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|Salone del Mobile 2006: Tom Dixon

May 15, 2006 _fairs

Expressionist, geometrical and with an eastern touch, these are the words that Tom Dixon uses for describing his new collection. Ornamentation is an internal urge in humans and he embraces this philosophy for emotive sake.The new patterns are inspired by the underlying structure of things: woven textiles, chain-mail, microscopic cell construction, and have a protagonist role in the Plane tables, the Tall chairs and last year's Soft System.
Wired steel structures characterise the Link armchair and the new Cage light available in two different sizes.
One of my favourites pieces was the Fat Spot, I loved the prismatic polycarbonate shade internally coated with copper and the hand beaten brass lamps Beat Light. The Diamond Light is a large-scale pendant light in folded aluminium with anodised finish.
All the images after the jump.

New geometrical patterns enrich the collection

Link easy chair

Cage Light

Fat Spot

Beat Lights

Diamond Light

| Handshake

March 22, 2006 _lighting

Paris based industrial designer Arik Levy has grown to be one of the most recognisable young designers around and I believe he deserves that popularity. His work is a perfect balance of innovation, material research and aesthetical sensibility. The lamp Handshake, inspired by a hand muff, was first introduced in a limited edition but later scaled down in size so it will fit larger manufacture scales at an affordable price.

|Taraxacum and Zeppelin

November 3, 2005 _lighting

Back in 1960 Achille Castiglioni, one of the greatest designers of all times, designed together with Pier Giacomo Castiglioni the cocoon lamps made of metal and sprayed fiberglass for Flos. Forty five years later Marcel Wanders pays tribute to the man he considers his artistic uncle designing Zeppelin, a pendant lamp made of steel and pressed crystal cover.

|Tide Chandelier

October 17, 2005 _lighting

Berlin based designer Stuart Haygarth has been working on design projects which revolve around collections of objects. The objects are normally collected in large numbers and assembled in a way that transforms their meaning. The results take various forms such as large one off chandeliers, installations, sculptural and functional works.
The Tide Chandelier in the pictures is made from a collection of clear and translucent objects, all collected on a specific stretch of the Kent coastline.

|Ribbon

September 30, 2005 _accesories

Ribbon is a Japanese company making astonishing objects out of standard ribbon.
Makoto Yamaguchi designed the 0.6km table using 600 meters of ribbon for the tabletop, the silk effect of the material is simply delightful.
Uzu is a lampshade made entirely of ribbon. Designed by Rieko Miyata, the variation of the layers together with the light create a unique gradation of colour.

Also from the Uzu collection the bowl available in multiple sizes and colours.

|Bad Hair Day

September 28, 2005 _lighting

Seen in 100% Design London. Bad Hair Day is a clever statically charged pendant light designbed by AfroditiKrassa
Completely covered in yarn filaments, when switched on the lampshade becomes statically charged creating a unique live effect.
Also from their Divine Collection Pretty Big wallpaper where traditional ink patterns are combined with mirrored areas creating a composition which is unique to the space it reflects.

|Item

September 27, 2005 _lighting

More from 100% Design. Kou is the name of this impressive chandelier made of bone china designed by Item.
Inori is a set of stackable tableware in ceramics with a great sculptural impact.

2005_item_kou lamp-01.jpg

| Y Light

September 26, 2005 _lighting

News from 100% Design! British company CTO Lighting launched the Y Light, a clever chandelier made of several Y shaped porcelain pieces.

|Caboche

September 17, 2005 _lighting

Caboche is the suspension lamp composed by polymethylmetacrylate transparent globes designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto for Foscarini.

|LX

September 15, 2005 _lighting

LX is the name of a japanese lantern company that together with art director Yindigo Mochizuki pulled together a group of designers to conceive new lamps with the traditional craft of Gifu; using elastic spiral structure and the Mino Japanese paper.
The result is a charming collection; Shadow of your Smile by Mochizuki (in the picture) and the Porcini Family by Jasper Morrison are my favourite models.

|Tikal

September 12, 2005 _lighting

The latest creation of Vico Magistretti for Fontana Arte is Tikal, a lovely die-cast aluminium lamp available in dark blue, white and gray. The light difusses as you rotate the top of the lamp. 100% Magistretti's style.

|Uto

September 6, 2005 _lighting

Uto is a smart suspension light designed by Barcelona based La Granja Design for Foscarini. Completely made of silicon rubber with polycarbonate diffuser it suits both indoors and outdoors use.

|Luceplan

August 30, 2005 _lighting

Luceplan's 2005 collection is simply wonderful.
Designed by architect Paolo Rizzato, Miranda is a series of table, bedside, floor and suspension lights made of aluminium and blown glass. The diffuser is either opal or mirrored glass supported by a ring that holds the lampholder, the concepts true core. Miranda is a perfect example of Rizzato's distinctive design style, timeless elegant with a bit of an old taste.

A historical piece of Luceplan's porfolio, Fortebraccio, has been revisited by Paolo Rizzato and Alberto Meda and the result is just stunning. New colours, better functionality and some smooth radius have freshened up this contemporary design classic.

Mix is a sophisticated reading lamp with a lightweight frame that uses the new LED Chip on Board technology designed by the duo Meda-Rizzato.

|System X

July 15, 2005 _lighting

System X is the latest invention of Ross Lovegrove for the japanese company Yamagiwa. The company is one of the biggest distributors of italian design in Japan and an important player as manufacturer of lighting fixtures.
System X is a modular light that has infinite expanding possibilities, in fact, the pieces can be connected in two directions thanks to its rubber joints creating a big grill, a line, different sized circles and of course it can be used separated.
Each element utilizes two T4 21W fluorescents with optional dimmer.

|MultiPot

July 12, 2005 _lighting

MultiPot is a light fixture conceived for providing storage and power to all those devices that we own: ipod, mobile phones and digital cameras can be plugged in to one of the five power sockets available. Inside the MultiPot there is enough space for the cables.
Designed by Dante Donegani and Giovanni Lauda for the italian company Rotaliana.

|Take Away Lights

May 3, 2005 _lighting

Takeaway is a group of young designers working under the general concept of "to go": light objects, transformable, for easy transportation
and extreme personalization.
They have recently launched the collection Lights On, a series of lamps made of colored, die cut, printed or folded polypropylene. The structure is ultralight, easy to assemble and uses standard components to optimize production and shipping. The electrical parts are also standard to reduce costs and facilitate maintenance of the product.
The collection was produced by Bright International Group Ltd. and presented during Milan's Furniture Fair.

In the image Puntilla by Mercedes Jaen Ruiz and Toujours by Jorge Najera.

|Best seller by Kartell

November 28, 2003 _lighting

The lamp Take has already become a best seller, in only three months 30.000 units have been sold across the globe. The classic icon of the abat-jour revisited by Kartell technology becomes and industrial product, realized in molded polycarbonate. Trendy, styled and quite cheap.
Designed by Ferruccio Laviani.