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box” I was facing, to this large-scale lantern, to this contemporary piece of architecture that exceeds every expectation and invites your imagination to discover it. I recall that the inauguration of the Lumenart And yet, the architecture of Lumenart is first and headquarters was greeted as a very prestigious foremost human. event. It radiates an atmosphere I would define as halfway Its architecture was described as an example between cosy and creative atelier: a place for of genuine, audacious architecture of light, true designing, meeting, organizing seminars, exhibiting pride for those who, like iGuzzini, appreciate the and selling, where everything becomes part of an application and interpretation of the object and experience. subject matter of their industrial activity in the It is where, every night, the violinist tunes highest form owing to skills of an exceptional his instrument and, leaning against his desk, author. surrounded by smiles on photos of his family, Perhaps it is the same kind of emotion a luthier among sketches and notes scattered around, the would experience listening to symphonic look in his eyes and his thoughts get lost beyond magic created by a virtuoso violinist “using” his the large glass wall, indulging in the remarkable instrument. view of sea sunset, right underneath… this is Dean. Subsequently I too arrived to Pula, invited by Night falls, the lantern is lit, coloured lights creep Dean, as a lecturer at a course dedicated to an into gaps, restoring a kind of magic that evokes issue of illuminotechnic design. Svoboda and endows the place with modernity, A small and inconspicuous sign indicates the descent on a narrow path that sneaked between amazement, elegance and character… And this is the Lumenart of my memories. suburban houses and secluded natural spots A warm greeting, Dean. which, like an indigenous reserve, communicate a somewhat sauvage elegance… in this particular I admire people who, like you, know how to context, eyes are not ready to meet what emerges risk a change, follow their instinct and genius, successfully declaring their passion and feeding it right there, in front of them. on poetry and humanity. -Wow- was all I could say reacting to the “white Dean Skira: I have already heard about him in the office.
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laura cinquarla Laura Cinquarla. Graduated in Industrial Engineering (DIG) from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1998. After three years spent in Iveco, she went to work in iGuzzini illuminazine SpA, the headquarters in Recanati (MC). Motivated with her personal passion for architecture, she has a position of Lighting Training Manager.