GOOD DESIGN AWARDS: INNOVATIVE FIXTURES
LZF Wins Awards LZF captured international attention in 2021 for innovative light fixtures, Eris and Big Bird Horizontal, which won two Good Design Awards.
HOVERING OVERHEAD LIKE A GENTLE HUMMINGBIRD, LIGHT RADIATES FROM A FROSTED GLASS GLOBE, WHICH HANGS FROM ITS BEAK.
Designed by Mayice Studio, Eris is distinguished for its abstract and ethereal beauty. Combining glass and wood, as well as light and shadow, it is considered the perfect mood light. Its orbital shape, with a metallic base, replicates the dwarf planet with the same name. “Every material used by Mayice has soul. We like to work with both the master craftsmen who manipulate a material, and the material itself,” said Mayice Studio founders Imanol Calderon Elosegui and Marta Alonso Yebra. Eris was crafted by master artisan, Eduardo Garuti, with hand-blown borosilicate glass. Inside the orb, a wood veneer tube diffuses soft LED light for a variety of spaces. Eris is one of three glass lamps designed by Mayice Studio, alongside Dune and Estela. It is available as both a table lamp and suspension lamp. Even when off, Eris is praised for its ornamental design. Big Bird Horizontal joins LZF’s life-size family, alongside Elephant, Fish, and Koi. The fixture is a masterful display of wood craftsmanship and design. It reimagines “the concept of what a lamp can be in both shape and scale,” according to Good Design Awards. Big Bird Horizontal hovers overhead like a gentle hummingbird and radiates light from its © LZF
frosted glass globe, which hangs from the bird’s beak. It was created by illustrator and designer Isidro Ferrer in collaboration with master artisan Manolo Martin. The design is typified by vareta, a traditional wood carving technique.
ABOVE: Big Bird is a contemporary sculpture that champions wood craftsmanship. It’s available in both vertical and horizontal forms, as well as a smaller version called Birdy.
“To achieve the form, the element is reproduced by using sections, called dogas, and the ‘skin’ is shaped by means of fine woods, called varetas,” said Martin in a press release. Good Design awards are presented on the basis of aesthetic merit, materials, craftsmanship, innovation, sustainability and functionality. Winners are selected across 55 countries, among several thousand designers and companies, by an interna-
LEFT: Eris suspension lamp is praised for its ethereal and abstract design. It is defined by feminine lines and is intended to be a versatile light, working as a table, suspension, wall, or floor lamp.
tional jury with diverse design disciplines.•
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