Lzf Telling Tales 03 Ava & Silver

TELLING TALES Illuminated stories by LZF

03 Ava & Silver Grassa Toro

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TELLING TALES Illuminated stories by LZF

Lzf presents the world premier of the 2016 collection.

We have illuminated stories of love, solitude and passion.

Six tales: six volumes, one voice, her voice.

Telling Tales Images and words in an attractive indispensable edition.

FOREWORD My name… Well, it doesn’t really matter what my name is.

I have the same name as so many other people. I also like what so many other people like: ice cream, shiny shoes, warm weather, being silent for long periods of time, and watching people.

I often watch people without them noticing. I don’t want to bother them. Infact, I’ve developed complex techniques for passing unnoticed while I watch, which I can’t reveal to you because if I did they would be useless.

As a matter of fact, I don’t watch as much as I see: I mean, I see into peoples’ lives. You can’t watch the past or the future because they’re not there in front of you, but you can see into them.

The same sort of thing happens with thoughts and other things that can also be seen.

I don’t know if I already mentioned this but I also like secrets, the light you get in movie houses, my city, long avenues like the one I live on, falling in love, and having birthdays, just like anybody else.

I love to write, and when I do, I write at night.

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AVA & SILVER Grassa Toro

Illustrations Ilustrations by by Riki Riki Blanco Blanco

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He always arrives at Dr. Stanford’s clinic late in the afternoon. He goes once a month.

He is very elegant. Today he has to wait, the doctor is still with a child; the winter has colds running rife among the school children.

Her clinic is a paediatric one. I’m positive he’s bumped into Mrs Andersen and her children in the waiting room.

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The Anderson kids are always sick and are at the clinic every month, I think they fake it, in reality, what they want, is to spend an afternoon in Dr. Stanford’s play room. Children these days are very smart, they even know how to lie. I never learnt how to, I only know how to imagine, which is different.

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Mrs Anderson leaves the building holding her daughter by the hand, which means he is already entering into Dr. Stanford’s office. I think he’s French, all men that carry a suitcase and wear a hat are french, or bachelors, or maybe even both.

He greets her by her name, Ava, and she tells him how much she’s missed him.

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Silver is a couturier. Dr. Stanford doesn’t have time to go shopping, I hardly ever see her go out; she’s too busy looking after our kids, well I mean, other people’s kids, I still don’t have any. Silver will unpack one of his new creations that he has brought for Ava to try on, they are stunning.

I wonder when Dr Stanford actually wears all these clothes ?

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It has started to snow. Ava will tell Silver that he can’t possibly leave now, not with this cold. They’ll spend the night together. He will tell her about all the cities he’s been to and she’ll ask him lots of questions, like, if he likes to dance, or if he also makes clothes for men, or why he never gets sick? The reason Ava asks him so many questions, is because she doesn’t dare ask him the one question she has been wanting to ask him for a very long time.

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PRÓLOGO Me llamo… bueno, no importa demasiado cómo me llamo; tengo el mismo nombre que muchas personas; también tengo los mismos gustos: los helados, algunas canciones, los zapatos brillantes, el calor, quedarme callada mucho rato, mirar a la gente.

Miro a la gente sin que ellos lo sepan, no quiero molestarles, he desarrollado técnicas muy complejas para lograr pasar desapercibida mientras miro. No puedo desvelarlas porque ya no me servirían.

En realidad, no miro mucho; prefiero ver. Quiero decir que veo la vida de la gente. El pasado y el futuro no se pueden mirar porque no están ahí delante, pero se pueden ver. Pasa lo mismo con los pensamientos y con otras cosas, que también se pueden ver.

No sé si ya lo he dicho: también me gustan los secretos, la luz del cine, mi ciudad, las largas avenidas como esta en la que vivo, enamorarme, y cumplir años. Como a todo el mundo.

Escribo, escribo por las noches.

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Siempre llega a la clínica de la doctora Stanford a última hora de la tarde. Acude una vez al mes. Es muy elegante.

Hoy tiene que esperar, la doctora todavía no ha terminado de pasar consulta, el frío está haciendo estragos entre los niños. La clínica de la doctora Stanford es infantil. Seguro que en la sala de espera se ha encontrado con la señora Anderson y sus hijos.

Esos niños siempre están enfermos, acuden a la consulta todos los meses. Creo que fingen, que, en realidad, lo que desean es pasar la tarde en la sala de juegos que tiene preparada la doctora para ellos. Los niños de ahora son muy inteligentes, incluso saben mentir. Yo nunca aprendí, solo sé imaginar, es distinto.

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La señora Anderson abandona el edificio con sus hijos de la mano, eso quiere decir que él ya está entrando en el despacho de la doctora. Yo creo que es francés, todos los hombres que llevan maleta y sombrero son franceses o solteros, o las dos cosas.

El la saluda por su nombre, Ava, y ella le dice que le estaba echando de menos.

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Silver es modisto. La doctora Stanford no tiene tiempo para ir de compras, casi nunca la veo salir a la calle; está demasiado ocupada cuidando a nuestros hijos, bueno, a los hijos de los demás, yo todavía no he tenido. Silver sacará uno a uno los nuevos modelos que ha traído para Ava, son bellísimos. ¿Cuándo se pondrá todos esos vestidos la doctora Stanford?

Ha empezado a nevar. Ava le dirá a Silver que no puede irse ahora, con tanto frío. Pasarán la noche juntos. Él le hablará de todas las ciudades que conoce y ella le preguntará muchas cosas; por ejemplo, le preguntará si le gusta bailar, o si también cose para hombres, o por qué nunca se pone enfermo; Ava le hace tantas preguntas porque nunca se atreve a hacerle la pregunta que quiere hacerle desde hace mucho tiempo.

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THE CASTING

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LZF LAMPS Spiro Piknik Elephant Asterisco Cuad Swirl X-Club Cervantes

SPIRO /

PIKNIK /

by Remedios Simón

by Macalula

LZF / 16

LZF / 19

INFO

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SPRO SM Suspension Light Emission Direct / Diffused Class I

PKNK M Table Light Emission Direct / Diffused Class II

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Metal canopy Brushed niquel ø 8 cm / 4,8” (Fluorecent version) Metal canopy White 23 cm / 9” (LED version) Electrical cable Transparent 2 m / 8 ft drop Steel cable 4 x 2 m / 8 ft drop

Base Black lacquered spun metal Rechargeable battery Rechargeable SV mini USB 5 hours of autonomy

LED (Integrated)

RECOMMENDED TUBE or LED (Integrated)

LED LED SMD (WORLD - USA & CANADA)

230V - T5 Fluorescent (WORLD) 120V - 277V - T5 Fluorescent (USA & CANADA)

WOOD SHADE COLORS

LED Linear Module (WORLD - USA & CANADA)

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WOOD SHADE COLORS Spirals colors & Wood Outer shell or 21

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21

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37 cm 14,6”

Spirals colors & Black or White Exterior 20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31

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15 cm 5,9” 11 cm 4,3”

75 cm 29,5”

ELEPHANT /

ASTERISCO /

LZF / 21

LZF / 23

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ELE LS Life Size Light Emission Diffused Class I

AST MM Medium Table Light Emission Direct Class II

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Wood Elm & Birch tree

Base Matt White Enamel or Satin Aluminium Stem Natural Oak Cord and plug with on/off switch Red cloth cord

by Isidro Ferrer

LED (Integrated) LED Linear Module (WORLD - USA & CANADA)

WOOD SHADE COLORS

by Cuatro Cuatros

RECOMMENDED BULBS 230V - E14 CFL or LED (WORLD) 120V - E12 Candelabra Base CFL or LED (USA & CANADA)

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WOOD SHADE COLORS 20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 163 cm 65” 56 cm 22”

98 cm 39”

160 cm 63”

32 cm 12,6” 43 cm 16,9”

CUAD /

by Burkhard Dämmer

SWIRL /

by Ray Power

LZF / 24

LZF / 27

INFO

INFO

CUAD SM Suspension Light Emission Diffused Class I

SWIRL SG Suspension Light Emission Diffused Class II

COMPONENTS

COMPONENTS

Metal canopy Brushed niquel ø 8 cm / 4,8” (Fluorecent version) Metal canopy White 23 cm / 9” (LED version) Electrical cable Transparent 2 m / 8 ft drop Steel cable 4 x 2 m / 8 ft drop

Metal canopy Brushed nickel ø 12 cm / 4,8” Electrical cable Transparent 2 m / 8 ft drop Steel cable 2 m / 8 ft drop

RECOMMENDED TUBE or LED (Integrated) 230V - T5 Fluorescent (WORLD) 120V - 277V - T5 Fluorescent (USA & CANADA) LED Linear Module (WORLD - USA & CANADA)

RECOMMENDED BULBS 230V - E27 CFL or LED (WORLD) 120V - E26 CFL or LED (USA & CANADA) 120V - GU24 CFL or LED (USA & CANADA) 277V - GU24 CFL or LED (USA & CANADA)

WOOD SHADE COLORS

WOOD SHADE COLORS

20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31

20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31

12 cm 4,7”

35 cm 13,8”

70 cm 27,5”

35 cm 13,8”

84 cm 33”

76 cm 30”

X-CLUB /

CERVANTES /

by Burkhard Dämmer

by Burkhard Dämmer

LZF / 28

LZF / 31

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X A Wall, Ceiling Light Emission Diffused / Direct Class I

CERV A Wall, Ceiling Light Emission Diffused Class I

COMPONENTS

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Frontal diffuser Matt satin acrylic Back plate Chrome

Frontal diffuser Matt satin acrylic Back plate White or black

RECOMMENDED TUBE 230V - T5 Fluorescent (WORLD) 120V - 277V - T5 Fluorescent (USA & CANADA)

LED (Integrated) LED String (WORLD - USA & CANADA)

WOOD SHADE COLORS

WOOD SHADE COLORS & METAL OUTER

20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31

21 & W or BK

12 cm 4,7” 70 cm 27,5”

58 cm 22,8”

15 cm 5,9”

58 cm 22,8” 70 cm 27,5”

18 cm 7”

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CREDITS

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LZF EDITORIAL PROJECT DIRECTOR / Mariví Calvo WRITER / Grassa Toro PHOTOGRAPHER / María Mira & Cualiti Photo Studio TRANSLATOR / Sandro Tothill

GRAPHIC DEPARTMENT / Adrián M. Almonacid Miriam Castellano Ester Colomina Tristan Mayne PAINTINGS / Isidro Ferrer PRINTER / Gráficas Vernetta

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LZF LAMPS presents a collection of

TELLING TALES

01

JULIE & NELSON

02

LANA & JOHN

04

JANE & MIKE

05

GLADYS & FRED

06

SILVIA & JAMES

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Wood touched by Light