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A family of devices in which mechanical intelligence is transformed into an expression of beauty. A thin frame and a blown glass diffuser are the main features of this project.
"These two contrasting elements - a thin, supportive element and a soft one that acts like an enveloping cocoon - are perfectly integrated."
Atelier Oi
Three metal rods are inserted into the sphere through an ingenious mechanism inspired by the art of watchmaking, forming the frame that supports the glass sphere. The movable rods open inside the diffuser and support the glass sphere thanks to the extreme precision of the geometric joints and the balanced weights, both when turned upwards in the table and floor version and when turned downwards in the suspended version.
The diffuser also perfectly matches function and appearance. The transparent glass is blown into a shape that demonstrates optical intelligence. The embossed horizontal stripes conceal the light source from view, reduce glare and ensure more even light diffusion. The device combines tradition and innovation, the old savoir-faire of the art of glassblowing with a future-oriented technological perspective.
Atelier Oi's projects are always imbued with intelligence, quality, emotion, poetry and, above all, respect for values such as sustainability, ethical responsibility and responsibility in production, which are paramount to Artemide.
The glass and the frame are two free elements joined together by a simple, easily reversible mechanical device; the optical system produces a pleasant, highly efficient light, the diffuser is obtained through a single manufacturing process, all the manufacturing and maintenance features are calibrated to create a perfect, sustainable product.
In this project too, elegance, poetry and ethics are characteristic features of the work of Atelier Oi, which is able to combine and fuse materials, visions and technologies into a "form" that is the exact consequence of all these aspects, conveying great emotion.
