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Only diamonds are able to make the brilliance of light brighter still by magnifying its splendour through its sparkling radiance, identical to a shaft of light. Only crystal can achieve that same feat Michele De Lucchi
Michele De Lucchi
Sfera
Imagined as a dialectic of interior and exterior, the Sfera collection designed by Michele De Lucchi transcends the crystal at its very core. While paradoxically invisible, the wealth of detail is inescapable. Sfera doubles sensations and pleasures by simultaneously diffusing and receiving its magnified light even as it diffracts. The magic in the Sfera collection resides in the alchemy of skilled layering. Inspired by the glassblower’s first injection of air into the mass of molten glass, the spherical globe imprisons and shields within it a variation on a Baccarat decanter. The contours and boundaries show to be infinitesimal. When switched on, the bulb dissolves inside the decanter as the contained becomes the containing, in a two-way exchange between matt and glossy. As a ceiling light, floor light or lamp, Sfera stands out
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like a beacon. Its shadows mingle and fascinate, light brilliantly diffracted for reaching the shine. Technical Info. Sfera Michele De Lucchi Double sided lamp, blown and beveled, handle and base in brushed nickel-plated brass. Available from May 2011. h 53 cm x Ø 30 cm Double sided floor lamp, blown and beveled, handle and base in brushed nickel-plated brass. Available from October 2011. h 164 cm x Ø 30 cm Double sided ceiling lamp, blown and beveled, brushed nickel-plated brass ceiling rose. Available from October 2011. Ø 30cm – Ø 113/4” Small size ceiling lamp, brushed nickelplated brass ceiling rose. Available from October 2011. Ø 13cm – Ø 57/8”
August - October 2011