed helical groove that guides you when sticking the LED strip, ensuring correct spacing from bottom to top. Using the customiser, enter your strip length and number of stages to get the right groove pitch.
• Outer shade — printed in vase mode, wraps around the inner sleeve to soften and diffuse the LED light.

Assembly is fully documented in the included build guide.

Stability — minimum recommended ballast

Plate ballast: 38 plates × 11.3 g ≈ 430 g (19 slots × 2 plates, 60 × 16 × 1.5 mm galvanised steel). Steel balls: up to 700 g. Maximum combined ballast: ~1,130 g.

Filament and print settings

PLA works well, no special strength requirements. Standard settings: 0.2 mm layer height. The inner and outer shades should be printed in vase mode (spiralise outer contour), no bottom layers, 0.4 mm line width. The ballast base version includes a print-pause point to insert the metal plates before the cavity is sealed.

Bill of materials

• LED strip: WS2812B RGB LED Strip Light, 5 m, from the Bambu Lab store. 5 V addressable, width ≤ 8 mm. Controller included.
• Power supply: 5 V USB charger
• USB extension cable: to reach a wall socket without constraining lamp placement
• Ballast (one or both, combinable):
  • 38 × galvanised steel flat plates, 60 × 16 × 1.5 mm: inserted during print pause (amazon.de link, not affiliate)
  • Steel balls: poured into the bottom ring after printing (amazon.de link, not affiliate)

A note before you build

I hope you enjoy building Lyra, it's genuinely worth the print time, and the result tends to draw attention in any room. Share pictures of your build and leave a comment: your feedback helps me improve the design for everyone.