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Lodes is launching its first collaboration with Ron Arad, the internationally renowned artist, architect and designer, known for his iconic industrial pieces that have won multiple awards and been exhibited in the world’s most prestigious institutions. The result is Cono di Luce - a lamp that marries Lodes’ technical know-how with Arad’s artistic flair.
Cono di Luce is a lamp characterised by a transparent Pyrex cone that houses a printed circuit board (PCB) inside and a frame, also made of PCB, but with a greater thickness to provide structural support for the lamp.
The PCB is the result of a process that includes 33 steps and several layers composed of fiberglass and copper for the LED chip electric circuits, which by nature have both translucent and opaque areas. A sheet of fiberglass, which is extremely thin, flexible, and insulating, on which a copper path is smeared, acts as a conductor of the electrical polarity, which on reaching the LED allows them to emit light.
Lodes’ intuition was to understand the possibility of exploiting the decorative potential of the material’s degree of translucency, to arrive at the design characterised by stripes, based on the artist’s drawing. This allowed Arad to play with areas of dark and light bands, and with the moiré effect given by the overlapping of the stripes. Lodes was able to employ this aesthetic to design an electrical circuit connecting more than 200 LED chips.
The frame, also designed by Lodes, consists of a white rigid PCB that performs three functions: refracting light so that the luminous effect of the lamp can be uniform, connecting electric circuits that give power to the LEDs and finally, acting as a mechanical suspension of the product itself.
Another distinctive element of Cono di Luce is the customisable frame that holds the sheet placed inside the cone, and which bears the name of the product. The frame details both Arad’s and Lodes’ names. Cono di luce is available in a pendant version and in three finishes: red, grey and gold, the lamp is versatile for a range of users and environments, in typical Lodes fashion.
Arad prioritised the red version to offer an impactful statement piece, featuring Arad’s signature on the outer flap. The grey version is more subtle, with the signature and product name positioned discreetly on the inside of the sheet, allowing the product to adapt to various settings.
In continuity with the CMF Lodes, there will also be a third version which features a grey finish on the inside and a gold finish on the outside, obtained through the deposition of gold, to give the product its preciousness.
The result is a powerful lamp in its seemingly simple design. When turned on, the product reveals its full decorative capacity - an optical item made of light, shadows and superimpositions, the work of the Arad’s creative vision and Lodes’ ability to master and manage technology.
