Tasarım/Design: Mermer Aydınlatma Elemanları/Marble Lighting
ILLUMINATED TEXTURES
CONTEMPORARY LIGHTING FIXTURES MADE WITH
MARBLE UTILIZE THE TRANSLUCENT QUALITIES OF
THIS ANCIENT MATERIAL.
L
ight is one of the most important aspects of
creating an atmosphere in any environment, yet
it doesn’t receive the value it deserves in most
public and private spaces. Moreover, natural stone
which is being used in other areas for centuries is
a fairly new material in lighting design. Natural stones
prevalent in sculptures and decorative objects as well as
architecture, are recently emerging in lighting design,
thanks to today’s improved production methods.
The use of marble in lighting design is even more
meaningful when its natural patterns and textures are
used to bring the design its decorative character. These
designs enhance the inherent colors and patterns of the
material through simple geometric forms.
Throughout history, the most widely used methods for
production of marble objects has been turning lathe
and surface polishing. These traditional methods of
production emerges as design choices in designs like
‘Quarry’ from Benjamin Hubert’s De La Espada collection
and Noergaard-Kechayas’s ‘Material Pendant’ products
that he created for Nevvvorks. These lighting fixtures
feature the texture of marble as a natural pattern to
bring out smooth forms. Meanwhile, computer controlled
production methods that gained extreme popularity
in the 21st century provide new opportunities for hard
materials like marble to be used in lighting designs.
CNC and computers may be terms nowadays used too
frequently in design vocabulary, yet these methods not
Lighthouse
Established & Sons ve Venini için Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec’in tasarladığı
aydınlatma, üfleme cam, beyaz Carrara ya da siyah Belçika mermeri, aluminyum
ve halojen ışık kaynağından oluşuyor. Geleneksel yöntemlerle şekillendirilen
Murano camı, mermer taban üzerinde bulunan aluminyum parça sayesinde havada
asılıymışcasına duruyor.
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s idea was to light up a voluminous round glass structure
that would be balanced on a delicate aluminium support. Drawing attention to the
precariousness of the equilibrium the Bouroullecs wanted to present the vulnerability of
the object. The base and the support are industrially made in opposition to the handblown glass which uses traditional artisan skills.
30 NATURA • TEMMUZ - AĞUSTOS 2013 / JULY - AUGUST 2013