Lighting & Control

Despite the postponement of major trade events worldwide, the lighting design community continues to unveil its architectural and decorative products, as well as the controls and systems behind them.

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1. Edition 27 Chelsom

Set to launch early this summer, the Edition 27 collection by Chelsom is the result of over two years of in-house design led by Robert and Will Chelsom. More than 40% of the series is completely new, with its designs forming a truly eclectic range that harnesses and refines the latest trends in finishes and materials. Chelsom has been at the forefront of the interior lighting industry since it was established in 1947, and Edition 27 perfectly aligns with the brand’s reputation for providing beautifully designed lighting products that have specifically been put together for the global hospitality and marine interior design marketplaces. www.chelsom.co.uk

2. Chiara Pendant Hector Finch

Hector Finch Lighting has partnered with the family-owned Murano glass foundry, Nason Moretti, to create its series of Paola globes and Chiara shades over the last five years. Now, the rising trend in using coloured glass for light fittings has led to the expansion of the range’s sizes and designs, including the new Chiara pendant. Nason Moretti is famed for its eclectic use of colours, which have been expertly formulated over centuries and are the result of alchemical magic – of which the secret is guarded closely – and glass blowing skills that date back into medieval history. These hues combine with high-quality glass to create lighting pieces that boast a unique jewel-like feel. www.hectorfinch.com

3. Marnie Barnardaud

Designed by Adam D. Tihany and named after his wife, Bernardaud’s Marnie collection combines the designer’s unique vision and philosophy with the brand’s renowned craftsmanship. Created to showcase the company’s mastery of Limoges porcelain, each piece features a textured, unglazed shade along with a richly coloured, metallic-glazed and customisable porcelain base. The light that diffuses through the shade is warm and inviting, creating a comfortable and sophisticated atmosphere. Comprising a lamp, two suspensions, a wall sconce and a chandelier, the Marnie range incorporates flower-like motifs inspired by those found repeating in nature. www.bernardaud.com

4. Capsule Collection Astro Lighting

Consistent with the brand’s creative ethos, Astro Lighting’s Capsule Collection combines elegant design with simplicity, focusing on precision while ensuring products are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Created by co-founder and Design Director James Bassant and Senior Designer Riley Sanders, the range comprises three products: Orb, io Pendant and Halftone. Orb presents an illuminated spherical ball with an adjustable magnifying mirror at its centre; io uses a circular 2D design and extrudes the glass to create a ribbed cylindrical form; and Halftone takes the form of a circle with an engaging etched pattern on a translucent clear acrylic. www.astrolighting.com

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1. Tika Lantern Vincent Sheppard

Vincent Sheppard’s solar-powered Tika Lanterns are designed to let outdoor areas glow. The collection comprises the original Tika Lantern; one with a steel base, lending an industrial touch; and one with a teak base, adding a more natural feel. Each model is available in a choice of black or camel colours – shades that are easily integrated into a variety of design schemes. Powered by solar energy, the units can be moved around with ease and positioned in several arrangements. The woven basket shade, crafted from HDPE wicker, creates a striking shadow play, whilst the powder-coated aluminium frame ensures durability in outdoor environments. www.vincentsheppard.com

2. Spinne Kalmar Lighting

Kalmar’s Spinne lighting system provides pendant lighting without ceiling hardwiring. The components, available in brass, copper, nickel and black finishes, guide the cable from the socket to the desired suspension point, resembling the delicate silk from a spider. Its coneshaped glass shade boasts a satin finish and emits a warm, ambient light, whilst the wheat-coloured textile cable allows for different suspension lengths in a variety of settings. Spinne, along with the rest of Kalmar’s Werkstätten range, is an ode to Austrian culture and modernist expression. Stripped of ornament yet meticulously fabricated, the lights are crafted in line with today’s design ethos. www.kalmarlighting.com

3. Bedside Panel Hoad & More

Hoad & More’s Bedside Panel is the latest addition to its range of bespoke and customisable products for the hospitality and residential sectors. Integrated with the room’s control system, it allows the user to manage the surrounding lighting from their bed, whilst also providing a reading light, USB and power socket. Characterised by sleek black and gold colours, the bedside panel adds a touch of elegance to guestroom spaces. Harnessing over twenty years of experience working with global hotel brands, Hoad & More are specialists in providing room control and lock solutions, all with a co-ordinated design throughout the room’s switches and sockets. www.hoadandmore.com

4. Infinity Design Atelier Alain Ellouz

Atelier Alain Ellouz is a creative art workshop specialising in alabaster and rock crystal lighting creations. Its Infinity Design collection expresses distinct elegance and luxurious simplicity. The designs are based on a simple vocabulary of forms, blending straight lines, halves and eighths to create weightless, aerial elements that offer both horizontal and vertical expressions. The series comprises four lamps – Cosy, Curiosity, Elementary and Fantasy – all of which offer a direct light in addition to alabaster’s backlight. In each product, the illuminations filter through a slender aperture in the stone inlaid with ultra-fine gilt metal, exhibiting a true display of prouesse technique. www.atelieralainellouz.com

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1. Yama Stellar Works

Stellar Works recently unveiled Yama – Space Copenhagen’s first lighting collection for the Shanghai-based brand. With its name deriving from the Japanese word for ‘mountain’, Yama’s shape is inspired by Japan’s undulating, rocky terrain. The series consists of pendant lamps featuring a clear geometric cone form that is available in a range of materials and tones. The construction of the lamp takes centrestage as its decorative feature, resulting in a modest expression that lends itself well to a multitude of uses and environments. Yama can be arranged as a group to create a signature look, or singularly for simple yet impactful accent lighting. www.stellarworks.com

2. Alena Pull-To-Start Lutron

When designing guestroom lighting schemes, it is equally important to consider the aspect of shade. Lutron’s MyRoom guestroom systems for controlling light, temperature and drapes offers solutions and advanced technology for hotels to do just that. A range of options include intuitive keypads, sleep thermostats and automated shades. The Alena Pull-to-Start drapery is now available in a new Ripplefold style, joining the Pinchpleat design. Alena elevates the guest experience by providing a simple, elegant drapery system for rooms, while the new Ripplefold style offers another option for Lutron clients, making Alena an even more attractive solution. www.lutron.com

3. Monsieur Tricot Tribù

Designed by lia Eckardt, Tribù’s Monsieur Tricot collection is a family of distinctive outdoor lighting, with both standing and hanging options that have been created using skilled knitting and crochet work. The Belgian designer grew up immersed in his home country’s fashion scene, experimenting with knitting techniques and weatherproof cord, and his designs for Tribù feature a warm, filtered light that casts intriguing shadows when beaming through the globe-shaped shade. The hand-knitted Madame Latoque, Madame Cachet and Monsieur Ellipse lamps, along with the hand-crocheted Madame Lebonnet lamps, make a strong statement on their own or when grouped together. www.tribu.com

4. Half Dome Kettal

Kettal’s latest lighting solution comes in the form of the Half Dome lamp by Naoto Fukasawa. The design seeks to mirror the soft glowing light, dimensions and shape of the moon. The fitting brings a range of moods to outdoor spaces with its flexible design characteristics. Taking inspiration from Fukasawa’s idea of the moon’s diameter as seen in the sky, the Half Dome lamp follows this in size and structure, suspended via its angled or upright frame. The design is customisable, coming in two different versions and 34 colourways. Designed to bring life to the outdoor areas of hospitality venues, the lamp becomes a comforting beacon once the sun has set. www.kettal.com

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1. Noway Leds C4

Among the latest releases in decorative lighting from Leds C4 is the Francesc Vilaró-designed Noway range. With a gravity-defying appearance, its design complements minimal materials. The collection comes in different versions, from purer options to more complex ones that experiment with double shades, varying colour combinations and light effects. Noway is available in sleek black and gold finishes and with or without a floor counterweight. Boasting quality materials, energy efficiency and preventive maintenance, Noway is ideal for use in the hospitality sector and each product comes with a five-year warranty against manufacturing defects. www.leds-c4.com

2. Carapace Oxen by Nexo Luce

Inspired by the geometry of a turtle’s shell, Carapace is a visually pure wall lamp, taking its name from the Italian word that defines this natural shape. The adjustable lamp can be tilted up to 45 degrees and swivelled up to 90 degrees, making it a versatile light that is perfect for use as a bedside or reading lamp. Offered in a variety of finishes, such as an elegant satin champagne colour, Carapace may be installed singularly on a wall, or as a set of three positioned at different angles. The light is part of Nexo Luce’s Oxen collection, which is dedicated to high-end decorative lighting and providing a unique, contemporary style defined by minimalism and elegance. www.oxenluce.com•www.nexoluce.com

3. LS990 Jung

Jung is exclusively offering its classic LS990 switches in a choice of 63 original Les Couleurs Le Corbusier colours worldwide. Considered to be one of the most significant architects of the 20 th century, Le Corbusier is celebrated for his timeless buildings, and his creative use of colours. For him, colour was just as important as layout and form for his designs. Jung shares this ethos, with each of the 63 shades in its range able to be combined with any other in the system, giving designers full customisation opportunities and lending rooms the desired atmosphere. The switches are a creative way of bringing vibrancy to the finer details of hospitality interior design. www.jung.de

4. Fractal Preciosa Lighting

Preciosa’s Fractal family, designed by Thomas Feichtner, boasts an industrial aesthetic that takes its inspiration from fractal pattters found in nature. The collection features metal branches and hand-cut crystal plates that mirror these motifs through a modular structure and reflecting patterns of crystal light. The chandeliers are created using tubular metal branches that not only give them an artistic shape, but also conceal the light sources, while the branches end with hand-blown crystal plates featuring a wedge that disperses the light into scattered paths. Available in a five sizes, each of the chandeliers comes with a different number of fractals. www.preciosalighting.com