According to Unesco, 2015 is the International Year of light and technologies based on light, so this year’s Euroluce, the International Lighting Exhibition, now in its 28th edition, has a strategic importance.Ā It is a key point in the industry and also for this reason itās always been a springboard for new talent and new technologies.
Among the best brands presented in the latest editionĀ thereĀ is Luum,Ā aĀ London-based company, founded byĀ Andrew Watson,Ā director of a lightingĀ industry,Ā and Chris Fox, a designer.
They combined years of experience and knowledge in the fieldĀ of lightingĀ to give birth to the first collection that includes three lightĀ systems: Pollen, Bangle and Flame, successfullyĀ exhibitedĀ at the Salone del Mobile 2015Ā in Milan.
Luum creates special lighting systems, mixing different materials such as hand-blown glass, metal, wood and ceramics. The realization then, occurs through the collaboration with artisans and small producersĀ thatĀ can also realize projectsĀ which can be made on purpose for every customer.
Flame, for example, made of borosilicate glass worked by hand,Ā is an inner form blown within the outer glass piece, thus reproducing a modern image of a gas lamp. Bangle, instead, is a composition of pyramid shapes, suspended elements that create complex mixtures and combinations of light and shadow. The elements can be easily assembled to compose different types of installations, more or less elaborated.
Finally, Pollen, in its classic chandelier layer, has been reinvented in a modern way: a form that resembles a creature seen under a microscope. A tubular metal supports of the hand-blown glass balls.
AmongĀ the installations of Luum, Ā one of the most extraordinary is surely Lightspeed, a series of blown glass tubes that form light curves, creating a feeling of speed and movement, a broad and dynamic fluid from energy to space.
It all represents an innovative way to see the lighting systems, asĀ fundamentalĀ and right key parts of the space, furnishing, characterize, enliven the space.
Edited by:Ā Roberta De Monte
Design by:Ā Luum
Proofreading: Bianca Baroni
All images courtesy of Luum
