Metals and flowers are on decidedly reverse ends of the spectrum. The primary is sturdy, industrial, stout. The opposite is gorgeous, delicate, colourful. Nevertheless, designer Alvaro Ucha Rodriguez — identified for his work at NYC store and design incubator Lichen, the place he’s created items just like the Pitch Pendant Lamp and Puddle Sconce — is bringing the 2 nearer collectively along with his new “Momento” venture.
Ucha Rodriguez describes the gathering as a “showcase of his private type,” and notes that he needed to “[upend] the thought of metallic solely being a chilly, inflexible, and lifeless materials. This led me to create work that exemplifies the alternative of that, which, on this case, is a flower.”
This ethos translated into the gathering’s two items, a seven-inch sculpture and a 14-inch-wide lampshade. Each have been produced in a shiny pink tone and a extra muted stainless-steel fabrication, with each bit’s particulars adhering to their respective ethos: the previous options bloom-inspired pink particulars and, within the case of the sculpture, a inexperienced base for a nod to a flower’s stalk, whereas the latter sticks to a whole, unpainted stainless-steel development. Lamps additionally include ceiling hooks for simple set up.
Aidan Elias
Aidan Elias
The total “Momento” providing is on the market now by way of Alvaro Ucha Rodriguez’s web site with lamps priced at $250 USD and sculptures at $150 USD.
