Catellani & Smith opens new showroom in Bergamo
(Italy) - The new Catellani & Smith showroom is set to open its doors in Bergamo, in Borfuro 1, right in the heart of the city.
Moving well beyond the concept of a simple exhibition space, the showroom will also offer meeting and co-working facilities for customers and architects, as well as the new Italian sales office.
Designed by Capponi General Contractor, who took care of the layout, and by the interior designer Francesca Ravasio, the showroom is spread over three levels, totalling almost 500sqm.
Catellani & Smith’s new home is more than just a new store in the heart of Bergamo’s Lower Town. It has been conceived not only as a place where customers can view the company’s products, but also as a meeting place for architects and other figures in the sector. The spacious, clear distribution of the areas is able to meet both the current and future requirements of a company in continual expansion on the international market.
On the ground floor, with the main entrance in the gallery, the large open-plan area features an inviting living area and an area with meeting rooms. Visitors will have the opportunity to evaluate the details, finishes and light effects of the lamps selected for display, which will be changed several times throughout the year.
The furnishings and the layout of the areas have been designed to create an atmosphere that makes guests feel at home – rather than on a visit to a store – when they step into the showroom to view the lamps and receive advice for their purchases.
Located on the upper floor are the new sales offices for Italy, which have moved here from the headquarters in Villa di Serio, in response to the growth registered on the Italian market. A spacious room will be used for meetings with customers and Italian agents.
The basement floor will be reserved for corporate events, exclusive previews of new collections, training sessions and further training workshops for international trading partners, or installations and exhibitions. The industrial-style structure will allow for continual changes to the facility.
Catellani & Smith wins Good Design Award 2021
(Italy) - Catellani & Smith’s U. lamp wins the prestigious Good Design Award 2021
Catellani & Smith has won its first Good Design Award for the lamp U., recognised for its innovative character, original concept and extreme functionality.
The Good Design Award, one of the most prestigious and longstanding awards in the world of design, was instituted in 1950 by the former curator of the Chicago MoMA, Edgar Kaufmann Jr, in collaboration with some of the biggest names in modern design including Charles and Ray Eames, Russell Wright, Eero Saarinen, and George Nelson.
The Good Design Award is presented by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, which recognises each year’s best products in terms of innovation, form, materials, concept, construction, functionality, utility, sustainability, packaging and aesthetics. Works selected for recognition are carefully reviewed by a panel of distinguished design professionals, industry specialists and journalists, according to the criteria established by the original 1950 programme.
U. is a family of minimalist lamps. It includes two floor versions, U. F Up and U. F Flex, and two wall-mounted variations, U. W Flex and U. W, all available in black or white finish with a low voltage COB LED light source. U. F Up features a U-shaped semi-cylindrical screen, the inside coated with gold-coloured leaf. As well as containing the light source, the screen holds a steel silhouette equipped with a magnet, projecting the image of a dancing figure.
U. F Flex is notable for its adjustable brass flex and its screen, slightly smaller than the Up model, that rotates 350° to direct light as needed.
The U. W Flex wall- lamp is also characterised by a brass flex, positioned atop a rectangular base, and by the typical U shape holding the COB LED light source that creates a golden glow. Finally, the other wall-lamp, U. W, rests on a circular base with a joint that allows the semicylindrical screen to rotate, casting beams of light that spread across the whole wall.
Panzeri - Opuntia
Opuntia is a series of table and wall-mount lamps with jointed structure for optimal positioning of the light source with respect to the working plan, ideal for workstations or for the illumination of tables and desks in home or hospitality settings.
Opuntia is the result of a collaboration between Panzeri and Favaretto & Partners Studio.
The structure is built in tube-shaped aluminium with jointed elements in aluminium die-cast and tie-rods in steel. The adjustable head in aluminium die-cast is equipped with an LED board with technology DIM-to-warm to regulate light intensity and colour temperature accordingly. The electronics onboard allow to set also on tunable white, with fixed light intensity and colour temperature ranging from warm white to cold white.
All models are available in polyacrylic paint in finish white, satin black, bronze, mat brass and titanium.
Clerkenwell Design Week returns this May
| (UK) - CDW is making a comeback 24-26 May 2022.
After a two year hiatus within the design calendar, the show is delighted to be bringing the cobbles of Clerkenwell to life once again with more showrooms, leading brands and more undiscovered talent than ever before. It also has two brand new exhibition venues and over 115 resident showrooms taking part, making #CDW2022 its biggest show to date. Discover everything from big name brands to specially commissioned installations, exclusive product launches, hundreds of design-led fringe events, workshops, talks and plenty of parties, with free registration. This year's event identity has been designed by Cai Taylor and takes inspiration from the printing and craft industries that make up a big part of Clerkenwell’s creative history. A playful combination of typefaces from traditional serif fonts that reference publishing and the old printing press to contemporary display faces that have a geometric quality, create a bold and expressive typographic style that echoes CDW's spirit. |
Magic Circus - Upside Down
New from the Magic Circus, Upside Down lamp by Marie-Lise Féry takes inspiration from children's games and their geometric forms.
"I focused my research on regular forms and the clear, plain lines recalled by geometric figures in space. Like the simple construction games we used to play with as children, with all their endless possibilities, these geometric volumes appeared to me to be just as conceivable in one direction as in another," says Féry.
"Upside or inverted, these geometric volumes allow me to play with my imagination, turning this compilation of pieces into abstract and figurative forms. These ceiling lights with geometric shapes and their extraordinary sizes and materials offer a completely new interpretation of form.
"The remarkable work produced by Vetrarti’s glassblowers, the preciousness of the materials, and its outsized formats allow this ensemble, in principle very simple, to read as delicate and theatrical and almost fantastical."
Image: Pierrick Verny
Chelsom - Phono
Phono is from Chelsom's latest collection, Edition 27. The range includes table, floor and wall light options available in brushed brass, effortlessly balancing product design with function.
The conical fabric shades fit seamlessly into spun brushed brass cone holders and emit a beautiful warm light designed to enhance the ambience of any room. Table and floor lamps stand on heavy satin black cylindrical bases.
Marset - Funiculí
Marset's Funiculí collection expands in colour. One of the most emblematic designs of its collection, the Funiculí, by Lluís Porqueras, is a simple and functional lamp that now comes in new colour options: green, terracotta and mustard. The new finishes are intense, defining its shapes and highlighting its design and bring chromaticism to the space. The new shades are cheerful and vivid.
Luum - Samara
Inspired by the seeds that fly from Maple, Ash and Elm trees, Luum's Samara collection is a pared-back, geometric lineup centred on the intersection between the two disc shapes. Seamlessly connected discs, each containing a thin LED panel, emit a warm downward glow. The versatile design adapts to wall, table and chandelier versions.
Samara table consists two precisely joined LED discs from the Samara table lamp, creating a softly diffused light that cascades down onto the surface below.
Leo Scarf Design - Vertex
The Vertex acoustic pendant is part of a series of products that uses recycled PET felt board. The domed profile of each fitting makes them ideal for sound dampening above office meeting tables or restaurant/cafe areas and is available in a range of colours. Each part is CNC knife cut for accuracy and held together by nylon fittings with 2 LED light source options - a 22W flat disc light or 11W suspended globe bulb. The series consists of three sizes, 800mm, 1150mm and 1500mm diameters each 420mm high and suspended with adjustable steel cables and matt black electrics set.
Salone del Mobile Milan moves to June
(Italy) - The 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano moves to June 2022.
With a view to organising a 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano that fully reflects the importance of the event, the Board of Federlegno Arredo Eventi, in agreement with Fiera Milano, has elected to postpone the event, which will now take place from 7 - 12 June 2022.
Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, says: “The decision to postpone the event will enable exhibitors, visitors, journalists and the entire international furnishing and design community to make the very most of an event that promises to be packed with new things, in total safety. As well as celebrating a major anniversary, the event will focus on the theme of sustainability, acting as a showcase for the progress made in this regard by creatives, designers and companies. Moving the event to June will ensure a strong presence of foreign exhibitors and professionals, which has always been one of the Salone’s strong points, and it will also give the participating companies time to plan their presence at the fair as thoroughly as possible given that, as we know, the progression from concept to final installation takes months of preparation. The desire for a Salone is increasingly strong, which is why we are working towards an event that will give everyone an opportunity to enjoy a unique, concrete and exciting experience. We are all really longing for a Salone.”
BIID launches first awards programme
(UK) - The British Institute of Interior Design is launching its first ever national awards scheme, The BIID Interior Design Awards.
The inaugural awards will celebrate British interior design and will showcase some of the finest interior design projects completed across the UK.
BIID President Lindsey Rendall comments: “We are delighted to be introducing these exciting new awards in 2022, which will recognise the amazing work of talented interior design teams across the UK. The BIID Interior Design Awards will search the length and breadth of the country to celebrate every type of interior design, from the largest commercial project to the smallest residential dwelling. As the UK’s only professional institute for interior designers, we are hugely excited to be able to celebrate and reward, the truly outstanding work created by our design community.”
Entrants will submit projects based on the regional location of the project. The winners will be awarded across 8 regional categories:
· North
· Midlands
· Central London
· Greater London
· South East
· South West
· Wales and Northern Ireland
· Scotland
All projects shortlisted for the BIID Awards will be visited in person by expert assessors. The judging panel will also award two new landmark prizes overall from the entries. This will include the most prestigious prize, Interior Design of the Year, which will be awarded to the best interior design project in the UK from the regional winners. In addition, the Anna Whitehead Prize, will be awarded to the best achievement in sustainable interior design and is named in honour of late BIID member and sustainability champion, interior designer Anna Whitehead.
The BIID Interior Design Awards will welcome entries from both BIID members and non members, from both residential and commercial sectors, to allow all interior designers in the UK to enter their projects.
The accolades will be awarded at an exciting new awards ceremony, set to take place on 5th October 2022, which will be held at the stunning Drapers’ Hall, London. Drapers’ Hall boasts magnificent interiors which will create a spectacular backdrop to celebrate and reward the very first BIID Interior Design awards.
Entries open on Monday February 7th 2022.
Light + Building 2022 moves to October
(Germany) – Organisers of Light + Building have announced the decision to postpone the 2022 event, originally scheduled for 13-18 March, until the Autumn.
Last December, intensive discussions with customers and event partners caused the show to look at alternatives to the original dates, and now a decision has been reached to hold the show from 2-6 October 2022.
“We took the concerns of our partners very seriously, and of course also weighed up the entrepreneurial opportunities and risks. As already announced in December, all options for a new date were under review. Fortunately we managed to find an attractive autumn date and make it possible through internal rescheduling for Light + Building. This means that the prospect of a strong, international sector launch in Frankfurt in 2022 remains,” said Wolfgang Marzin, President and CEO of Messe Frankfurt.
The move comes as Covid-19 figures saw an increase in Germany following the appearance of the Omicron variant, while associated travel restrictions led to uncertainty within the lighting, building and safety technology sector.
