American architect Richard Meier has debuted a range of simple white lamps, in keeping with the signature pared-back style of his buildings.
The architect collaborated with his product-designer daughter Ana Meier, as well as lighting veteran Hervé Descottes, to create the Richard Meier Light collection.
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The 12-piece range features sconces, pendants, table and floor lamps ? some in simple geometric shapes and others that take cues from portions of the 1984 Pritzker Prize-winner's projects.
"With this collection, we aim to bring the power of architecture to a smaller-scale," said Ana Meier. "I was moved to take recurring themes and forms in Richard's work, and translate them into sculptural objects that are interacted with everyday." Barcelona I
Lights in the set titled Barcelona are modelled on the architect's Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, completed in 1995.
The first of the wall-mounted designs is shaped like the rectangular portion of the facade above the building's entrance, while the second is a scaled-down version of the curvaceous volume at the other end.
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Meier's 2013 Fire Island House was also used as a reference for the collection. A trio of cuboid floor lamps feature rectangular cut-outs that echo the enclosed portions of the beach-side residence.
Three additional lights form a set called Cyclades. A square and a circular version are sconces, and both are split down the middle so light shines from within ...