Alchemie T for Catellani&Smith
Moon, is everlasting, like part of the same flow of existence.
Year
2019
Role
Designer
Client
Catellani&Smith
The Story
Many allegorical meanings have been given to the necessary relationship between two elements that each exist as a consequence of the other.
The new lamp Alchemie T, designed by Giulia Archimede for Catellani & Smith, investigates this dimension whose components are diametrically opposed but always, and for ever, connected. Alchemie T is an exquisite sculpture composed of two discs: the former, made of alabaster and lit by LEDs, stays fixed, while the latter, made of brass, slides on a track-base made of Medea limestone just with a light touch of the hand. The interaction between light and shade reaches its peak the moment when the two discs overlap and almost mimic an eclipse.
