Voluminous atmospheric lighting - Zaha Hadid and Issey Miyake

Zaha Hadid’s Aria lamp

IN-EI by Issey Miyake 

Last week in Milan Slamp presented Zaha Hadid’s Aria lamp. It’s form is sculptural and architectural (of course!) and is constructed with 50 individual layers of cristalflex (a techno-polymer), which is an incredibly light weight material. The fluid form that evokes a feeling of movement is also quite robust and creates a balanced experience of rapture and release as the light emitted through the openings is defused into the room. The largest version of this model imposes a glorious experience of volume and atmospheric light that relates well to classical and contemporary interiors alike.

This light reminds us of the ’IN-EI’ (Japanese for nuance and shadow) lighting collection by Issey Miyake for Artemide. Adapting his use of pleats in clothing to a lighting concept whereby folded paper textile made of recycled PET bottles is formed and cut using the 2D and 3D mathematical program designed by Miyake’s Reality lab, to define the form of the lamp shade. 

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Dynamic design at the Salon Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 2013

This stunning Semplice table lamp by London based design company Industrial Facility in collaboration with Oluce will be previewed this week at the Salon Internazionale del Mobile 2013 in Milan. The light diffuses downwards from within the metal ‘shade’ and is contained within the glass, giving the impression that it is hovering above the table surface. Air and light seem to be moving.  We love the  phenomenal interaction it creates with the space around it. 

It would look amazing on this iconic Aqua table (2008) by Zaha Hadid for Established and Sons, with its curvaceous, undulating forms flowing within space. The lower structural body is made of polyester with a silicon gel top and the whole structure implies movement by adopting the gestures of liquid. What a dynamic combination!