Moonbeam Lighting stocks new Ebb & Flow lighting range
(UK) - Moonbeam Lighting now stocks the brand new range of Danish decorative lighting from Ebb & Flow.
The new range of Ebb & Flow lighting is now available from Moonbeam Lighting, the company uses the latest website techniques to make it easy for customers to navigate to their requirements and compare models and finishes within their preferred lighting collections.
Customers can search by lighting category or via the unique “By Style and Design” visual menu and they can also filter by room, fitting, colour and finish, by genre or by manufacturer’s brand.
Moonbeam’s Ebb & Flow lighting includes:
Smykke, the Danish word for jewellery, features glimmering colours reminiscent of precious stones and a delicate droplet format just like a sparkling earring or pendant. Perfect lighting for everything from dining rooms and bedrooms to hallways and living areas. Each Smykke light is crafted using clear mouth-blown glass in a number of warm soft colours and with 14 finishes, including 6 hand-cut crystal styles.
Horizon distinctive lights will liven up any room with their wide shape and shallow height. All Horizon lights are hand-blown and finished by hand in Denmark. This new shape is available in 4 sizes and 9 colours from cool clear, grey and blues to warm golden browns and greens.
The Lute pendant lamp is a modern classic. Tall and elegant and with a perfect balance between top and bottom, it sets out with a rounded base in one colour that leads up to a slim funnel-shaped top in metallic coloured glass, further extending into a metal pipe. It’s not hard to see why the Lute was inspired by the musical instrument. The design is now available in 16 finishes and has been widened for 2018 to include 16 table lamp bases.
Flos appoints Barbara Corti as Head of International Marketing
(Italy) – Corti moves from her role as Chief Digital Officer to take on the new position as Head of International Marketing.
Barbara Corti has been appointed as the new Head of International Marketing at Flos.
Corti joined the Italian lighting manufacturers in March of last year as Chief Digital Officer, bringing her skills to the planning and implementation of the company’s first steps in the digital transformation process, with the launch of its new global website in November 2017.
In her new role reporting to Flos CEO Piero Gandini, Corti will provide support and strategic guidance to all Flos Group subsidiaries in the development of a coordinated marketing plan that is shaped increasingly by the digital driver, with the intention of boosting the growth of the Home, Architectural and Outdoor product collections. Corti will also continue to manage the development of strategic digital assets.
Speaking of the appointment, Piero Gandini said: “It is a huge pleasure to announce the appointment of Barbara as Head of International Marketing of Flos Group. The skills she has shown in her first period with Flos as Chief Digital Officer perfectly match with the creativity and action necessary to our growth.”
Corti added: “Flos is a brand whose cutting edge approach is a uniquely distinctive feature of its language and of how it does business, makes products and innovates.
“I am honoured by the confidence shown in me by Piero Gandini and ready to seize this valuable legacy, one which will give us all the momentum we need in the coming months to build a platform on which communication, marketing and technology will coalesce to offer a unique and distinctive market proposition.”
With a degree in architecture, Corti worked for more than ten years as a Creative Director in digital communication agencies and for five years as Digital Product Director in Condé Nast Italia, as well as gaining experience as a consultant and mentor for several fashion world startups.
In addition to her professional career, she has also lectured on the User Experience at the Politecnico di Torino Design faculty and collaborated on educational projects with Il Politecnico di Milano, IED and Domus Academy. Corti has played an active role on international projects centred on human rights with IDLO – International Development Law Organisation, tackling the subject of Human Rights Design in developing countries.
In recent years she has won several prestigious international prizes, including the Lovie Awards and the Emanuele Pirella Award for the real innovation demonstrated by the new digital versions of Condé Nast group publications.
Lolli e Memmoli celebrate 25 years of Light
(italy) - Lolli e Memmoli marks its 25th anniversary with a showroom exhibition during Salone del Mobile in Milan.
During Salone del Mobile in Milan, Lolli e Memmoli will present an exhibition, celebrating 25 Years of lighting in its Milan showroom.
Since the companies first project, Ugolino, Lolli e Memmoli have defined a new way of handling light in a continuous reference between large traditional chandeliers and experimental design. Without any supporting backbone, crystal drops are set free in a harmonious, revealing a game of light multiplied by the infinite sparkle of crystal purity. Thanks to an innovative and exclusive coupling and fixing system, the drops are linked together in a technical and stylistic deconstructivism.
The exhibition will run from Monday 16th - Sunday 22nd April 2018 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Shortlist Revealed for INDEX Architecture & Design Awards
(UAE) - The 2018 INDEX Architecture & Design Awards takes place on March 27th.
Spread over 14 categories, the annual awards will honour the vision, hard-work, and innovation of the region’s leading design and architectural firms, with projects across the residential, hospitality and commercial sectors all earning nominations.
Now in their fifth year, the awards take place on the second evening of the INDEX exhibition, March 27th – and recognise the creative minds driving design forward, with awards for Rising Star, Design Leader and Design Firm of the Year.
Leading the charge are Dubai-based firms DWP and Bishop Design, with five nominations each. Wilson Associates, whose new self-styled office in Dubai Design District is in the running for Best Commercial Project, have four, as well as Swiss Bureau Interior Design.
Notable projects in the running include the new Renaissance Hotel Downtown Dubai, the Fairmont Quasar Istanbul, the Mirror Pavilion in Isfahan, Iran, and the self-styled family home of Gensler designer and last year’s INDEX Rising Star winner, Yasmin Farahmandy.
Samantha Kane-Macdonald, event director at INDEX, said: “It is always nigh on impossible to whittle down our award entries to a final shortlist and this year proved no exemption; not only did we have a record number of entries – with 147 individual submissions from more than 70 different firms – but were faced with a truly awe-inspiring catalogue of exceptional builds and spaces.
“These projects and the genius minds driving them are the key to this region’s future, not only as a forward-looking part of the world for people to live, work and thrive in, but also in further cementing its status as a hotbed of sublime architecture and design that many other continents look to for inspiration.
“To be able to celebrate the people that give this industry its dazzling reputation is always a massive honour for us. Our two most popular categories this year were Design Leader of the Year and INDEX Rising Star, which itself pays testament to the degree of expertise and ability in architecture and design across the board.”
The final shortlist is now in the hands of eight judges. Benjamin Piper, Partner & Design Principal, Killa Architectural Design; Carol Finnie, Head of Design, dwp; Indu Varanasi, Design Director, IR Design; Justin Wells, Head of Lifestyle Interiors, Woods Bagot; and Maliha Nishat, Head of Interior Design, Marriott, make up half of the judging panel.
They are joined by Marcos Cain, Principal & Founder, Stickman Tribe; Mike Lewis, Director Design Studio, Meraas Development; Chris Johnson, Managing Principal and Creative Director, Gensler; Matteo Bianchi, Matteo Bianchi Studio; and Jo Hamilton, founder of Jo Hamilton Interiors.
All the winners will be announced at the INDEX Architecture & Design Awards ceremony – where Boss Design; Hawa Sliding Solutions; Windows, Doors & Facades; the IE School of Architecture and Design and OFIS all sponsor categories – on the second evening of this month’s INDEX exhibition.
Aqua Creations announce the launch of ‘Inside Out’
(Israel) - Israeli lighting atelier Aqua Creations launch ‘Inside Out’ – the first in its new range of affordable lighting fixtures. Inside Out is named for its inverted design, instead of hiding its workings and supporting structure, the hanging pendant draws attention to its striking steel frame made with four intersecting plates.
The Inside Out lighting fixture features a suspended white polymer shade and LED bulb that casts a soft but powerful white light. The hanging pendant becomes a luminous, subtly kinetic artwork as it twists gently on its axis, adding drama to any space. “Inside Out is our most ‘naked’ lighting fixture to date,” says Aqua Creations co-founder and creative director, Albi Serfaty. “Many of our lighting fixtures hide their impressive metal structures and complex mechanisms beneath a polymer or silk skin, but Inside Out draws attention to its unique components. It’s a celebration of pared-back design and precise craftsmanship.” Inside Out features a white painted-steel frame and ceiling plate. The hanging pendant can be used with dimmable LED bulbs but has no complex lighting mechanisms; meaning it can be installed quickly and efficiently without any technical expertise.
ZENS Lifestyle collaborates with Michael Young
(US) - ZENS Lifestyle collaborates with lighting brand Michael Young, bringing the Hong Kong- based designer's lighting stateside.
ZENS Lifestyle products are deeply rooted in unique design that curates a symbolic bridge between the traditions and culture of ancient China, married seamlessly with the forward progression of the modern world. Michael Young’s lighting collection adds a minimalist design, suitable for residential, workplace and hospitality spaces.
Inspired by the sunlight that emerges through the trees in a bamboo forest, Michael Young continues to play with natural materials for the new lighting collection, aptly named Bamboo Lamps. The bamboo for each light is carefully selected for its shape and color from the Jian forest in Eastern China. The bamboo is then treated in order to maintain its natural hue before being paired with lighting components. Pink, white, or gray domed lamp shades created in either hand-blown glass or traditional Chinese handmade paper top the bamboo poles. Both of the lamp shade styles provide warm, natural light, complementing the organic finishes of the bamboo.
“We are excited to share our enthusiasm for modern, statement-making Asian heritage-inspired designs for the home, office, or hospitality space in the U.S. market,” said Elaine Cai, General Manager of ZENS International. “Our range of products, well-known internationally, has historically focused on teaware and tabletop goods. We are thrilled to continue expanding on that offering and also introduce new collections in furniture and lighting.”
Trapeze - Oblure
Designed by Jette Scheib, Trapeze is as much a single pendant as it is an endless system of possibilities. The square tube has a built in connector, which makes it easy and fun to mount multiple lamps together. You can connect two lamps next to each other or use a straight and / or 90º connector.
Cobra Martinelli Luce
Cobra is held in a sphere with two horizontal tops separating the reflector from the base, the reflector’s rotatory movement around the central articulation constantly produces new spheres. Cobra is molded with a single material - a thermosetting resin - available in a range of bright colours, white and black.
Jamz - Lladro
Inspired by jazz, the Jamz Collection sees light and craftsmanship come together to offer lamps of refined forms that can create different atmospheres. Available in three different models, which come in white porcelain and metals in gold, silver or black, the customisation of the collection portrays the shape and freedom of jazz.
D.N.A - Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert
D.N.A. is a colourful light made with freehand blown glass molecules and brass stems. You can compose your own D.N.A. sequence for it is available in different colours, finishes and numbers. Elegant and sensual, it perfectly blends passion, creativity, excellent craftsmanship and teamwork in a modern design.
Moscow Collection - Villa Lumi
Inspired by the breathtaking city of Moscow, Russia and its monuments and architectural lines, this collection has a unique design - reflecting in black and gold - the power, luxury and prestige of the city.
This collection becomes the centre of attention in any space, spreading elegance and a feeling of exclusivity.
Pearls - Formagenda
A timeless, elegant design, Pearls combines opal glass spheres in two different sizes, resulting in various arrangements and shapes arising. Pearls can be arranged in any desired grouping which will provide the perfect lighting for multiple spaces. A revised technical setup also now allows easy exchange of the LED-module.
