Stellar Nebula is a family of suspension lamps with which BIG wanted to interpret and enhance artisan glass blowing by combining it with innovative finishing techniques.
It is a project that reflects on the limits, values and roles of industrial and artisanal production to combine them in a solution where uniqueness and mass production coincide.
Artemide has always presided over the knowledge of the present and the future but also protected and appreciated the knowledge of the past in a contemporary style, such as the glass blowing that takes place in its glass factory in Venice.
In this project, BIG designs the shapes of a suspension lamp and allows the beauty of the craftsmanship come through, proclaiming the value and uniqueness that comes from ancient techniques handed down through the generations.
The master glassmaker is in fact called upon to not only shape the glass by blowing into a standard mould, but to also express his know-how with techniques that softly reshape the regular, basic shape and accentuate the diversity of each handcrafted piece. Works in four different sizes generate pieces that are always unique.
The glass that is created is then treated with an innovative dichroic finishing process.
Artisan know-how and industrial innovation thus come together in the beauty of the material that enhances the magic of the interaction between glass and light.
