lighting

Parachilna’s new lighting collection Gémo showcases the extraordinary glassblowing skills of the Venetians. Designed by Luca Nichetto, the lamp has a faceted shape and imprinted surface evoking a ball of yarn – hence its name Gémo (“yarn ball” in the Venetian dialect). The mouth-blown glass lighting collection offers a spin on the classic spherical diffuser. The distinctive shade has sculpted...

Congratulation to Bart Lens for winning the Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award 2017, which was presented in Brussels on 30 January 2018. Lens is a Flemish architect and designer who has created some of EDEN Design’s most evocative and functional lighting pieces. The Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a designer or design studio...

Parachilna in outback South Australia is a long way away from the Spanish design scene, but they both have one thing in common: their stars shine bright. Román Riera and Alfredo Valero established Parachilna in 2014 after many successful years in the lighting industry. Born from the designers’ dedication to decorative lighting, their desire for luxury and their wish to...

Manhattan meets Melbourne at Kisumé, the Lucas Group’s newest hospitality venue designed by Wood Marsh Architecture with interiors by Fabio Ongarato Design. Kisumé means “a pure obsession with beauty,” and it is evident throughout the Flinders Lane restaurant and bar. Spread across three levels of a former 1950s office building, Kisumé is a moody, sleek and understated space, like an...

Fluvia took the spotlight in this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD 2017 by picking up two well-deserved accolades. Fluvia’s Arch and Point luminaires received awards in the Product and Lighting categories. iF DESIGN AWARD is an annual event that was first held in 1953 by iF International Forum Design, the oldest independent design institute in Germany. Initiated by the trade fair...

Yonoh Studio is a multidisciplinary design practice in Valencia, Spain, that’s producing simple, original and functional designs for LZF, Sancal and other European brands. And while there is no excess or extravagance to their creations, there is still a playfulness or whimsy to many. Clara del Portillo and Alex Selma founded Yonoh Studio in 2006. Having trained as industrial designers...

Neri&Hu has added another accolade to its multi award-winning practice, picking up Designer of the Year at the ELLE DECO International Design Awards 2017. ELLE DECO held their fifteenth annual awards ceremony at Salone del Mobile in Milan this past April, recognising the achievements of the world’s leading designers and design companies. Neri&Hu was the deserving winner of Designer of...

Spanish-designer Jaime Hayon has racked up a long list of well-deserved accolades, including most recently being named Elle Decoration’s Designer of the Year 2016. Hayon seamlessly blends his intricate knowledge of craft and artisan skills with a good dose of experimentation, fantasy and humour to create furniture and lighting characterised by slender lines, curvaceous forms and soft textures. You’ll find a...

Each year Wallpaper* magazine's Design Awards single out the people, places, pieces and phenomena that have raised our pulses and this year KE-ZU supplier Parachilna was named Best New Brand! Inspired by the timeless landscape of a small town on the edge of the Australia desert, Parachilna is forging a philosophy built around honesty in design, an appreciation of the value of precious...

Gardens have long been a source of inspiration. Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost published in 1667, was inspired by the Garden of Eden…a place which may or may not have existed somewhere in Iranian Azerbaijan, or downtown Bankstown. So it should come as no surprise that the eccentric Frenchman Bernard Forestier should be inspired by the formal gardens he discovered...