Downtown Design
redazione 20/04/2024

Sophisticated Illumination

The Gems lamp collection by Penta, designed by Francesca Lanzavecchia, is a testament to the sophisticated art of lighting design

These unique pieces, crafted from monolithic crystal, offer endless combinations thanks to their interchangeable components. The collection comprises six distinctive elements: three diffusers of varying sizes embrace a light source composed of a sphere and a cylinder. Gems lamps emit a soft glow enhanced by gentle hues and plays of light, creating an enveloping atmosphere and stimulating the imagination with their ethereal reflections. They project subtle transparencies and gradations of colour onto the surrounding walls, akin to the effect of a kaleidoscope. Despite their complexity, they exude an airy elegance, comparable to that of delicate jewels illuminating a space. Echoes of a pearl necklace are revealed in a mesmerising play of refracted light dancing across the lamps.

Gems by Penta, design Francesca Lanzavecchia

Gems by Penta, design Francesca Lanzavecchia

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