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ARCTIC BIG FOR ARTEMIDE
You might need to brush up on your geometry for this one. Artemide describes the Arctic range as ‘a collection of lamps that reflect and deconstruct reality, brought to life through their own light, natural light, and the surrounding environment’. They are formed from geometric elements that break apart and reassemble in modular compositions, playing with reflections.
‘Arctic is inspired by the geometric formations of ice crystals,’ says Jakob Lange of BIG. ‘By combining triangles and pentagons, we created a sculptural crystal that elegantly captures and refracts light at its core.’
The final shape is an Archimedean
solid without external faces, the structure emerging from the projection of the pentagonal sides radiating from the centre. (Archimedean solids are a set of 13 convex polyhedral, the faces of which are regular polygons, but not all alike, and whose vertices are all symmetric to each other.) At the core of the fitting is a spherical diffuser, into which truncated pentagonal pyramids are fitted. As these align at their vertices, they reconstruct the solid form. The outcome is a multitude of mirrored surfaces, positioned side by side and facing each other, multiplying in perception, and shifting with the viewpoint and its surroundings. The heart of the lamp contains all its active components, with a heat-dissipating structure that supports a series of LED circuits, ensuring an even 360º light distribution. The perception is of a perfectly diffused, uniform sphere. The diffuser surfaces can be either transparent or mirrored, interacting differently with light. In both versions, they are horizontally etched with precision-calculated incisions to control and diffuse the light.
Arctic is available in pendant, ceiling-mounted and table/floor versions, or can be integrated into a space. All are 25W and 55cm in diameter.
artemide.com
PÒTA! CATELLANI & SMITH
The Pòta! family of lamps, which combines glass and brass with contemporary LED filament technology, features four models, including the spheroidal pendant lamp. It’s available in two sizes: a 50cm-diameter version (with 18 ELV LEDs) or 85cm (with 36 ELV LEDs). A pendant version with plug driver and ceiling-to-floor installation shares the same dimensions and lighting elements, the difference lying in the distinctive anvil-shaped counterweight that adds balance and character to the structure. In the wall version, with 20 ELV LEDs, slender brass rods intersect to create a geometric pattern. Available with a wall-mounted base or with a plug driver, this model can be installed individually or combined with multiple modules to create striking lighting compositions. ‘It is designed to imagine new shapes and compositions in which light is the focal element around which slender, voluminous yet light structures take shape, and in which the lighting units are spread to create a contrasting interplay between order and disorder,’ says designer Enzo Catellani.
catellanismith.com/en
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