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Bright
New Ideas at Totem: bakerygroup
Lighting, such an essential skill in interior
design since the days of Pompeii, has a bright future. From Canada
comes the kind of lamp that lights up a room with ambient and soothing
illumination just by flicking a switch.
Totem Design, one of the country’s leading showcases for new
contemporary design, is proud to present a series of ambient lighting
from the bakerygroup called Light
Volumes. Elegance, minimalism and simplicity are joined to form this
inexpensive range of crescent-shaped subtle luminance that, placed strategically,
will soften otherwise stolid homes or offices.
“Light Volumes are minimal shell structures composed of two symbiotic components:
a sewn outer shell holds in tension a flexible internal surface,” explains co-founder
Anissa Szeto. “Together they produce a double curved rigid volume that provides
a unique source of diffused, ambient light.”
"Each screen is a three-dimensional volume created with two interdependent
surfaces," adds Szeto’s partner Marcin Padlewski.
Along with mechanical engineer Michel Duvernet, the two architects started bakerygroup
with no intention to create lamps. The company started by designing and building
bathroom fixtures while incorporating curved sheets of plastic for extraordinary
effect.
The fixtures are available at Totem for between $200 to $700.
A warming source of light that can be wall mounted, hung from the ceiling or
stand free on the floor or table, hardware can be added to create either a flat
or undulating wall stacked several lights high.The fixtures consist of a slim
sheet of polypropylene slipped into a sheath thinner and about ten times stronger
than silk, made of polyester create an organic feel that gives the appearance
of a floating mass of light. It is 100 percent polyester micro-fabric: twill
or rip-stop pattern, natural polypropylene sheet, or rubber. Mounted on a single
steel rod bent to conform to the underpinnings of the Light, there are no overbearing
legs, shelves or mountings to make the Lights look obtrusive in its location.
Light Volumes are a warming and fascinating source of light that emanates simplicity
from its form.
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