NEW Êla Collection

Droplet 1000mm diameter in Silver/Chrome

Willowlamp is proud to introduce a new collection: Êla. Inspired by water and named after the Sotho word for flow, Êla embodies the characteristics which typify Willowlamp’s style: a marriage between organic forms and industrial materials, craft and design.

Droplet is the first piece from this new collection. Created out of a set of cascading steel rings, the piece was inspired by droplets of water, both in its overall shape and in the detail of the tassels of chain which make up the chandelier.

Further designs for the collection are already in the works!!

Willowlamp's largest chandelier yet!

We were recently asked to produce our famous Flower of Life Chandelier for a hotel in Cairo, but in a custom size. The result is this custom made, 2.7 meter diameter Flower of Life Chandelier.

It really is a thrill to see how far we can push the materials we use and our manufacturing capabilities. And of course, it wouldn't have been possible without the help of our amazing Willowlamp team.

Amazing Lighting!

We came across the most beautiful lighting pieces by Hudson Lighting this morning - really stunning stuff! Below are images of the lights which really caught our eye (all images from Hudson Furniture's website).

Atlantis 100

Monastery

Atlantis Chandelier

It's amazing what can be made when combining organic design with industrial processes, really beuatiful pieces - nice work!

Campana Brothers - Antibodies

The Campana Brothers are one of the best known design duos of today, and their current retrospecive at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany is a testament to their creative talent. Below are some images from the retrospective, and there's an article on Antibodies on the Wallpaper website.

A view of the show featuring some of the brothers' 'sushi chair'.

Lighting created using recycled bottles.

Playful furniture pieces, aka: The gloopy Aster Papposus lounge systems!

Jim on light - mututal admiration

If you're looking for a really cool lighting blog check out http://www.jimonlight.com/. We stumbled accross it a couple of weeks ago, and Jim really does cover all aspects of lighting from Architectural lighting, LED's, Concert lighting, Light technology to Light Art and Lighting for enjoyment amongst others. (All the images below are from Jim's blog).

Kaleidoscopic Eye, a creation by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary out of Vienna

LA’s Conga Room (Club) designed by Belzberg Architects - we'd LOVE to walk through there!!

Kurage Lamp series from Schemata Architecture Office.

Light Art Performance Photography group, or LAPP.

Jim's also very kindly written a lovely article on us, check out at: http://www.jimonlight.com/2009/05/15/willow-lamps-south-african-design/

Ghost stories exhibition - NY

You can check out the article on this show on Wallpaper*'s website, it's a really interesting read and the pictures are amazing. Initiated by Issey Miyake, the XXIst Century Man design challenge asked designers to create pieces which exemplified how man lives today. Below is the Cabbage Chair by Nendo, and images of the installation at Friedman Benda.

Prototypes and experiments

I came across this amazing exhibition taking place at the Aram Gallery in London (http://www.thearamgallery.org/) where all the pieces shown were prototypes or experiments of pieces of furniture and lighting. See the images below taken from the exhibition:

Here's the link to the page on this year's show: http://www.thearamgallery.org/2009/02/03/prototypes-and-experiments-02/

It's a little like getting a peak at a designer's sketchbook!

And there's a link to the 2008 show www.aram.co.uk/acatalog/The_Aram_Gallery.html (looks really ineteresting, see example below).