GRANDE ETOILE - Подвесная лампа из blown glass

GRANDE ETOILE is a pendant lamp whose structure features a three-level configuration.‎ At the center, serving as the support for the light modules, is a transparent Pyrex cylinder, visually almost imperceptible, especially when the chandelier is turned on.‎ From it, thin cylinders branch out to support blown glass diffusers of varying sizes, arranged on three staggered levels in the Grande configuration, and in a radial pattern in the Ronde version, always playing with the interplay of solids and voids.‎ The cylinder also houses the electrical cables, left free to move, almost reinterpreting the concept of an arm in an extremely stylized and minimal form.‎ The glass sections vary across the different levels: on the upper and lower planes, they correspond to two-thirds of a cylinder, while at the intermediate level—which also defines the outermost profile of the volume—they take the shape of semi-circles.‎ The lighting module consists of a bulb and a blown frosted glass diffuser with a cylindrical cross-section.‎ At the center of each diffuser, bulbs with a silvered front finish are fixed, directing the light toward the glass, allowing the frosted diffuser to absorb and gently redistribute it.‎ The glass, therefore, does not merely shield the light, but becomes the protagonist, evoking a soft and enveloping glow, emitting indirect, diffused, atmospheric light.‎ For Etoile, two types of glass were used: for the central body, industrial Pyrex, chosen for its resistance and structural transparency, and the frosted blown glass, which gives a silky texture to the diffusers, evoking the Murano artisanal tradition.‎ Etoile is a collection consisting of two versions: Grande Etoile with a three-level configuration and Etoile Ronde with a single-level configuration.‎ In Etoile, the richness of traditional chandelier decorations gives way to a refined play of volumes, while the contrast between the transparency of the central cylindrical Pyrex body and the textured frosted glass diffusers—also built in a cylindrical shape—creates a fascinating balance of opposites: a chandelier that is both refined and imposing, light that is intense yet pleasant, an elegance that is understated yet extremely sophisticated.‎ The design began with the archetype of the Murano chandelier, reinterpreting it through subtraction.‎ It represents a perfect balance between the past and the present, between the lightness of Venetian glass and the sophisticated minimalism of 1950s and 1960s Milan.‎