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CONO W CATELLANI & SMITH
Catellani & Smith is one of those lighting companies that has always excelled at truly appreciating lighting effect and creating highly imaginative ways of expressing it.
As its name suggests, the Cono W wall lamp is an elegant tubular structure in a distinctive cone shape. More than 2m high, it has different light sources at each end. The main one at the top of the lamp spreads light up towards the ceiling and the wall using an asymmetric lens and a
high-eficiency COB (chip-on-board) LED positioned inside the structure. A 1W LED gives off a subtle sliver of light from the lower end of the lamp.
The finish is applied by hand, combining a bright shade of blue – using irregular brushstrokes to bring a textured look to the outer surface of the lamp – with gold leaf on the interior, the characteristic irregular surface that features in a number of the company’s luminaires.
AFTER EIGHT FONTANAARTE
A metal pendant lamp providing direct downlight, After Eight’s main body can be combined with solid glass diffusers in three different sizes, shapes and colours, designed to provide a soft ambient light. With the metal component coming in two sizes – 30cm and 36cm high, excluding the diffuser – it has an integrated and dimmable LED light source.
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ENSŌ CATELLANI & SMITH
Ensō is a sacred symbol in Zen Buddhism meaning circle, and is one of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy, even though it is a symbol and not a character.
It is traditionally drawn using only one brushstroke as a meditative practice, freeing the mind to create as the singular brushstroke allows for no modifications. And, of course, the lamp it inspires echoes its creator’s name. ‘I find the circle symbol, particularly fascinating for what it represents: enlightenment, completeness, everything and nothing,’ says Enzo
Catellani. ‘So an attempt to bring a three-dimensional character to those brushstrokes was a natural step for me to take.’
The circular sculpture rests on a brass base, while the LED light source – which involves an innovative patent-pending wireless connection and distribution system – is hidden behind the structure of the lamp, creating a soft light effect on the wall. ‘The colour, which lessens along the way, does not reach the closure of the circle, intentionally interrupting the beginning and end of a cycle to indicate that there are still openings for growth and evolution,’ says Catellani.
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