Mathieu Matégot
Floor Lamp, ca.1950
Tubular steel, folded and perforated sheet steel
21 in diameter Images courtesy of art.sy
December 5th through the 9th marked the exhibition of Design Miami at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Design Miami is the global forum for design, bringing together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. This year's collection certainly satisfied our sweet tooth for lighting design and concepts. The following are only a few highlights from the cornucopia of cutting edge and significant works from the exhibition.
Pieke Bergmans
Imagine, 2012
Iron, glass
Pieke Bergmans creates stunning lights that distort the form of the bulb to such a degree that they possess an organic quality that brings them to live. They are brilliant illuminations that transfer a sense of movement without actually being in motion at all.
Frederik Molenschot
CL – 42 Infinity, 2012
Bronze, LED light
31.5 × 94.5 × 50 in
Amsterdam designer Frederik Molenschot creates everything from small domestic products and furniture to large public spaces. His sculptural lighting are cast from bronze and shaped by hand. Molenschot is best known for designs that account for a changing environment, like tiles that reveal hidden patterns when wet. A wall-hanging room divider made of colorful felt leaves can be personalized and rearranged. Molenschot's works are dynamic works of rhythm and repetition.
Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta
Fragile Future Chandelier 3.6, 2012
Dandelion seed, bronze, LED light
41× 37 × 37 in
Design studio DRIFT was founded by Ralph Nauta (born 1978) and Lonneke Gordijn (1980), both graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. At Design Miami Basel and the exhibition Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation in London they presented their modular light object "Fragile Future". "Fragile Future 3.6″ is an installation consistent of modules that combine an electronical system with LED lights and real dandelions. Fragile Future was awarded the price "Light of the Future" by the German Design Council in 2008. It also received the first prize in Dutch art competition "Artiparti" and the Young Talent Prize of "Stichting MS-Research".
Keiji Ashizawa
Gravity light, 2007
White coated aluminium
71 × 20 × 18 in
Keiji Ashizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1973 and graduated from Yokohama National University. He has run an Keiji Ashizawa Design Co., Ltd in Tokyo since 2005, where he also designs furniture, lighting, and interiors. Ashizawa prioritizes functionality, and his aesthetic is spare. His buildings, which often feature skylights, interior courtyards, and unexpected volume, are raked with dramatic light. Many of his interior pieces are almost clinical-looking, fabricated in white-coated aluminum. "Honest design," Ashizawa says, "is what we try to pursue by logical thinking."
Keiji Ashizawa
Parabola, 2006
White coated aluminium
47 × 10 in
More incredible lighting, furniture, and other design works from Design Miami can be viewed at art.sy Also read more stories and highlights on the Design Miami Blog.
