Description:
The Desa table light presents itself as a cylinder of mouth-blown opal glass, with a powerful yet sober presence. With a satin-finish black metal ’lacing’ closely following the opaline surface, this lamp gives off a soft light. Its
Dimensions make of it a sculpture within the confines of an apartment, just as lovely extinguished as it is when lit.
Shade in mouth-blown opal glass. Inset ring in satin black lacquered steel. A tube in satin black lacquered steel, in the form of an inverted ’U’ shape, conceals the black electric flex & can also be used as a handle to assist in moving this large-scale lamp. Supplied with 1 x E 27 21 W compact fluo globe bulb Ø 120 mm, colour 827 (warm white). Truly modern, contemporary designer lighting.
Designer:
Pierre Charpin:
Born in 1962. A trained plastic artist, Pierre Charpin has dedicated most of his time to the design of furniture & objects since the beginning of the 1990's. Since then his work as been just as likely to veer towards experimental projects on which he works with, amongst others, C I R V A (1998/2001) & C R A F T (2003/2005); he also designs products for prominent international manufacturers such as Alessi, Venini, Post Design, Montina, Zanotta, Ligne Roset, la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. His continuous research work is made possible by his collaboration with the Galerie Kréo, Paris, with which he has been working under a worldwide exclusivity agreement since 2005, producing limited edition items. In 2004 he won an award for his ' Eau de Paris' carafe in moulded glass, of which 60, 000 were produced. He was elected 'créateur de l'année 2005' by the salon du meuble de Paris. Several of his pieces form part of the collections of the Fond National d' Art Contemporain, the Centre Georges Pompidou & the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.