Pure Light
[Cosmos Series] Dutch Designer Frederik Molenschot presents his latest series of lamps during the ‘New Works’ group show from 21 January until 19 March 2016 at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris. The usage of hand-shaped cast bronze in this collection produces a surreal appearance reminiscent of seeing natural formations which transmit us a sense of belonging to the Earth. Lighting structures seem a transposition of organic growth, the way roots expand, or water rounds stones.
You, as a viewer, can bring your own story to something natural. People need to be attracted to it.
The blackened pieces have a refined brassy sheen within, which contributes to amplify light.
[Balancer Lamp] Berlin-based yuue design created this minimalistic floor lamp made from steel and marble, and available in white or black. Balancer‘s user can find their most comfortable light by turning the big knob and sliding its bending lever up and down.
The lampshade and the bulb come in one. The mechanism is visible to the eye, so that user knows instantly how the product works.
Having recently taken part in Stockholm Design Week, Design Shanghai will be the next stage where the design studio will be involved.
[Pleat Box series] Xavier Mañosa and Mashallah gave birth to this handcrafted collection of four ceramic lamps for Marset, starting from the challenge of applying a digitally-designed soft fold on a ceramic base. The external part is produced in white ceramic, brown, black, terracotta, and grey– the direct consequence of recycling different enamels. The interior can be in brilliant white enamel or 24k gold.
Ceramic, which is a material I talk about a lot, brings a kind of warmth that is difficult to find in other materials. The white pleat box is warm itself, but if you apply gold, it makes even more of an impression in the space and generates a series of streaks. It manages to alter the atmosphere of the space through the reflection of light on the material.
[Mayuhana Ma Black Lamp] Japanese architect Toyo Ito has revised the black edition of his spherical Mayuhana lamp for design brand Yamagiwa. The lamp was born in 2007 and consists of a triple skin of delicate fibre mesh balls. The black version has now been reproduced as Mayuhana Ma Black – an edition that is darker than its predecessor.
Mayuhana Ma Black is light in darkness. It is the quintessential quality of light found in Japan that reminds me of ‘In Praise of Shadows’ by Junichiro Tanizaki.
Ma alludes to a Japanese kanji character that means genuine or true, while the new colour derives from traditional sumi calligraphy ink.
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