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Shaping the light
An interview with the international design sceneWhat inspires the designers of major lighting brands? How do you get from a rough idea to a marketable luminaire? And how do they feel about new lighting technologies? An exclusive deep dive into the work of contemporary lighting designers.
Gigi Ranica
Knikerboker"Knikerboker lamps are not created at a desk, but directly in the workshop," explains Gigi Ranica, the founder and designer of Knikerboker. When the designer has sheet metal and a hammer in front of him, it becomes personal. A new luminaire is created in painstaking manual work - a truly unique piece!
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"The main task when designing my lights is the emotion they have to convey." - Gigi Ranica_
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Gi.Gi
Made in Italy)
Hué
covered with gold leaf)
Crash
Hand-finished steelNicolas Terzani
TerzaniHe never planned that he would one day work as a designer himself. Management was actually his goal. Now Nicolas Terzani fulfills both roles as managing director and designer of Terzani and combines traditional Italian craftsmanship with modern lighting technology.
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"I just tried out a few of my ideas and they were successful, so I kept going." - Nicolas Terzani_
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Soscik
Masterpiece of interlacing technologyFrancesco Librizzi
Fontana ArteInspired by important designers such as Gio Ponti and Achilles Castiglioni, he wanted to become a designer when he was still very young. The technical side of his objects always goes hand in hand with the impression that customers should have of the luminaire - and that should be love.
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"I think that every designer is motivated by a certain dissatisfaction." - Francesco Librizzi_
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Setareh
with gold-colored, filigree cage designFrancisco Gomez Paz
LuceplanCuriosity drives him to push boundaries as a designer. The Argentinian-born designer Francisco Gomez Paz is responsible for these true works of lighting art. In his work, he welcomes technical innovations and does not condemn them, as they help him to constantly rethink everything and make luminaires ever more efficient and unique.
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"I was a child full of curiosity. Ever since I can remember, I have been enthusiastically destroying my toys and creating new ones." - Francisco Gomez Paz_
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Hope
from Fresnel lenses)
Mesh
Controlled via app)
Bulbullia
Can be connected as requiredDiego Sferrazza
LuceplanThe most important thing for the designer of a design object is to consider the needs of those who will use the object. But because needs are constantly changing, he designs personalizable, almost interactive products.
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"I started from the need to transform my thoughts into objects, combining the Italian know-how of the companies in terms of production with the ideas of a designer." - Diego Sferrazza_
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Farel
Made of sound-absorbing materialDavid Dolcini
LuceplanIn David Dolcini's eyes, a perfect luminaire is created when all components are in balance: perfect proportions, an appealing design, outstanding functionality and, of course, the right price.
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"The more you learn, the more opportunities you have to be inspired." - David Dolcini_
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Lita
with aesthetic ash woodMosru Mohiuddin
EscaleAs a former jewelry designer, his lights are also real pieces of jewelry. For decades, the designer Mosru Mohiuddin, who is equally influenced by mathematics, geometry and nature, has been designing lights for the German lighting manufacturer Escale.
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"I am like a writer when he has written a book. Then I think: Where can I get the next idea? It comes unexpectedly like love: something fascinates you and then it starts." - Mosru Mohiuddin_
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Zen
Direct-indirect light distribution)
Space
gold leaf)
Silk
bright 4,400 lumensEnrico Maria Masiero
MasieroEnrico Maria Masiero knows that being able to bring one of Masiero's elegant lights into your home is a source of pride. The son of Masiero company founders Paolo & Marilena Masiero continues the family tradition of constantly reinterpreting the tradition of Venice.
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"We like to make the classic product a little more modern and the modern product a little more classic." - Enrico Maria Masiero_
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Zen
Direct-indirect light distribution)
Eva
exquisite room accessory)
Drylight
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