Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the duo who designed the
London 2012 Olympic torch, have collaborated with Louis Vuitton to create a
unique, eco-friendly bell lamp suitable for the most fashionable of travellers.
Award-winning industrial designers Edward Barber and Jay
Osgerby, better known as BarberOsgerby, are one of 11 design studios to have
fashioned one-off pieces for the storied French fashion house's Objets Nomades
collection. The collection consists of 16 contemporary interiors objects that
could also be taken travelling by their stylish owner.
The Olympic torch creators chose to reimagine a classic bell
lamp, forming it of Venetian Murano glass and giving it the ability to recharge
by sunlight. Their method, they say, was "reductive, hence the simplicity
of form."
"We began with the idea, then the function,"
Edward Barber said. "First came an exploration of the technological
possibilities to ensure that the lamp was both portable and sustainable. Ease
of carriage and the way the lamp's solar and lighting technology work informed
the shape."
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