In our next exclusive movie, Janne Kyttanen looks back at how the the delicate flower-shaped lamp he designed in 2002 demonstrated how 3D printing could be used to create desirable objects for the home.

Kyttanen's Lily light, which he designed while part of Amsterdam studio Freedom of Creation in 2002, is a laser-sintered lamp with a form reminiscent of a water lily flower.

The light caused a stir when it was presented at Milan Design Week in 2003, by showing how 3D printing ? which was previously considered a prototyping technology ? could be used to create consumer products.

"The Lily light is the first highly commercial 3D-printed lighting product," says Kyttanen in the movie, which was filmed at his studio in Los Angeles.

"It's made of polyamide, a very fine powder used for laser sintering."
In 2002, 3D printing was much more expensive than it is today. Kyttanen says the key to the success of the product was making it small enough to be affordable.

"One of the challenges when we were designing these products about 20 years ago was how do we make something when everything is still so very expensive," he explains.

"My whole inspiration was to create something very small, but something that would give a big impact into a space."

Each Lily light, which is 3D-printed as a single piece, features a series of extremely thin and delicate petals. When the light inside is turned on, the petals glow, revealing the tiny layers of plast...