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Glacier C Ceiling Lamp

Glacier C

Glacier C is a ceiling lamp designed for contemporary living spaces. The lamp body is made of natural quartz crystal, finely polished to keep the raw texture of the stone. An internal aluminium alloy frame supports the crystal, while a custom diffusing structure and LED modules spread soft and even light. The cutting angles recall the layered forms of glacial ice. Concealed wiring and embedded fittings give the lamp a floating appearance. A smart dimming system allows preset lighting scenes through a remote control or a mobile application. Two lengths are available, 1000 mm and 1200 mm.

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The Alien Lighting

The Alien

A story that originated from the sense of women - as delicately and carefully, ossified and just as carefully nurtured its roots by maintaining and creating empty spaces between them. It is as if the bones gave life and growth to its delicate, firm, and strong existence and then found itself immersed in a light, or other words, a light that blossomed from within. Sepideh got its name from the alien, so when a person feels like a foreigner or alien, her inner roots are like a new life. The roots inside have a longing to be freed and rely on the safe point of the boundary.

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Objects Come Alive Ambience Lighting Systems

Objects Come Alive

The luminaires are designed with a research focus on Biophilic design and kinesthetic empathy. The movement of the luminaires mimics the growth habits, movement patterns and rhythms of the plants, making the luminaires more relatable. Viewing the direction of the product relieves anxiety, tension, fatigue and other emotions. The luminaires change according to the environment (temperature, wind), making them more accessible for everyday use while creating a sense of atmosphere.

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Barro Lamp

Barro

Barro Lamp captures the warmth of nature in a composition of clay and glass. This pendant lamp is made of two elements where the Mexican city of Oaxaca is the main character. Molded by San Bartolo Coyotepec craftspeople who have mastered Barro Negro since pre-Columbian times; a blown-glass dome covers the clay structure: symbolic protection guarding precious objects. Barro lamp is available in two versions: red clay and transparent shade and black clay with a gray shade.

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Emerge Wall Light

Emerge

Emerge embodies light as a symbol of human truth and freedom held within constraint. Enclosed inside a dense architectural volume, illumination is deliberately concealed, yet it persists and gradually forces its way outward through defined openings. The central vertical line marks the decisive breakthrough, where suppressed energy becomes visible. The design expresses the inevitability of presence, suggesting that even under absolute pressure, light, like truth and freedom, ultimately finds its path.

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2D Lantern Urban Fixture

2D Lantern

The 2D urban lantern has only two dimensions, it has no depth, it only develops on a flat surface, as if it were a drawing written in the sky. Its shape is visible and invisible depending on how the designers places it in the space. An element that manifests its presence only when it lights up, integrating discreetly into the urban context. Urban lanterns contribute to giving cities an identity, they are signs that remain imprinted in the culture of collective memory, becoming part of the narration of urban life.

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Mobius Lamp

Mobius

The Mobius ring gives inspiration for the design of Mobius lamps. One lamp strip may have two shadow surfaces (i.e. two-sided surface), the obverse and the reverse, which will satisfy all-round lighting demand. Its special and simple shape contains mysterious mathematical beauty. Therefore, more rhythmic beauty will be brought to home life.

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Pluto Task Lamp

Pluto

Pluto keeps the focus firmly on style. Its compact, aerodynamic cylinder is orbited by an elegant handle perched over an angled tripod base, making it easier to position with its soft-but-focused light with precision. Its form was inspired by telescopes, but instead, it seeks to focus on the earth instead of the stars. Made with 3d printing utilizing corn-based plastics, it is unique, not only for using 3d printers in an industrial fashion, but also eco-friendly.

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Relio Transformable Lamp

Relio

Relio is a modular professional lamp designed for arts and sciences. The lamp is portable and transformable, and can be arranged as a desk lamp, a wall lamp, a ceiling lamp or a photographic light. The modular shell is made of aluminium and stainless steel, while the magnetic stand uses neodymium magnets. Several parts are 3D printed and released as open-source files, so accessories can be added and replaced. The light is engineered to be close to natural sunlight, so professionals can work under ideal conditions. Power is supplied through a standard USB port.

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Goldrify Chandelier

Goldrify

Goldrify is a personalized chandelier reflecting Asian beliefs and culture with an unrepeating rearrangeable pattern generated by the given lucky numbers of each personal preference. By using handmade glass designed in gold leaf shape, the creation of a symmetric yet dynamic and natural visual connection is revealing, with the simple form of glass, allows one to easily and flexibly arrange patterns on any shape, using a technique of gold leaf gliding on surface, implication of wealthy and healthy which inspired by Goldgliding in Thai culture.

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Lory Duck Chandelier

Lory Duck

The Lory Duck is designed as a suspension system assembled from modules made of brass and epoxy glass, each resembling a duck sliding effortlessly through cool waters. The modules also offer configurability; with a touch, each can be adjusted to face any direction and hang at any height. The basic shape of the lamp was born relatively quickly. However, it needed months of research and development with countless prototypes to create its perfect balance and the best look from all possible angles.

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Quadrant Arcade Public Realm

Quadrant Arcade

The Grade II listed arcade has been transformed into an inviting street presence through arranging the right light at the right place. General, ambient illumination is used holistically and its effects staged hierarchically to achieve variations in light patterning that create interest and promote increased use of the space. Strategic incorporation for design and placement of the dynamic feature pendent was managed together with the artist so that visual effects appear more subtle than overwhelming. With daylight fading, the elegant structure is accentuated by the rhythm of electric lighting.

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