design / manufactureproject designDECORATIVE
.PslabRe-Do, Milan Piuarch
Besselink & JonesKumo Bar, London Theo Theodorou & Valerie von92 PROJECTS
BechtolsheimITALY / ENGLAND
DO IT AGAIN
Youwould be forgiven for not imme- abuilding from adifferent perspective
diatelyidentifyexactlywhat is creating giving new life to existing objects.”
the effect shown here. Called Re-Do, Acollective team of 80architects, de-
this light installation was createdfor signers and engineers were involved in
Design Week in Milan, the result of a the scheme, which had to be executed
collaboration between Piuarch of Milan in three weeks. The installation took
and .PSLAB of Beirut. In fact, this 5.5m place at Piuarch’s studio in the Brera
x8m light wall is made up of 702 area of Milan.
plastic gallon jugs. The idea behind the
www.piuarch.it
concept was “rethinking an object or
www.pslab.net
KUMO COOL
London’s Kumo bar is astriking comments: “This has been avery
addition to the city’s renowned exciting project for us; we have
social scene. Designers Theo collaborated with Theo The-
Theodorou and Valerie von odorou before and his designs
Bechtolsheim have used lighting are alwaysexceptional but this
as an integral component of the design project was also technically
overall scheme, rather than as verychallenging.The Kumo Bar
an afterthought. As such, they allowed us to create something
approached lighting specialists extraordinarywith new materials
Besselink and Jones -hitherto and demonstrate the wide range
better known for more traditional of skills of our workshop. We feel
projects -torealise their ideas. veryluckyto be involved in this
The main feature is the fibre- project and we knew when we
glass, “upside down pyramid” first saw the design that this was
ceiling that hovers over the bar. going to be veryspecial, the result
Each of the 130pyramids is lit has surpassed all of our expecta-
with anormal 40wbulb yet its tions”.
creation was far from arun of the Aside from the ceiling effect, there
mill project. is lighting incorporated into the il-
The main difficultywas produc- luminated Lotus Onyx bar,aswell
ing the fibreglass in the right as rows of gilded disk lights in the
colour,texture, and clarity-the ceilings and walls which give a
client wanted it to look like “warm sense of perspective and elongate
honey”. There is also acomplex the lounge area. Everylight fixture
support system which is painted in the building is also dimmable,
exactlythe same colour as the enable the mood to be controlled
pyramids. as required.
Ben Simpson of Besselink &Jones
www.besselink.com
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