Tag: lighting
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DesignTO 2022: Slanted/Enchanted at Erin Stump Projects Gallery
A group exhibition – Slanted/Enchanted at Erin Stump Projects Gallery for DesignTO
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Material Lust does Lighting
Handmade in Italy by artisans outside of Florence the new Material Lust Lighting Collection expands the Geometry is God furniture collection released in 2014. The line is driven by a fascination with Pagan and Alchemical symbolism and ancient geometries. With this series, we have attempted to reinterpret these markings without losing the potency of their primary aesthetic.
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Gabriel Chandelier lights up the Palace of Versailles
A dramatic new chandelier created by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec with the support and expertise of Swarovski is lighting up the entrance to the King’s Grand Apartments at the Palace of Versailles. The award-winning designers created a majestic chandelier made of Swarovski crystal whose sweeping grace and modern lines integrate harmoniously with the historically charged…
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Designer Series: Pete Bresse
Pete Bresse is the owner of Eclectic Revival, a local vintage and custom lighting shop located in the trendy Junction neighbourhood. In the video, Pete walks us through the design process, and why his love of cars has translated into his one-of-a-kind designs.
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Poetic technology by Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde 2014 from Richelle Sibolboro on Vimeo. Artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde discusses technology and its ability to translate poetic spaces derived from nature.
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See the Light
This year’s concept spaces will spotlight iconic lighting brands from around the world. See the Light will feature lighting as the driving force behind the interior design of a space, rather than a complementary addition to a room. Design studios have partnered with top lighting manufacturers to create four very unique spaces. WilliamsCraig Inc. is…
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Light is Falling
28.280 is a massive vertical installation by Vancouver-based designer Omer Arbel. Located in the main atrium of the Victoria and Albert Museum for the 2013 London Design Festival, the exhibition features lighting by Canadian design brand Bocci. The intent of the installation is twofold; On the one hand, it is a pure celebration of the…
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Philippe Starck for Flos
Philippe Starck describes the concepts behind this latest lamps for Italian manufacturing firm Flos.
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IN VITRO by Tat Chao
Montreal-based designer Tat Chao has created IN VITRO, an upcycled collection that takes the beauty of glassware and crystal and transforms them into new pieces. The handmade items were carefully chosen from second-hand shops and then were assembled with a simple bounding adhesive. The ensemble demonstrates the ‘Slow Design’ trend, exhibiting the rebirth from the…
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Flask by Tom Dixon
British design and manufacturing company Tom Dixon has design GEM. Part of the Rough and Smooth collection, presented at this year’s 2013 Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy, like a mysterious chemistry experiment FLASK is a spherical object made up of two, hand-blown, glass components, with a ridged and rounded base and a smoked-glass hood.
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GEM by Tom Dixon
British design and manufacturing company Tom Dixon has design GEM. Part of the Rough and Smooth collection, presented at this year’s 2013 Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy, the series comprises angular lights, tables and mirrors, sand cast from nickel-plated aluminum, taking inspiration from the faces of cut gemstones.
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Cell Lighting by Tom Dixon
British design and manufacturing company Tom Dixon has design CELL, a lighting collection part of the Rough and Smooth series, presented at this year’s 2013 Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy. Each Cell is made from layers of minutely etched, polished brass filtering light rays to throw a satisfyingly dappled glow casting intricate shadows on…
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Swarm Chandelier by Zaha Hadid
The Swarm Chandelier for Established & Sons, designed by Zaha Hadid, expresses the sense of perpetual motion that characterizes the studio’s work. Its hundreds of reflective black crystals are suspended in petal-like volumes, as if thrown into space by a controlled explosion. From afar, the intricately layered chandelier appears as a unified whole, only revealing…
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Orginaire
“Originaire” is a word created to combine the meanings of “original” and “initial”. In the Chinese language, the character for “source” is specifically in the context of the water source.
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Crystal Palace
The immersive installation invites visitors to experience the infinitely reflected crystalline interior, the dynamic visual display constantly changing.
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Ring of Light
This handcrafted light is made of stainless steel, LED tape and colored plastic electric cable, giving the element its own personal identity.
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Growing Lights
Light fibers climbing up a pergola in front of the house, branches of light growing out of the surrounding trees and small sprouts.
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Lighting Logistics
Environmentally friendly, low-energy sculptures showcasing its operational efficiency and infrastructure systems.
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Ball Point Lamp
The multi-purpose lantern features an adjustable beam that can be angled through the use of a magnetic ball joint.
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Petra
The pieces are designed to be produced entirely in limestone, composed in two parts to simplify the manufacturing process.
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Chaplin Top
The object is modeled after the famous English actor Charlie Chaplin which uses an upturned bowl on a fence post in an idyllic campsite reminiscent of the comedian’s trademark of a hat and walking stick.
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Instinctive Override
The aerodynamics of the instrument are projected on the surface through colorful beams of light to capture the horizontal movement and dialogue of speed and force.
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Arcade of Light
The experimental project combines the elements of science and philosophy articulated through intersecting the disciplines of sculpture, architecture and art.
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Figurine Furniture
Inspired by the costumes of the triadic ballet of Oskar Schlemmer, the figurines are showing different characters of lighting.
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An homage to the simplicity of the Italian territories, where nature inserts itself into the social and cultural contexts of the human being.
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Dancing Feathers
Made of a lightweight structure of stainless steel and glass, intertwined as if it is dancing in space.
Richelle Sibolboro 