Trueing's Cerine lighting hangs from chunky coloured glass chains
New York design studio Trueing has intended to put "an interesting spin on the familiar" with the bold hand-formed coloured glass chain links that feature in its latest collection of lighting.
Launched at this year's NYCxDesign festival, Trueing's Cerine series comprises two pendants, a floor lamp and a sconce.
The Brooklyn studio, founded by partners Aiden Bowman and Josh Metersky, found influences for the designs in a number of places. These include the delicate golden chain necklaces, rough metal versions found in ship yards and the decorative motifs featured in the facade of beaux-arts buildings.
"Chain is also common in traditional lighting design ? we wanted to make something that would reinterpret that vernacular, putting an interesting spin on the familiar," Metersky said. Hand-formed from thick borosilicate glass in bold and bright colours, the chain function as a way to place the lights in their prescribed spots, but also serve as the focal point of the design.
Each chain link is sized seven centimetres wide by 12 centimetres tall, and can be ordered for bespoke arrangements in seven opaque or transparent colours. The metal finishes for each piece come in brushed brass, satin or polished nickel, and oil rubbed bronze.
"The chain has a certain softness and character to it; what I love is that each link is hand-made, so they?re all a little bit different, but when you step back the whole thing just looks natural and perfect," Meters...
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