The silence of the lamps
Pardon the bad pun but in case you keep analyzing it's going to make experience.
Four years ago, I wrote a blog post about an Italian furniture studio I'd found on Twitter called CLAB4design . CLAB's still plugging away in Breschia and my now-friend Umberto Dattola's still at the helm and he's still creating beautiful work.
Umberto and I have kept in touch over the years and currently, he despatched me some images of his new collection of floor lamps.
In Italian, they're called Lampada Silente . That's Silent Lamp in English. In any language, they're simple, sculptural and absolutely beautiful.
He carves each of these lamps through himself, through hand.
The sun shades are crafted from skinny sheets of poplar.
And the bases are made from linden.
The lamps are completed with an oil end and the timber's left its herbal color.
Each lamp is 190cm tall and may hold a standard lightbulb.
Silence Lamps are readily available in the EU and you can find out more information about EU sales on Umberto's website . Unfortunately, North Americans, Australians and the rest of the world are out of luck since CLAB4design doesn't have a distributor outside of the EU.
That would not take an awful lot to remedy however. If you're inquisitive about wearing the Silence Lamp or any of Umberto's other services, allow me recognise and I'll placed you in touch with him.