INCONTROLUCE
For once, we switch off the light to illuminate, and switch it on to tell a story.
Novelties 2019
09 April 2019
I let myself be guided by sensations inside.

They weren’t the sensations of a designer, but of an observer of things that have moved me over the course of my life.
Not only lamps. Not only objects.
I had a long list of ideas. Some didn’t produce anything special. Others didn’t seem credible.
Slowly, my list diminished naturally.
What remained were the lamps I think in one way or another have always belonged to me.


ChainDelier
Davide Groppi, 2019
A play on words between “chain” and “chandelier”. I was looking for a chandelier, something new, but classic. I wanted something simple, but with character. Like a pearl necklace. A chandelier that would allow us to solve the eternal problem of decentralisation. ChainDelier is a golden chain that bends under its own weight, creating a perfect parabola and projecting light from its bottommost point. Gold is the ultimate metal. It is a metaphor of energy and desire. It is also the ideal metal to conduct electricity. Shining with golden rays like a modern version of a chandelier from Versailles, it is at the same time simple and linear. ChainDelier can be whatever the user wants it to be, inserting more chains and/or lighting devices, with the lights facing up or down. The number of lighting combinations makes this lamp truly unique.

Ohm
Davide Groppi, 2019
Light runs alone a wire. An almost imperceptible wire hung in the air. Like a tightrope walker on a thin rope, the light goes where it’s needed, weightless and wonderful. Ohm is an electro mechanic project that takes maximum advantage of the characteristics of luminous diodes. The secret of Ohm is a special unipolar wire stretched from wall to wall. The circuit is closed, like in a magic trick, thanks to another very thin, almost invisible conductor. Where the light comes from is hidden, hiding discreetly, giving all the attention to what it is illuminating. Ohm is another step forward in the work of Davide Groppi, in search of a rigorous and essential style, full of profound significance.

Endless
Davide Groppi, 2018
Endless is endless light. It’s a shining strip of possibilities. Thanks to Endless, every wall and every ceiling can potentially host light. The idea is simple, but innovative. Consider your walls and ceilings as electronic circuits with which you can power any lighting devices you want, freely and easily. This system was created and patented by our Team in order to transport electric energy in a digital and graphic manner. Endless is an adhesive strip, a conductive ribbon that can be applied to any surface. Electric current is now available anywhere, allowing you to connect multiple lighting devices that can be controlled and regulated separately via wireless technology. Endless is the definitive digital line. Light designers’ biggest dream has just come true thanks to Endless. Now you can draw, create guilloches and engrave darkness with light. Endless. Light is now free to be the artist’s brush.

 

Pigreco
Omar Carraglia, 2019
Of all of the geometric figures, a sphere is the closest to perfection. It is a metaphor for the absolute, the mystery of the universe on a smaller scale. A crystal ball, imagining what the light of the future will be like. A changing light, projecting these infinite modulations on the walls and ceiling. Pigreco is rigorous in its design, putting together two essential, concrete and tangible materials: wood and glass. The crystal ball, half of which is made of frosted glass, can be positioned as one desires, functioning both as diffusor and convex lens. There is an invisible LED at the base of the lamp that illuminates the inside of the sphere. How one positions the light creates new worlds on the surfaces around it, offering unexpected light that surprises and moves people. The light of the future, born from a precious sphere.

Pagina 
Alessandra Dallagiovanna, 2019
We have always believed that light is a story, narration. You can draw, write and imagine stories with it. Three parts only: a sheet of paper, a pen, a LED light. A symbolic gesture, somewhere between reality and imagination. The paper is special, provided with micro suction cups so that it can be fixed to a wall and moved at will, situated in such a way as to create waves and three-dimensional effects. An imaginary sheet on which to immortalise bright thoughts. The LED pen completes the idea, placed on the curve of the paper, creating guilloches of diffused light. Pagina breaks the fourth wall, ripples the surface, making live, vibrant shapes. It takes a sheet of light to tell a story.

Moon T
Davide Groppi, 2019
The moon as we see it from down here on Earth has thousands of shades and nuances. When it is full, it inspires joy in people who watch it turn. It’s magic and like all good magic, it works every time. Everyone has his or her own moon. Moon was created from the dream of putting the moon inside your own home. The japanese paper used on the outside is made by hand, so every lamp is unique and different.

Rail
Davide Groppi, 2019
What are we talking about in the end? Maybe making lamps means investigating the infinite ways of bringing electrons into a space. Maybe it means lighting a space in the simplest way possible, with a sense of irony and weightlessness. The tracks of an electric train can be used to indicate an imaginary landscape in which light creates other directions, other crossings, other shapes. Rail is the boundary between usefulness and show, between art and design.

Morsetto P
Davide Groppi, 2019
Morsetto is a wall lamp, but at the same time, it is also a very lightweight, suspended light. It’s a lamp that appears to be in flight, like a bird in the forest. Morsetto can be positioned, balanced and turned, but overall it produces a beautiful light on the table. It’s the wall version of our lamp Morsetto, 2017.

Hashi - Brass finish
Federico Delrosso, 2017/2019
Hashi is a floor lamp conceived to provide direct light in a simple and flexible manner. Its principle component is the pivot point between two “chopsticks” (Hashi) that serve as light sources. The two sticks can be positioned in different ways, creating a strong, graphic effect in space. Particular care has been given to the proportions. The sticks always appear lightweight and balanced.

Cartesio 90
Design Davide Groppi, 2018/2019
For this project, a thin, circular mirror has been suspended in order to provide soft and soothing light. It combines direct and indirect illumination. Cartesio pays homage to one of the founders of modern optics. A sophisticated clamping system allows positioning of the circular mirror where you want, without needing wall or ceiling wires.

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A story. A story of light.
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