Italian designers Studio06 have created a pendant lamp inspired by light penetrating underground caves.
Called Furà, the lamp has a smooth outer surface and a wavy, ridged interior.
It is produced by Italian manufacturers Biffi luce and comes in black or white.
Here's a tiny bit of text from the designers:
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Furà (the suspension lamp) makes an amazing ambient, it symbolizes light that filters through the rocks. A new perfectly smooth and polished finish gives elegance to this lamp.
Designer: Studio06 (Roberto Guadrini, Massimo Guglielmotto, Paolo Mattiolo)
Title of design: FURA'
Award: 1st prize at Biffi luce design competition
Manufacturer: Biffi luce S.r.l, Italy
2nd image is simply amazing!
stunning design!
love the ‘inspiration image’ …a beam of light coming through the rock face…beautiful!
Incredible how such simple ideas get to impress so much! Absolutely beautiful!
thanks to marcel wanders and emmanuel babled …
Agreed. I like how the contours on the 2nd image are smooth and rounded, but on other views they are hard, layered edges…
well… im seeing too many similarities to this one to call it amazing and stunning: http://www.dailyicon.net/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cancan01dailyicon.jpg
Now this is unique. At last a fresh idea. Very well developed and and produced. A pl;esaure to see the result.
what I like abut this lamp is that the exterior is so subtle, that you could put a bunch of them over a bar say, without them being imposing.
However the interior is beutiful and surprising, and deals with the light in a superb way. Also looks fairly simple to manufacture. I like it.
And it is a lot stronger than that example you showed us LK, theres an idea here, and it doesn’t imitate what you showed, I dont think so.