Cox London launches first showroom in South Belgravia
(UK) - Cox London, specialist bespoke furniture and lighting company, has just launched its first ever showroom.
Located on Ebury Street, London, the showroom is in the heart of the Pimlico Road design district; which for the past 40 years has been home to exceptional interior designers and interesting art and antique dealers.
The new opening will bring a valuable contemporary edge to the famous design-focused area in South Belgravia, just in time to be included in 'The Grosvenor Series', part of London Craft Week in early May.
The space will also showcase its new collection of lost wax cast bronze furniture and lighting, designed by Nicola and Christopher Cox in the North London design studio
Acropolis Museum hosts Slamp's La Traviata
(Greece) - Acropolis Museum presents Robert Wilson’s light sculpture for Slamp ‘La Traviata’.
Designer Robert Wilson; Director of Acropolis Museum Dimitris Pandermalis; and composer Thodoris Economou have teamed up for an exclusive event on April 6, 2017 held at the Acropolis Museum in the historic Makriyianni quarter.
Composer and Pianist Thodoris Economou will open the evening with a concert on the top floor of the Parthenon Gallery, providing a 360° view of the ancient temples and the Agora.
Robert Wilson and Dimities Pandermalis follow with a conversation on the importance of light in theatre and art history with Wilson’s modern and poetic La Traviata, a marriage of LED technology and theatrical aesthetics, as the focus.
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Plumen Partners with MoMa Design Stores for 003 Launch
(USA) The Plumen 003 launches in US with exclusive MoMa Design Stores partnership.
The patented lamp design will hit the shelves on April 3, 2017 in both NYC-based MoMA Design Stores (Soho and Uptown) as well as online at store.moma.org, for a two-month exclusive.
The third launch since the Plumen 001 (the world’s first designer low energy lamp), the 003 offers two lights in one - a warm, accent light around the sides and a clean spotlight on the surface below.
The downward spotlight serves to illuminate a task, whether you’re working, reading, writing or eating while the gold elements at the centre of the lamp reflects a soft ambient light that’s flattering to the face.
Plumen’s engineering team developed a patented method for distributing the light exactly where it is required while at the same time holding the gold elements in place - allowing them to ‘float’ in the centre of the lamp.
Foscarini Aplomb
Made by Italian artisans through a specialised, craft-based technique, this contemporary suspension lamp is distinguished by its super thin, wide flattened concrete top, which casts a beam of LED light downwards. Available in three neutral tones, the versatile Aplomb Large is the latest in Foscarini's Aplomb suite.
Watt A Lamp Damn Fashionista
In collaboration with Design by Us, the Damn Fashionista series has been produced in contemporary brass, faceted glass and marble. Fitting in perfectly into today's urge for voluminous drama and maximalism, the new range sets the tone with dark hues and heavy textiles, giving clean Scandinavian style with an edge.
Shapes Summera
Summera, designed by Phoenix Design, defines itself through all of its small details that round off its profile and let the beauty of this lamp shine. The underlying technology is modern and is kept simple, so it can be installed without any effort and impress with its quality, uniting aesthetics and technological possibilities.
Örsjö Atom
Designed by Jonas Bohlin, raw brass and textured black lacquer is used to emphasise the stunning contrasts in this floor lamp. The curved, swivel arms house the light source at the outer ends, creating an attractive light play on the walls. Atom is a tall, elegant floor lamp and an incarnation of some of Bohlin’s core design principles.
HIMMEE LOOP Giant
The imposing and sculpture-like piece blurs the line between artwork and light fixture. The minimalistic shape is a light fixture in itself, with no additional parts needed. LOOP Giant is a light fixture with an aluminum body. Its LED light source is placed to the inner surface of the lamp as a shape of an arch, under an acrylic diffuser.
Faro Barcelona Hook
Hook is a portable ECO-conceived lamp designed by Oiko and made from recycled PVC-free plastic with minimum CO² emissions. Multi-functional, Hook has a series of compatible accessories that allow it to convert into a magazine rack, a bedside table or a wall lamp in any of its three colours.
Blond Shade
The inspiration behind Shade from Swedish company Blond, comes from the silhouette of the archetypal luminaire and its clearly defined shade. The surface treatment applied to the shade creates a fantastic play between light and shadow, where the surface reflects light throughout the luminaire body.
Astro Edge Reader
The Edge Reader is original thinking for bedside lighting, bringing a new aesthetic, where the minimal white floating plane on which the reader is mounted comes to life at night, appearing to float on the seductive light it emits from its edges. Both functions can be individually switched and LED lamps ensure minimal running costs.
