Statement lighting at Downtown Design

Here’s a list of our favourites:

Preciosa’s Crystal Automata designed by Vasku & Klug Studio

Inspired by the elements of fire, water, air and earth, Crystal Automata combines the fascination of automata and the beauty of crystal into a design collection that sets the movement of light in motion. The origins of automata and the Four Elements Theory lead back to antiquity and Greece. Alexander the Great’s conquest took this knowledge to Persia, where it was applied and preserved, before being exported to medieval Europe. Based on this fascination and knowledge, PRECIOSA has created Crystal Automata, and will showcase this unique collection at Downtown Design 2016.

INTERGALACTIC DYNAMIC SCULPTURE by Petra Krausova and Libor Sostak 

The dynamically-lit lighting sculpture Intergalactic presents a journey into the cosmic world 14 million years ago, where an asteroid sent molten rocks to far reaches of Earth, forming green “cosmic glass” known today as Moldavite and found exclusively in the Czech Republic. 

This dynamic lighting sculpture made of bright green uranium glass, is programmed to pulsate depicting an asteroid entering the atmosphere.  This extraordinary creation sits on black metal based covered with more than 1,50 hand-blown glass elements lit with LED lights.

Engineered to perfection Intergalactic blends history, craftsmanship and the latest in innovations to pay homage to Moldavites.

Beba Creations’ Fossilized Concrete wall light

The Fossilized Concrete wall light by UAE-based Beba Creations is backlit with dimmable LED lights and surrounded by a stainless steel frame. Inspiration for this design came from Beba Creations founder’s visit to the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. All manufacturing for Beba Creations’ products are handmade in the brand’s UAE studio – from welding, fabrication, woodworking to stitching, upholstery and mold making.

 META Design’s Al Lamp made in collaboration with Anurak Suchat

The incredible AI Lamp by Taiwanese brand META Design is made up of a wooden circle and cylinder with a Warm White LED light inside. With a combination of magnetism and skillful construction, the Al Lamp is able to stand still without rolling and even offers a touch-based lighting dimmer inside. AI Lamp is the first lamp by META Design that was made in cooperation with the award-winning Thai designer, Anurak Suchat.

META Design is one of the three brands exhibiting with Taiwan Designers’ Week at this year’s Downtown Design.

Apparatu’s ZERO by Xavier Manosa

ZERO is a basic lamp with a unique twist: the bulb holds the shade in place. The three components of the lamp (shade, bulb-holder and rose) are handmade in stoneware in Apparatu’s pottery workshop in Rubi, Barcelona.

Apparatu is one of three brands exhibiting with Barcelona Design Week at this year’s Downtown Design.

Tamara Barrage’s Once Upon A Cauliflower lighting installation

Tamara Barrage is a Lebanese designer exhibiting with Beirut Design Week as part of the Destination’s initiative at Downtown Design.  Her poetic descitpion of this particular lighting installation piece, which was inspired by the Cauliflower, is open to some interpretation:

I'm not a designer. I'm a storyteller.
Every element in nature has a story to tell.
The story unfolds with every curve and in every bend.
Synthetic materials have their own tales, too.
They speak to us about far away, imaginary lands.
With every object, we all write the story together,
Each in turn.
And the results take us by surprise every time!
Once upon a time, Tamara met Cauliflower and Silicone.
This is their story…

Klove’s Grasshopper

The Grasshopper is a great example of Klove’s take on a midcentury modern design. Muted Sepia and warm wooden tones are highlighted by edgy rose gold details making it a truly contemporary product.

Laokoon’s Drop Table Lamp, designed by Zsuzsanna Szentirmai and Zsolt Csizmadia.

Laokoon compile the un-conventional strength of assorted colors, textiles and threads to create new organic design forms and structures. Currently the Hungarian brand’s exploration of the un-conventional has materialized in the form of lamps and murals, but their product-line is expected to grow rapidly over the next few months. Here featured is the Laokoon Design-Drop Table Lamp, a collaborative piece by textile designer Zsuzsanna Szentirmai Joly and product designer, Zsolt Csizmadia

NEO’s Organic

The marriage between cork and ceramic,ORGANIC is the fusion between two organic materials in a unique composition. The dramatic draped cork leather over a glazed ceramic shell gives this lighting piece extraordinary expression and movement. The ORGANIC lamp is the ultimate highlight: full of texture and depth it inspires the sense of touch and gives interiors a warm and bright light.

Serip’s Luna

Luna, inspired by the full moon’s contrast light, is a sophisticated and slim lighting piece. The Luna collection is one of the most modern pieces in the Serip line and is designed with multiple ring compositions. The indirect LED lighting irradiates the circles of glass that leaves the observer wondering where the light really comes from.

VETRART’s Lampadario

Venetian design brand VETRART safeguard one of the most famous artisans’ traditions of light-making by manually working on each piece. VETRART is one of the 16 brands exhibiting with the Italian Trade Commission at Downtown Design. Featured is their lighting installation piece, Lampadario.

To see these brands and over 100 more, register now to visit Downtown Design 2016.