Comments on: Cosmic Angel, Cosmic Ocean and Cosmic Leaf by Ross Lovegrove for Artemide

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:36:12 +0000

Dude,
Saw these in Milan- Liked the cosmic leaf, not impressed with the rest. In fact Rossy’s work was the most impressive for Artimede, and as a lighting professionals, we were very disappointed with their range.

By: toodles

toodles — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:58:21 +0000

if you’ve seen these in person it’s quite funny. The material and form does not emit light or increase it’s luminance. It really is just a light shining onto the surface of a translucent material. Its almost as though someone is trying to convince you that this is innovative but you leave being totally unconvinced.

toodles

By: asdfghjkl

asdfghjkl — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:05:32 +0000

I was joking of course.

Brancusi without the depth..a hundred years late.

Funny that he describes himself as ‘Henry Moore for the 21st Century’

… the two sculptors above did so much for art and for the creative world… this is just another lamp.

And yes, it looks like it has been designed on a computer – devoid of contact with either the hand or the material – they are alien, though not in a good way – alien in the sense that they look like the predictable geometry that pops out of a computer. They are familiar aliens.

By: asdfghjkl

asdfghjkl — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:57:42 +0000

This looks like it has been designed on a computer.

By: designgurunyc

designgurunyc — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:28:07 +0000

Mmm, Cosmic Leaf is very good, if a little derivitive of Sarpaneva or Wirkkala, but hey, that’s not such a bad thing. It is nice to see a modern view on what is organic.