These lamps, which debuted at this year’s Euroluce lighting showcase in Milan are perfect for cool and edgy homes. First up is:
BLOW ME UP BY THEO MOLLER FOR INGO MAURER
Perhaps the world’s most spacesaving lamp, the Blow Me Up lamp fits into a can when rolled up. When inflated by the user, the plastic hose stands up and can lean against the wall or be fastened to the ceiling or wall with hooks or nylon cords. Operate the lamp with its sensor switch on one side of the LED strip.
Blow Me Up is available at www.ingo-maurer.com.
COAX BY JOHN HOGAN FOR ROLL & HILL
Coax is a refined, luxurious take on what looks like posters wrapped loosely around a cardboard tube, with its cylinders of transparent glass surrounding a tube of light.
Roll & Hill is available at Space Furniture
FILO BY ANDREA ANASTASIO FOR FOSCARINI
Resembling a chunky necklace casually draped on a stand on a dressing table, the Flio was created out of Anastasio’s desire to put the entire lamp – the light source, decoration and wiring – on show. The lampshade is a porcelain cone, while Murano glass baubles are threaded through the textile cables like beads. A wide range of colours adds a touch of fun.
Foscarini is available from Xtra.
MESHMATICS BY RICK TEGELAAR FOR MOOOI
See the humble wire netting in a new light, thanks to precise machine tooling that creates three perfectly balanced shapes nestled within each other, in this elegant lamp. The layers of netting crisscross each other, reflecting and diffusing the light of the LED light source.
Moooi is available at Space Furniture.
MOM FAMILY BY UMBERTO ASNAGO FOR PENTA
It isn’t immediately obvious that the MoM Family are lamps if they’re not lit. Comprising table and wall lights that resemble stylish home accessories, the shades are made with coloured borosilicate glass in mesmerizing colours such as mustard, blue avio, sage green, powder pink, and sand.
Penta is available at Flexform Singapore.
YANZI BY NERI & HU FOR ARTEMIDE
The duo behind Neri & Hu let their imagination take flight when designing this collection of lamps, featuring stylised brushed brass swallows with white glass spheres for heads. Perched on branches or hung in cages, the birds are a picture of grace and poetry.
Artemide is available from Million Lighting.