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®identity ISSUE 165

YEAR FIFTEEN

JUNE 2017

A MOTIVATE PUBLICATION

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The Middle East’s architecture, design, interiors + property magazine

Lights on: the season's brightest and bestIn the bank: uncovering Kuwait’s new jewelThe cream of Ramadan: inspirational moodsCreative treasures: born and bred in Dubai

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FEATURES

14 Arabian reflections For the month of Ramadan, the id team reveals, how to entertain in style and suggests Eid gifts created by regional designers

20 Heart of innovation Apical Reform’s principal and founder, Amrish Patel, reveals why Dubai’s design-lovers are celebrating their new d3 gallery

24 Heart of the city Designer Renate Aridi reveals how Dubailove allows locals and visitors to embrace and take home the essence of the emirate

44 Eastern oasis Japan-based Luke Hayward of atelier Luke has designed Ichijoji House, a contemporary residential haven in Kyoto

48 Creative capital HOK and Lasvit Architects have collaborated to create the dynamic and colourful interiors of the Central Bank of Kuwait

67 Return of the id Awards Recognising the most innovative, impressive and influential regional design, the identity Design Awards have launched

Cover: Fairuz collection by SILSAL

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This year’s Salone del Mobile was brighter than ever thanks to Euroluce, the biennial lighting exhibition.

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On the move Challenging conventionMake it your ownHome accessoriesTechnology & traditionBird spottingA note about materials

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Illuminating ideas

Design Formula

Filo Penisola by Marconato and Zappa for Comprex

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W hen two design events as exciting as Euroluce and Salone del Mobile run alongside each other, you can expect to be inspired. You can also expect to spot the trends currently captivating the eyes and minds of designers around the world.

Perhaps most prevalent was a preoccupation with circles and semicircles. Daniel Rybakken’s Compendium Circle, for example, combines up to three rings

of different diameters to create an array of configurations. London-based designer Michael Anastassiades continued the conversation with three new additions to his Mobile Chandeliers collection, which seeks to identify timeless qualities of objects.

Finnish designer Timo Ripatti updated his U-Light collection for Axo Light by integrating an LED into a series of circular aluminium frames to produce a soft, dimmable white light. Meanwhile, Francesco Librizzi, a young Sicilian architect working in Milan, debuted the Setareh table lamp for FontanaArte. It’s composed of a sphere in hand-blown white satin glass, suspended within a thin metal circular structure.

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Ingo Maurer’s Blow Me Up lamp

Santa & Cole launched a wireless adaptation of Miguel Milá’s Cesta collection, called Cestita

Bicoca by Marset

Collapsible Moon by Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka for Pallucco

In an age when everyone wants flexibility, several portable lighting designs have emerged with perfect timing. A highlight at Ingo Maurer’s stand was the inflatable Blow Me Up lamp, designed to lean against the wall or fasten to the ceiling or wall.

Collapsible Moon by Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka for Pallucco has two points of inspiration: the moon and the world of photography – specifically, the reflectors used for photo shoots. Collapsible Moon comprises a technical fabric held in place by a tempered spring steel, and an LED strip that’s placed inside the edge of the frame and which diffuses the light toward the centre of the circle. The result is a fully illuminated circle, much like a full moon.

Way ahead of the curve is Spanish manufacturer Marset, which launched its portable FollowMe lamp in 2014. An update was on show at this year’s Euroluce. It’s larger than its predecessor (and thus capable of producing a

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greater light output) but similar in the fact that it uses LED technology and has a tilting polycarbonate screen that offers both atmospheric and direct reading light. A three-position dimmer regulates light intensity, allowing for a continuous output of between five to 20 hours, while a USB cable means that FollowMe can be recharged.

Another fresh face from Marset is Bicoca, a colourful and lightweight portable lamp made of polycarbonate and designed with a flexible shade to direct the light. A powerful magnet on the fixture’s base lets you fix it to metal surfaces, or you can use the special accessory to attach Bicoca to a sofa or the head of a bed.

Meanwhile, Santa & Cole presented a wireless adaptation of Miguel Milá’s iconic Cesta collection. Like its inspiration, the Cestita table lamp is an oval-shaped glass sphere supported by a wooden structure that morphs into a carrying handle. Unlike the original, however, Cestita is rechargeable.



Crystal forest chandelier by Michael Vasku and Andreas Klug for Preciosa



CHALLENGING CONVENTION

Lamps are expected to do more than just dispense light nowadays. They create atmosphere, too – in a variety of innovative ways. Diade by Monica Armani for Luceplan, for example, absorbs noise, making it perfect for an office environment. Elsewhere, Antoni Arola has come up with a new way of getting more greenery into the home. His Palma items of wall and pendant lights for Vibia all feature a hand-blown glass sphere designed for plants.

Most popular, however, were lighting designs that double up as art installations. Leading the charge was Graffiti by Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka for Pallucco, which comprises metal rods held in place by strong magnets. The rods can be moved and ma-nipulated to create a personal art piece.

Slamp took a different approach, delving into the archives of Studio Job and emerging with seven designs that were applied to its floor-standing Tube light. Dancing animal skeletons, pop-art fruit and references to the Renaissance are all highlights of the Lightning Archives of Studio Job collection. However, L’Afrique gets our vote: we love how it mixes tribal motifs, masks and snakes with industrial elements.

SUB wall lamp by SAAS

Amanece lighting – Petalo collection from Atelier Mel

Antoni Arola’s Palma collection of wall and pendant lights for Vibia


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Diade by Monica Armani for Luceplan absorbs noise



Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s Verticale lamp for Flos

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Designers elevating functional staples with innovative thinking were all about customisation. Take a look at Japanese studio Nendo, which designed Gaku for Flos, as an example. Made up of a series of wooden frames in black varnished or natural ash, Gaku can be customised with accessories, including bowls and vases. Lighting is introduced via an adjustable pendant that hangs down inside the frame. There’s a wireless version too, in which the lamp can be recharged through induction plates.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec took a modular approach to their Verticale lamp, also for Flos. It’s a series of suspension lights of varying lengths that can hang alone or be linked by horizontal cross-pieces to create geometric configurations. The light itself is a blown-glass cylinder inside an aluminium structure. Finishes include gold, bronze, red and blue.



Graffiti lamp by Kazuhiro Yamanaka for pallucco

Finnish designer Timo Ripatti has updated his U-Light collection for Axo Light

Michael Anastassiades added three new pieces to his Mobile Chandeliers collection Filo by Andrea Anastasio for Foscarini

Francesco Librizzi debuted the Setareh table lamp for FontanaArte


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Just as jewellery adds the finishing touches to an outfit, so do some lights add embellishment as well as light. Take Alysoid by Japanese designer Ryosuke Fukusada for Axo Light, for instance: it’s composed of necklace-like draped chains available in glossy black nickel or natural brass. The collection is made up of four different models – small, medium and two large versions – which can be used alone or in a group.

Alysoid by Japanese designer Ryosuke Fukusada for Axo Light

Filo by Andrea Anastasio for Foscarini was born out of the desire to deconstruct a table lamp. The result is a conical-shaped lampshade in porcelain that channels light via an electric cable decorated with colourful Murano glass baubles (a detail that recalls jewellery design). The cable is hooked onto a metal stand, allowing the individual elements to be fully appreciated.

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TECHNOLOGY & TRADITION

The most perfect expression of Ingo Maurer’s aesthetic principles was created nearly two decades ago with the launch of the MaMo Nouchies series of lights. The new shapes for 2017 remain true to the original, made using Japanese paper fashioned into a variety of shapes. One of our favourites is Moonati, a shell-shaped wall light that serves as an excellent example of how craft continues to influence contemporary lighting design.

Ingo Maurer isn’t alone in drawing inspiration from Japan. London-based designer Anthony Dickens has been developing Tekio since a 2010 visit to Japan, when he struck on the idea of bringing traditional Japanese paper lanterns into the 21st Century with LEDs. The subtle combination of technology and tradition matched that found in some of Barcelona-based manufacturer Santa & Cole’s best-selling products, so Tekio became part of its 2017 collection.

Tekio by Anthony Dickens for Santa & Cole



Developing new materials to create high-performance products has become common to the bathroom and kitchen industries, but not so much to lighting. However, change is afoot. Just look at Ballet, a pendant and wall-lamp

Nature always provides inspiration, and this year designers brought her together with modern materials to create some standout pieces at Euroluce. Yanzi, designed by Chinese duo Neri & Hu for Artemide, is a lightweight lamp that can either be suspended or used as a floor lamp. Slender steel rods provide the perch for ‘birds’, with brushed-brass bodies and globe-shaped light bulbs for heads.

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collection designed by Héctor Serrano for Arturo Alvarez and which uses Simetech, a material that’s made of stainless steel mesh covered with silicone. The result is a highly malleable and mouldable material.

A NOTE ABOUT MATERIALS

Meanwhile, French designer Christophe Pillet produced Plume for Oluce. This family of table and floor lamps features a rectangular base supporting a slim stem that draws a curve in the air and ends in a feather-shaped lampshade. The finishings chosen for the collection nod to ‘50s design – think matt black for the base and stem, and brushed gold for the shade.

The Moonati wall light by Ingo Maurer

Arrangements by Michael Anastassiades for Flos

French designer Christophe Pillet created Plume for Oluce

Ballet by Héctor Serrano for Arturo Alvarez



DESIGN SOURCES

VV Cinquanta wall light by Vittoriano Vigano for Astep

Arturo-alvarez.comAstep.designAteliermel.com; tel: 04 359 2184Axolight.itComprex.itFlos.com; tel: 04 334 4478Fontanaarte.comFoscarini.com; tel: 04 341 1301 / 04 394 8161Inarchi.com Ingo-maurer.comLucepan.com; tel: 04 456 5700Marset.comMichaelanastassiades.comOluce.comPallucco.comPreciosalighting.com; tel: 04 443 1943Saas.fiSantacole.com; tel : 050 876 8371Vibia.comC

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