Catellani & Smith ALCHEMIE F LED alabaster and brass floor lamp

The antithesis between light and dark, between Sun and Moon, is everlasting, like part of the same flow of existence.‎ Many allegorical meanings have been given to the necessary relationship between two elements that each exist as a consequence of the other.‎ The new lamp Alchemie, designed by Giulia Archimede for Catellani & Smith, investigates this dimension whose components are diametrically opposed but always, and for ever, connected.‎ Alchemie is an exquisite sculpture composed of two discs: the former, made of alabaster and lit by LEDs, stays fixed, while the latter slides on a track-base made of Medea limestone.‎ The interaction between light and shade reaches its peak the moment when the two discs overlap and almost mimic an eclipse.‎ Further info from manufacturer on ALCHEMIE F Catellani & Smith