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SCADpro + SOUP Collaborate for Half Pipe Lamp
August 19,
2026 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
The Half Pipe Lamp—a simple, purposeful design born from a collaboration between the nonprofit SOUP and SCADpro, SCAD’s innovation design studio.
Mentored by design leader Joshua To (VP of Design at Meta), a multidisciplinary team of SCADpro students led months of research, sketching, and prototyping to build a product that directly supports SOUP’s mission to tackle the Bay Area affordable housing crisis. Taking its name from its signature shape, the lamp’s steep angled profile sends light upward and outward in a soft ambient glow, balancing form, function, and purpose.
Andrew Appezzato, SCAD industrial design alum shared, “We wanted to explore how reclaimed materials could drive a design rather than simply be incorporated into one. The form and finish of the Half Pipe Lamp evolved through prototyping and testing, balancing the industrial character of the stainless steel with the warmth and craftsmanship of the hand finished wood. The result is a product that feels intentional, every lamp tells the unique story of the materials it was made from.”
Built to last and made to feel right at home, the Half Pipe Lamp transforms local resources and repurposed materials into a limited run of just 50 unique pieces. The base is crafted from teak, while the steel pipe—both donated by Release Marine and originally intended for custom sport fishing chairs—was angled to produce two forms from a single piece of scrap. The Half Pipe Lamp is a limited edition desk lamp made from reclaimed stainless steel and hardwood.
Each lamp begins with reclaimed materials sourced through local partners in Savannah. The stainless steel shade was originally intended for custom sport fishing chairs, while the hardwood base is individually turned and finished by hand. Every detail, from proportion and finish to light quality, was refined through months of prototyping and testing.
Only 50 lamps were produced. Because each is made from reclaimed materials and assembled by hand, subtle variations in height, grain, and finish make every piece unique.
Soup is a nonprofit that brings together design, entrepreneurship, and technology to turn ideas into opportunity. SCADpro is the innovation studio at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where multidisciplinary student teams partner with organizations to develop products, services, and experiences.
Together, Soup and SCADpro set out to create a functional, thoughtfully made product from reclaimed materials. Students led the project from concept to market, guiding every stage of development from research and prototyping through fabrication, testing, packaging, and launch.