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Let The Light In
from Milan Special Issue
by est magazine
We name the best new designs and revised classics unveiled at Salone del Mobile’s biennial lighting event Euroluce and Milan Design Week.
WORDS | Sophie Lewis
DELTA 117
ROBINSON FERREUX NILUFAR GALLERY
Robinson Ferreux designed DELTA 117 for Milan’s Nilufar Gallery. The latest addition to the French designer’s DELTA collection, the floor lamp features seven cotton diffusers threaded onto a brass structure, referencing the ‘esoteric, ancient Egypt and outer space exploration’.
NUVOLA LAMP DRAGA & AUREL
BAXTER
The Nuvola lamp is part of Draga & Aurel’s Nuvola fibreglass lighting collection for Baxter. Available in three different sizes, the new lamp lifts inspiration from the irreverence of Pop Art, iconic 1970s design and the ‘shimmering atmosphere of Studio 54’.
WAX STONE LIGHT FLOOR LAMP
LINDE FREYA TANGELDER
CASSINA
Cassina’s first foray into lighting featured the standout Wax Stone Light floor lamp by Linde Freya Tangelder. The lamp reflects the designer’s fascination with ‘liquid materials and how they change form as they solidify’, as seen through its Murano glass cubes worked manually with wax to create their unique shape.
KNIT FLOOR LAMP
MEIKE HARDE
VIBIA
The new Knit collection by Cologne-based Studio Meike Harde for Vibia takes its name from the single knitted lycra sleeve that stretches over the light’s sphere. A soft glow is created through the fabric and translucent diffuser.
LÁMINA 45 FLOOR LAMP
ANTONI AROLA
SANTA & COLE
SOLSTICE STUDIOPEPE
TACCHINI
The just-released Solstice wall lamp by Studiopepe for Tacchini is inspired by the work of Italian artist Enrico Castellani, designed as an elegant fibreglass sculpture where ‘luminosity and transparencies fluctuate’.
SOUL STORY ANGLE 1
DCW Éditions
Soul Story Angle 1 by DCW Éditions is a series of five plaster wall lamps that feature a small metal character seated or standing, designed to invite contemplation through the examination of contrasting scale.
LINA APPLIQUE HANNES PEER
6:AM GLASSWORKS
Lina Applique by architect Hannes Peer for 6:AM
Glassworks is a contemporary interpretation of Murano glass design. The wall lamps are hand pinched and cast and are available in customisable colours.
PEAKS
MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES
Peaks is a ‘family of pendants’ designed by Michael Anastassiades featuring inverted cones in different string configurations – a focal point at the designer’s Euroluce exhibit.
“WHEN THE LIGHT IS OFF, THE FORMS APPEAR VERY SCHEMATIC, AS IF BORROWED FROM A GEOMETRIC STILL LIFE. WHEN ON, THE SHADING CHANGES, AS LIGHT CASTS ALONG THE CURVED SURFACE.”
– Michael Anastassiades
PROTOTYPE OF GALAXY CHARLES & RAY EAMES
CASSINA
Cassina revealed their Eames Lighting collection this year, to be released in 2024. Expressing the brand’s interest in the Modern Movement, the prototype of the Galaxy by Charles and Ray Eames was on show in their showroom and as part of Cassina’s 50th-anniversary exhibition, Echoes, 50 years of iMaestri.
2097 CHANDELIER GINO SARFATTI
FLOS
This year, Flos explored the 2097 chandelier designed by Gino Sarfatti in a matte white finish. Originally designed in 1958, the 2097’s exposed cables and bulbs were envisaged as a modern take on the traditional Murano glass chandelier.
18 POCKETS
GIOPATO&COOMBES
Italian-British designers Giopato&Coombes revealed their lighting sculptures installation, 18 Pockets , in the 5Vie design district. It simultaneously represented six years of research and the designers’ experimentation and imagination.
LA LAMPE B THIERRY DREYFUS
DCW ÉDITIONS
Surrounded by sheer curtains in DCW Éditions’ Euroluce exhibit, the just-released LA LAMPE B by Thierry Dreyfus is designed to ‘light up the intimate’, emulating the soft light of a candle.
PORT LIGHT
TOM FEREDAY
RAKUMBA LIGHTING
Australian lighting brand Rakumba presented Enlightened Living at this year’s Milan Design Week. Here, the lighting brand showcased its collaboration with Sydneybased designer Tom Fereday – the Port Light collection – made from cast crystal glass. Handmade in Australia and featuring solid machined brass, the Port Light was conceived as an abstract glowing form.
VESTIGE
ROSS GARDAM
Australian designer Ross Gardam held his first solo show at Milan Design Week 2023. The lighting designer launched three new collections and two new limited-edition pieces, including the Vestige . The sculptural lamp is made from cast crystal glass, crafted by glass artist Peter Kovacsy.
CÉRAMIQUE
RONAN BOUROULLEC
FLOS
Italian heritage brand Flos entered the world of ceramics for the first time with Céramique by Ronan Bouroullec, reflecting the designer’s long-standing appreciation for the material. The new collection launched at Euroluce comprises a ceramic body and diffuser with an entirely handcrafted surface and a base, stem and cap configuration that creates an ‘ever-changing type of illumination’.
“CERAMICS ARE ABOUT DESIRE AND SENSUALITY. I THINK THAT MY WORK IS INCREASINGLY MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION, PRODUCING OBJECTS THAT ARE FUNCTIONAL, CERTAINLY, BUT LOOKING FOR A KIND OF ELEGANCE, OF PLEASURE.”
– Ronan Bouroullec
W223
JOHN PAWSON
WÄSTBERG
W223 designed by John Pawson for WÄSTBERG indicates the designer’s reductive approach through the interaction between material – aluminium or marble –and light. ‘Cut-outs’ in the profile influence how light is cast.
LIIU
VANTOT
LUCEPLAN
LIIU by Vantot for Luceplan is a modular system with metal cables held down ‘in constant tension’ by counter-weights. Designed to adapt to different settings, LIIU manifests Luceplan’s research into high-performance lighting systems with an ethereal visual impact.
TUBS MODULAR NAHTRANG STUDIO
LEDSC4
As part of an interactive stand at Euroluce, LEDSC4 presented Tubs Modular by Nahtrang Studio, a slim profile, flexible light that’s infinitely expandable but adaptable for smaller spaces.
TUBINO TERRA FLOOR LIGHT
MARIO NANNI
VIABIZZUNO
This year Italian lighting brand Viabizzuno presented il rispetto – a pavilion designed to unite the infinite rules of natural light with the brand’s eight rules of artificial light. The Tubino Terra floor light by Mario Nanni explores Viabizzuno’s multi-use focus; the dimmable floor light has a ball and socket joint allowing it to swivel and tilt.
SOTTILE
DAVIDE GROPPI
On show at this year’s Euroluce, the Sottile suspension lamp is designed to express light in its purest form. While the blade is just six millimetres thick, the light is bright and dimmable.
OBELLO LAMP
BILL CURRY
GUBI
The Obello lamp is an iconic portable space-age design by Bill Curry produced by Gubi that features a frosted, mouthblown glass shade and dimmable light source.
LUMEN
TOBIAS GRAU
DIBBERN
During this year’s Milan Design Week, tableware porcelain company Dibbern launched their first lamp collection called Lumen in collaboration with Tobias Grau, in an installation by Cameranesi Pompili. Lumen includes four fine bone china forms designed to showcase the material, with four glass accessories.
ONGO BATTERY LAMP
JESSICA CORR
TZELAN, TONY CHI AND CONTARDI
Jessica Corr for Tzelan, Tony Chi and Contardi are the design minds behind the mushroom-shaped Ongo lamp. The small portable lamp creates maximum impact through different colour and finish combinations, such as brass and handblown Murano glass.
OUT VICTOR CARRASCO
VIBIA
The OUT floor lamp by Victor Carrasco for Vibia is designed to bring the intimacy and aesthetic of indoor lighting outdoors. The just-released lamp features two cones connected by a flexible, arched rod.
MADCO ELISA OSSINO
AMBIENTEC
The first time Ambientec have experimented with colour, the take-anywhere Madco lamp designed by Elisa Ossino is a minimalist yet colourful lantern that can be rotated 360° to create ever-changing light configurations.
SALINA FRANCESCA DE GIORGI
AXOLIGHT
The Salina lamp by Francesca de Giorgi for Axolight is made from fabric, attesting to Axolight’s fascination with challenging what an outdoor lamp should look like by ‘moving beyond the idea of indoor things and outdoor things’.
