Casting
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Product • By HESSENTIA | Cornelio Cappellini • Heron
Heron
Side table Heron is a very refined element with a light and versatile design completely made of metal.The brass top is realized with a metal casting technique in a mold made of special sands. The brass legs are finished in shiny gold. More
Casting T
CASTING TVincent Van DuysenWhenever an architect is requested to be involved in landscaping, the answer is pertinent: he creates architecture. Both worlds are indissolubly connected, where one ends, the other begins. And in some cases they just merge. Casting is a series of miniature lighting icons which fuse landscape and outdoor design.The design of the T shape, casts a clear frame in every background. Its shape clearly reveals the intent of the desired light direction. An expression and attitude of modernist periods ‘when form follows function’. Technical DescriptionThe body of the version T is made of extruded aluminum, base and diffuser in die-cast aluminum EN AB-47100 with a low copper content. High-resistance coating:... More
Casting C
CASTING CVincent Van DuysenWhenever an architect is requested to be involved in landscaping, the answer is pertinent: he creates architecture. Both worlds are indissolubly connected, where one ends, the other begins. And in some cases they just merge. Casting is a series of miniature lighting icons which fuse landscape and outdoor design.The design of the C shape, casts a clear frame in every background. Its shape clearly reveals the intent of the desired light direction. An expression and attitude of modernist periods ‘when form follows function’. Technical DescriptionThe body of the version C is made of extruded aluminum, base and diffuser in die-cast aluminum EN AB-47100 with a low copper content. High-resistance coating:... More
Product • By Flos • CASTING CONCRETE
Casting Concrete
CASTING CONCRETEVincent Van DuysenWhenever an architect is requested to be involved in landscaping, the answer is pertinent: he creates architecture. Both worlds are indissolubly connected, where one ends, the other begins. And in some cases they just merge. Casting is a series of miniature lighting icons which fuse landscape and outdoor design. The half-rounded model, Casting Concrete, refers to a more brutalist architecture. The lamp Le Corbusier developed for the city of Chandigarh was for me love at first sight, it perfectly embodies brutalist architecture ‘avant la lettre’. I wanted to pay tribute to this archetype by giving it a contemporary interpretation… and with a touch of Flos. An archetype geometry and a solid base, enhance... More