Glowing with pride: Many parts make light work

Milan – Creating a simple light is not enough for Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken. Instead he has produced a collection of objects that bring poetry to the illumination of a room.

‘Why does a product need to be one object? Why can’t it be the sum of several?’ asks Rybakken.

The designer’s Richochet light, on show at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month, is deconstructed into four objects: a 10W LED lamp, two mirrors attached with magnets to fine black poles, and a white circular reflector. Together they form an installation that creates a soft glow in the room and a gentle shadow on the wall.

‘The objects need each other,’ Rybakken tells LS:N Global. ‘They cannot exist otherwise, as on their own they lose their usefulness.’

This gentle interplay between light, objects and space is a good example of how designers are creating whimsical interiors, as we have seen in our Sublime Materiality Macro Inspire.

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