CEILING AND WALL LIGHTS

Solsticio revisits the interest in light’s journey through different surfaces, continuing the explorations in pieces like ‘Parabola’ and ‘Shifting Parabola’, it analyzes the passing of light on metallic surfaces to understand refraction, paths and fragmentation in different planes that gradually highlight its many faces. Solsticio displays a series of luminous metal pieces, radially articulated and assembled, where the light fragments and bounces its spectrum in several directions. The absence of light becomes as relevant as its presence. The resulting objects present as industrial quality machines, as if in laboratory or a research facility — manifesting a dystopian vision of the future as imagined by our ancestors; specially alluding to time machines and space travels of the 40’s and 50’s, and even analogies found in dystopias like ‘Metropolis’ (1927) by Fritz Lang.

Bolle Orizzontale Hanging Lamp, designed by Massimo Castagna, is a hanging lamp with LED point light. Transparent blown glass sphere. Metal parts in hand burnished brass. The hand-burnished brass finish looks naturally spotted and irregular. Due to this craft-made processing, each product is unique and exclusive.

The WOMB lighting collection evokes our deep seated feeling of ‘the primal’ and unlocks the unknown potential that is hidden in the cavities of our world while celebrating life through luminescence. “Walking these ancestral grounds prompts a feeling of reverence and mystique for the people who once inhabited the interleaving Stadsaal Caves. Tremendous voids and cracks shaped by the natural elements created shelter for the first humans who settled in this region. I was fascinated and humbled to witness such signs of life depicted through intricate murals on the cave walls. These moments spent in the caves were a revelation for me on both a personal and artistic level, and inspiration for the new collection.”

The WOMB lighting collection evokes our deep seated feeling of ‘the primal’ and unlocks the unknown potential that is hidden in the cavities of our world while celebrating life through luminescence. “Walking these ancestral grounds prompts a feeling of reverence and mystique for the people who once inhabited the interleaving Stadsaal Caves. Tremendous voids and cracks shaped by the natural elements created shelter for the first humans who settled in this region. I was fascinated and humbled to witness such signs of life depicted through intricate murals on the cave walls. These moments spent in the caves were a revelation for me on both a personal and artistic level, and inspiration for the new collection.”

a lacquered base, ceramic body and a hand blown glass globe topped by a brass finial – the Athena Lamp is a beacon for the side table and the bedside. “I think of it as an illuminating light of knowledge,” says Archibong.

One of the most recognisable designs by Michael Anastassiades Studio, the Ball Lights consists of pendants, wall pendants and ceiling and wall sconces. Designed around existing incandescent bulbs of that time, the project began as an exercise to abstract the bulb into a perfectly spherical ball, celebrating its perfect shape by repeating it in metal.

The result of a carefully curated take on an existing series of products, the Brass Architectural collection brings together the simplicity and elegance that characterises Michael Anastassiades’ aesthetic. Through a formal economy of shapes and materials, these architectural features call for an understanding of luxury as a discreet presence: glass, brass and nickel articulate a geometric, minimalistic alphabet of forms that adorn the space with luminosity akin to a piece of jewellery.

One of the most recognisable designs by Michael Anastassiades Studio, the Ball Lights consists of pendants, wall pendants and ceiling and wall sconces. Designed around existing incandescent bulbs of that time, the project began as an exercise to abstract the bulb into a perfectly spherical ball, celebrating its perfect shape by repeating it in metal.

One of the most recognisable designs by Michael Anastassiades Studio, the Ball Lights consists of pendants, wall pendants and ceiling and wall sconces. Designed around existing incandescent bulbs of that time, the project began as an exercise to abstract the bulb into a perfectly spherical ball, celebrating its perfect shape by repeating it in metal.

The Philosophical Egg was realised as an homage to the mysterious pendant that appears in the famous altar painting Brera Madonna by Piero della Francesca. The various fixtures featured reflect the same architectural approach that the artist represents in the painting. The refined composition of primordial shapes with an illuminated ostrich-egg-shaped oval allows the light to become the central focus of the space. The collection comprises various pendants and sconces and features a new petrol blue powder-coated finish.

The Mobile Chandeliers are delicate structures balanced in perfect equilibrium. Constructed following the principles of a mobile, these are arrangements of linear tubes, geometric light sources, reflective surfaces and counterbalancing weights. The pieces rotate freely and delicately, creating an ever-changing lighting configuration unique to the space they occupy. Each Mobile Chandelier is individually tailored to ensure the balance of its approximately 200 hand-crafted patinated-brass components. Every piece is unique in its dimension and compositional balance, due to the varying weight of the mouth-blown opaline glass.

Bob is an inverted tear drop resembling a weight suspended from a string, which is often used as a vertical reference line; a tool for building and measurements. Instead, this is a simple pendant that hangs to illuminate a space. Bob is a family of pendants and wall or ceiling-mounted sconces.

The result of a carefully curated take on an existing series of products, the Brass Architectural collection brings together the simplicity and elegance that characterises Michael Anastassiades’ aesthetic. Through a formal economy of shapes and materials, these architectural features call for an understanding of luxury as a discreet presence: glass, brass and nickel articulate a geometric, minimalistic alphabet of forms that adorn the space with luminosity akin to a piece of jewellery.

White Porcelain Series is a lighting collection comprising of sconces with an emphasis on materiality and simplicity of form. It is distinguished by refined proportions and sophisticated, invisible fixture details that reintroduce porcelain within a contemporary context and distances it from the utilitarian language with which it is often associated. Referring to the Bauhaus porcelain lights used in the 1930s, this simplified version is slip casted to provide a tough, resistant finish. Due to the manufacturing process, each piece is inherently unique.

White Porcelain Series is a lighting collection comprising of sconces with an emphasis on materiality and simplicity of form. It is distinguished by refined proportions and sophisticated, invisible fixture details that reintroduce porcelain within a contemporary context and distances it from the utilitarian language with which it is often associated. Referring to the Bauhaus porcelain lights used in the 1930s, this simplified version is slip casted to provide a tough, resistant finish. Due to the manufacturing process, each piece is inherently unique.

The result of a carefully curated take on an existing series of products, the Brass Architectural collection brings together the simplicity and elegance that characterises Michael Anastassiades’ aesthetic. Through a formal economy of shapes and materials, these architectural features call for an understanding of luxury as a discreet presence: glass, brass and nickel articulate a geometric, minimalistic alphabet of forms that adorn the space with luminosity akin to a piece of jewellery.