Italy Vintage
Italy Vintage
Chandelier: Italy continues to lead in lighting design
Italy is synonymous with style, passion, culinary delights and seemingly endless sunshine. As outsiders we are too ready to believe that his impeccably dressed, people take the easy living life as a loose coat Gucci installation. But beyond his easygoing attitude, relaxed and you'll discover that in fact, are deeply serious about almost everything, food, fashion (any octogenarian Italian testify that looking effortlessly cool in a canary-colored mohair suit is not little) and exquisite architecture, art and design.
One of the many enduring legacies style, which is justly proud, is the transformation of the illumination of the object functional art form, a masterpiece of design in harmony with technology and engineering. None of this is more than lighting modern chandelier.
Italy has been illuminating the path from the end of the Second World War, when a series of Italian industrial design talents, including the brothers Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Gino Sarfatti and Pietro Chiesa, funded by small entrepreneurial families, revitalized Italian lighting design and started a movement that has done the most desirable in the world. By rethinking the role and how restructuring using new materials and futuristic forms, captured the upbeat mood of the nation to produce witty, elegant classics like the minimalist "Luminator" (1955), 'Tojo' (1962) and Richard Sapper Tizio '(1972).
Chandelier Lighting
Over time, advances in technology and engineering resulted in the illumination of increasingly higher performance and thus, the ability to transform mood of any architectural project, from the warm and cozy at the cutting edge and contemporary. Designers now enjoy the freedom to all sorts of new possibilities, and crystal chandeliers, in particular, was elevated to the rank of "sculpture".
The heart design glass lighting and production was and still is Venice. Top of the industry so precious Murano glass, the name of the islands where it is, which have been hand-making colored blown glass and crystal drops more than 200 years. In fact, Murano glass chandeliers are the pinnacle of Italian glass making with their bold colors versatile designs and durability. New treatments have made glass designs are also incredibly strong which means they can exist in places where the first designs of glass would have been too fragile.
With designers increasingly willing to follow more creative and amazing ways to play with light and color was only a matter of time until we take the refractive qualities of Swarovski crystal. Daniel Swarovski crystal revolutionized the court in 1892 to produce a product of incomparable beauty, prized for its versatility, light and bright colors. Glass is used in some of the most show-stopping designs lamps Recommended lighting in the world's most exclusive areas.
Unique, evocative and built to last
While many processes are increasingly high-tech Italian lighting design stays true to its traditional methods of handmade precision. The joy of buying and living with as lighting, hand-made, unlike buying mass-produced versions (which are usually copies of Italian designs) is that not only guaranteed the highest quality and durability, but their accessories, colors, sizes and finishes are unique. Being handmade with patented designs means that while the average size of mass-produced accessories is around 300 to 400 mm and are limited to only three lamps, handmade products can do to be 700 to 12000mm wide with capacity for 18 lamps.
Good lighting is known to positively enhance the environment, the appeal and nature of any luxury living space, and Italian lighting, in particular, is known for mixing functionality with beauty. So if their demands Home Glamor cold vintage or contemporary, it's worth taking the time to source quality range of design, Italian handcrafted lamps and lights to enhance the appearance from any room in your house, bar or restaurant.
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Mike Hurford, Luxury Lights, Managing Director
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About Luxury Lights
Set up in 2008 by Mike Hurford, Luxury Lights specialises in exquisite handcrafted lighting for executive homes, bars and restaurants in a range of traditional and contemporary styles, colours and designs.