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Marset | PerezOchando
Unfold the light or fold it. The latest from PerezOchando is a flexible, large-format lamp designed to adapt to the different lighting requirements in large spaces.
A large black vertical structure is the main shaft from which a number of rods emerge; some can be moved upwards to expand the light and others downwards to focus it. The rods all have a suspended spotlight that projects the light downwards or in a large, sharp beam. The cylindrical spotlights – with an inner ring that comes in ivory, terracotta or gold – spread the light evenly.
This decorative light, with an extremely graphic profile that’s easy to outline, takes its inspiration from an old-fashioned winding machine: used to wind thread or wire around an axis and form a ball. Designers Pedro Ochando and Claudia Pérez have no interest in the machine’s function, rather in its shape, which enables vertical movement with a horizontal effect.
Made in Terrassa, Spain
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Dimensions
H 35.8’’ x W 78.7”
Lead Time
4-6 Weeks
Lamping
103W LED (included)
Brand
Marset
Marset was established in 1942 as a family business, not making lighting, but as a foundry. That foundation in casting metals did eventually segue into lighting design, however, with Francisco Marset formally establishing Marset Illuminacion in 1965.
The decades spent experimenting with and molding metal translated well into the contemporary lighting industry: manipulating all kinds of materials to create unexpected, atmospheric lighting effects.
Designer
PerezOchando
Claudia Pérez and Pedro Ochando founded their design studio, PerezOchando, in 2014. They work in various areas of design: graphic, product and art direction, with the odd foray into spatial design.
Design to them is a tool to improve the environment, spaces, objects, publications, websites and global company identity. It is a way to make things better, without imposition, developing a collaborative design that brings new ideas while preserving the essence and personality.
They have worked in a number of schools and universities and with firms such as Sancal, Inclass, Point, Lékué, Missana, Kendo and Marset.
