Kinda, But Not Really

Blanco White by Estudi Arola

In collaboration with the Korean Fawoo (which holds the relevant patents) Santa & Cole entrusted Antoni Arola with creating a collection of “luminous objects”, both table-top and applicable to the wall, consisting of thin metal casings, 1 cm thick, which house “sheets” of methacrylate on two of whose opposite sides are accommodated strips of LED focused toward the centre (Lumisheet). The internal surface of each sheet is woven with micro incisions by laser, more subtle on the edges and deeper toward the centre, thus achieving a plane with a certain concavity which is lit up homogeneously. The result is impeccably efficient and beautiful.

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