S EA GRASs “posi donia o ceanica ı
LAMPS H AD ESı desi gn dı ı byı
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METIS LAMPSHADES ARE HAND MADE FROM THE SEA GRASS “POSIDONIA OCEANICA” FOUND IN MOST GREEK BEACHES. THEY ARE MADE IN THREE DIMENTIONS (SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE) AND CAN BE USED FOR SIDE TABLE LIGHTING, FLOOR AND CEILING LIGHTING. METIS LAMPSHADES ARE CHARACTERISED BY THEIR ORGANIC SHAPE AND NATURAL COLOUR. SINCE THEY ARE MADE FROM A LIVE PLANT, THEY CHANGE SHAPE AND COLOUR HUE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE E N V I R O N M E N TA L C O N D I T I O N S . T H E R E F O R E E A C H LAMPSHADE HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE SHAPE AND NO ONE IS COMPLETELY IDENTICAL.
METIS DESIGN IS BASED ON JAPANESE W A B I S A B I PHILOSOPHY. WABI-SABI NURTURES ALL THAT IS AUTHENTIC BY ACKNOWLEDGING THREE SIMPLE REALITIES: NOTHING LASTS, NOTHING IS FINISHED, AND NOTHING IS PERFECT. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WABI-SABI AESTHETIC INCLUDE ASYMMETRY, ASPERITY (ROUGHNESS OR IRREGULARITY), S I M P L I C I T Y , ECONOMY, AUSTERITY, MODESTY, INTIMACY AND APPRECIATION OF THE INGENUOUS INTEGRITY OF N AT U R A L O B J E C T S AND PROCESSES.
IMPORTANT:
THE STAND IS NOT INCLUDED
D I M E N S I O N S DIAMETER cm Φ 15, Φ 30, Φ 50 The dimensions for the FRAME are fixed. The diameter of the Lampshade is fixed. The height of the Lampshades is varied due to hand made Consider addiNonally at least 3 cm on each edge Top and boRom.
ΗEIGHT 26 cm
JPDESIGNPRACTICE London
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