Our select products combine artistic aesthetics with functionality, illuminating spaces with unparalleled style and sophistication.
The prevailing theme in the latest light and lamp collections, introduced over the past year, is one of style—a captivating fusion of artistic and architectural influences that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in 2023 and beyond. From elegant pompom-shaped wall lamps to avant-garde installations inspired by luminous lines, this selection showcases not only the aesthetic prowess but also the innovative spirit of designers who have redefined the realm of contemporary illumination. Explore our carefully curated selection of some of the most extraordinary designs shaping the landscape of contemporary illumination, and step into the New Year with a glimpse of the future of lighting aesthetics.
Margaux Keller Collections’ Mimosa wall lamp is formed in an elegant pompom shape. Made from sand-blasted glass to radiate a soft, warm light, each piece is unique and signed and sits on top of a gilded or chrome brass base to give a decadent feel. See featured image. The studio also released its Beloio suspension, a ceiling light fashioned in the style of the celebrated Marseille necklace, forming an indoor ornament adorned with a precious glass bead and brass ball. With an adaptable length, the globes can be, for example, hung low, to embellish a couch or bedside table, giving off a soft-diffused light at eye level.
Cassina has also launched a new lighting collection containing a unique set of pieces. The Eitie is a wall installation designed by Tobia Scarpa featuring a pendant light, a table lamp, and a floor lamp that uses a luminous line and unique circular connectors in various configurations.
The Fluxus-E table lamp designed by Paolo Ulian pays tribute to Baron Bich, the inventor of the Bic pen. It’s composed of borosilicate glass tubes that can be arranged in different ways to mirror open or closed flower blossoms or more complex shapes, illuminated by an LED module.
The Valor.S table lamp and applique are designed by legendary French industrial designer and architect Philippe Starck in honor of Vallauris, a village on the French Riviera where Pablo Picasso and other artists took up residence to reveal the beauty of enameled ceramics. The lamp is characterized by its smooth organic shape and lively colors that include ivory white, orange, green, gold, and silver.
Wax, Stone, Light by Linde Freya Tangelder builds on the idea of sculptural blocks positioned precariously on top of each other in a seemingly unstable architectural column. The collection consists of five totem-like columns of different sizes made from glass cubes blown by Murano artists into cast-iron molds, with the custom-made center LED illuminating the entire piece with a warm light emitted from the ivory-white or smoke-grey finish.
Harmony of Form and Function: Excellence in Contemporary Lighting Designs
Regarding lighting design, an array of captivating creations seamlessly blend artistic ingenuity with functional elegance. Atelier Oï’s Oloïd acoustic light achieves a fusion of functionality and artistic expression. Serip’s Origem Inner Core pendant lamp strikes a harmonious balance by illuminating a precious stone cradled within a handmade bronze wire. Louis Poulsen’s timeless VL56 Pendant lamp, reintroduced in 2023 with chrome and brass variants, dates back to 1971 and enriches spaces with both aesthetic appeal and functional brilliance.
Atelier Oï’s Oloïd acoustic light for Impact Acoustic combines functionality and artistic expression. Flat ARCHISONIC felt panels, made from polyethylene terephthalate bottles cut with a special technique at precise angles, are expertly folded into graceful, organic bodies.
Serip’s Origem Inner Core pendant lamp is handmade using a bronze wire holding a precious stone that is illuminated to give off a soft light. Its Dandelion Floccus pendant lamp is produced in a contemporary style using a mixture of bronze and glass to create a dandelion head shape.
Staying with the pendant theme, Louis Poulsen’s VL56 Pendant lamp, originally designed by renowned functionalist architect Vilhelm Lauritzen for the Vega concert hall in Vesterbro Copenhagen, was reintroduced in 2023 in chrome and brass variants. Its Panthella 250 Portable Lamp is based on the iconic organic shape first designed by Verner Panton in collaboration with Louis Poulsen in 1971, with the top shade directing the glare-free light downward so it’s reflected by the trumpet-shaped base.
The AJ Oxford Table Lamp mirrors the architecture of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, for which it was originally designed as a table pin lamp for the college’s dining hall. Featuring a slim stem that merges seamlessly into the circular base, it’s available in a few variants, both with or without the metal top shade and in two different heights.
Redefining Form and Function with Distinctive Lighting Collections
We explore different distinctive lighting collections that redefine form and function. Gallotti & Radice’s architectural marvel, the Key-to-Heaven Fix hanging lamp by Massimo Castagna, features an adjustable dark burnished metal structure with integrated LED light. Federica Biasi’s Jolie hanging lamp showcases a dimmable LED light within Murano mouth-blown glass. In-es.art design introduces a limited edition range, including the Luna Afro and H20 Afro pendant lamps, and the Luce Liquida free-standing lamp, promising to transform spaces through a harmonious interplay of light and material combinations.
Another architectural masterpiece is Gallotti & Radice’s Key-to-Heaven Fix hanging lamp designed by Massimo Castagna and updated this year. Complete with an LED light, the dark burnished metal structure has four arms and is available in three standard heights.
In-es.art design has launched a limited edition lighting range with the capacity for transforming spaces into evocative scenarios by harmonizing light and material combinations with solutions conceived and designed in a continuous dialogue between function, physical and aesthetic identity to make light tangible and enhance the virtual space generated by it. The Luna Afro pendant lamp’s cable is lined with an African wax cover decorated with colorful and original detail.
The H20 Afro pendant lamp is made from nebulite and the cable is covered with an African Wax fabric. The Luce Liquida free-standing lamp, created by lead designer Oçilunam, is formed in a bottle shape from nebulite and is available in turquoise, orange, white, and magenta.
