Lighting from Fontana Arte

Al Salone del Mobile 2011, Fontana Arte, The brand that deals with lighting not forgetting the decoration as well as the design, brought many new features. Among these, there ‘was a collection of Carmen, characterized by a pattern of overlapping discs, a lamp designed by the Spanish Hector Serrano. The family ‘Carmen’ includes two versions Floor and TablePlus a model Suspension. The shape of these discs is affected by mesh armor worn by Saladin in ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ Ridley Scott; quick sketches after seeing the film have been translated into a 3D model and gradually refined in the studio.

After proposing the product at Fontana Arte, Serrano has worked heavily with the company to translate his original drawings in a piece over efficient and aesthetically refined for mass production.

The final version of the concept has generated a model in which white lacquered steel discs are slightly spaced from each other, giving rise to the play of light and shadow. The layering effect scales with the intensity of direct light that filters through the ‘steel, With a nice lighting effect.

The new collections are synthesized by Fontana Arte nodal three themes: energy saving and environmental awareness, high aesthetic content, New systems for Management the light scenarios. This also means the wider use of new light sources, as the LED, which is reached with the objective of low power consumption and outstanding performance of light.