FLOOR LAMP « FLAMME » CА/1986
THE FLAMME FLOOR LAMP BY GILLES DERAIN IS A BOLD, AVANT-GARDE PIECE THAT EXEMPLIFIES HIS MASTERY OF SCULPTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN. STANDING TALL WITH A SLENDER, TAPERING FORM, THE LAMP MIMICS THE FLUID, FLICKERING MOVEMENT OF A FLAME FROZEN IN TIME.
ITS MINIMALIST PROFILE, RENDERED IN POLISHED METAL, CASTS A DYNAMIC SILHOUETTE, BLENDING ART WITH FUNCTIONALITY. THE LAMP'S REFLECTIVE SURFACE ENHANCES ITS PRESENCE, SUBTLY INTERACTING WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT AND LIGHT, WHILE ITS ELEGANT, CURVED LINES CONVEY A SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND TENSION.
THE DESIGN'S INDUSTRIAL YET POETIC NATURE CAPTURES THE RADICAL SPIRIT OF THE 1980S, WHERE EXPERIMENTATION AND FORM MERGED TO CHALLENGE THE BOUNDARIES OF CONVENTIONAL LIGHTING. MORE THAN A LAMP, FLAMME IS A SCULPTURAL STATEMENT THAT
EMBODIES THE ESSENCE OF VISIONARY DESIGN.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
GILLES DERAIN WAS A FRENCH DESIGNER BORN IN 1944. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A BROKER OF MASTER PAINTINGS BEFORE IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THE WORLD OF DESIGN THROUGH THE STUDY OF ANTIQUES. THIS UNCONVENTIONAL PATH LED HIM TO BECOME A RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THE HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ARTS. DERAIN WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO REDISCOVER THE CREATORS OF THE UNION DES ARTISTES MODERNES (UAM), A MOVEMENT ACTIVE BETWEEN 1928 AND 1958 THAT LATER MERGED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL MODERN MOVEMENT...
205 CM
PRODUCT DETAILS
CHROME METAL AND BLUE MURANO GLASS BASE
EDITION: LUMEN
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