At Brando Pizzeria Bistrot, light accompanies the experience from two different distances. One belongs to the space and its architecture; the other, to the proximity of the table. Inside Villino Tateo, a late-19th-century villa in Gioia del Colle, the Palma and Alba collections articulate these two scales without competing with the building’s historic character.

The interior design project, by Mina Ignazzi, begins precisely with respect for the existing architecture. Columns, hydraulic tile floors and restored ceilings create a setting with a strong identity of its own, in which the lighting needed to intervene sensitively. Rather than a more invasive intervention, a system of wall lights and a portable luminaire makes it possible to work with light at different levels of proximity and accompany the space without altering how it is perceived.

Within this context is Brando Pizzeria Bistrot, specialising in signature pizzas by Roberta Esposito, recognised by 50 Top Pizza, Gambero Rosso and Identità Golose. Its offering extends beyond the table with a selection of wines and signature cocktails, live music and cultural encounters. Brando is a place that invites you to stay, and the lighting accompanies that rhythm: from a broader perception of the room to the intimate setting created around each table.

On the dark-toned walls, Palma introduces a first scale of light linked to the architecture. Arranged along several vertical axes, its opal glass hemispheres generate diffuse illumination that follows the proportions of the room and adds depth to the space. Designed by Antoni Arola, the collection reinterprets the archetype of the globe lamp through a contemporary expression that finds a natural affinity with the historic character of the villa.

The second scale appears as you approach the table. There, Alba concentrates the light around the diner and creates a closer, more personal setting. Its cylindrical diffuser emits a calm, dimmable light, while its portable, cordless design allows it to be placed on the table without introducing cabling or altering the existing architecture.

For the project, Alba’s base was chosen in a terracotta finish, in dialogue with the upholstery of some of the chairs and with the tones present in the hydraulic tile flooring. Designed by Palomba Serafini Associati, the collection takes its name from the first light of dawn, a reference that connects with the soft, intimate character of its illumination.

Palma and Alba do not act here as two independent elements, but as parts of the same sequence. One shapes the overall perception of the space; the other brings the light closer to the everyday gesture of sitting around a table. Together, the lighting accompanies the architecture, the gastronomy and the course of the evening without imposing itself on any of them.

Credits:
– Interior design by Mina Ignazzi

Featured Products:
– Palma
– Alba

The Rectangular typology brings a clear sense of structure to a space, framing light within a defined perimeter. Its generous proportions make it ideal for large-scale environments, from conference rooms with large-format tables, to reception areas and open-plan workspaces. Balancing the scale of the space with a discreet presence, it creates a uniform volume of light across broad rectangular surfaces.

The Downlighting & Uplighting version enhances overall luminosity, bringing light to the ceiling plane as well as the surfaces below. This creates a brighter, more cohesive atmosphere, boosting focus and productivity in the workplace.

Especially suited to lounges, lobbies and medium-sized meeting rooms, the Square typology brings focus to a specific area without overwhelming the surrounding environment. Its balanced geometry promotes uniform illumination across the space, reducing excessive contrasts for a greater sense of visual comfort and spatial coherence.

In larger lobbies and open spaces, the Downlighting & Uplighting version can improve the overall sense of brightness, reducing the number of light points required and ensuring a well balanced, comfortable environment.

The Volumetric typology transforms Nexum into a three-dimensional sculpture, creating a distinctive physical presence while extending its light coverage. Its variety of configurations allows the system to adapt naturally to small-, medium- and large-scale spaces, from intimate settings to expansive architectural environments.

The more compact Pendant Downlighting configuration responds to smaller-scale settings, such as side tables, coffee tables or individual workstations, while the larger Downlighting & Uplighting configurations are more suited to contract applications such as double-height spaces, lobbies, restaurants or showrooms, where broader illumination and greater spatial presence are required.

Nexum provides professionals with an architectural tool for shaping spaces through light. Rather than an additional element, lighting becomes part of the spatial structure – a continuous, harmonious language that expands and adapts with each environment. Its four typologies offer a range of geometries and configurations, adapting to the scale and needs of each project. From focused scenes to expansive architectural environments, Nexum brings together form, proportion and light to create comfortable, cohesive atmospheres.

Conceived to accompany the user throughout the day, Closer integrates naturally into a wide range of interiors, from classic through to contemporary. Despite its generous proportions, it has a surprisingly lightweight appearance. Individually handcrafted from durable, finely woven textile, its semi-transparent, spherical shades introduce a highly visual, tactile quality. The mesh is firm yet malleable, and comes in a choice of earthy terracotta, beige, or green tones, adding subtle nuances to the light.

The light source is concealed within the upper part of the luminaire, allowing the shade itself to become the focus. The fabric gently diffuses both light and air, enveloping the surrounding space with an alluring glow and projecting a soft halo of warm downlight. Available in three proportions, wider or more elongated, and in pendant or floor & table versions, the collection offers a repertoire of luminous volumes that can be used to define intimate corners as well as large-scale spaces.

Closer works particularly well in domestic spaces, such as living rooms, dining areas and relaxation spaces, where its textured volumes create a sense of calm and connection. It is also suited to spaces with extensive glazing where its translucent fabric interacts with the natural light, visually connecting interior and exterior environments.

Suspended above a dining table or kitchen island, Closer becomes a dynamic focal point, combining ambient light with warm, practical illumination. In bedrooms and relaxation spaces, it offers an elegant alternative to the traditional bedside lamp, casting a nuanced, restorative glow that complements surrounding textures and furnishings.

Closer’s refined silhouette makes it equally suited to hospitality projects, such as hotel suites, restaurants, spa receptions, lounge areas, and bars. Different configurations and sizes can be playfully combined to reinforce the identity of a space, while its soft, welcoming light and serene presence enhance the client experience and sense of wellbeing.

Layered at varying heights, a composition of pendants creates depth and rhythm, captivating guests with subtle variations in transparency. A solitary pendant can also be used to improve circulation in corridors, entrance areas and stairwells, where it guides visitors though the space while acting as a sculptural statement piece. The canopy allows for installation on both horizontal and sloping ceilings, adapting to different architectures.

The floor and table versions add a sense of mobility to the collection. Portable and cordless, they can be easily moved between spaces, while inductive charging keeps the design visually clean. Like a glowing companion, the luminaire follows the rhythm of everyday life, its familiar presence moving quietly between different moments and settings.

When combined with the pendants, the portable units reinforce visual rhythm, completing the composition on a horizontal plane. Both versions feature dimmer control, allowing the atmosphere to evolve throughout the day, from a brighter light for gathering and conversation, to a softer, more intimate glow for moments of relaxation. A simple touch button allows the floor version to shift between three levels of intensity.

Closer accompanies the rhythm of everyday life. Its textured volumes create warmth and character without demanding attention, while its range of finishes, forms and configurations allow the collection to adapt naturally to its surroundings. Whether composed as a luminous landscape or introduced as a solitary luminaire, Closer brings people, space and light into an intimate dialogue, making interiors feel instantly warmer and more inviting.

A place for inspiration, a meeting point for workshops and creative exchanges, an operations centre and various rooms in which to showcase its products, all in one. The Sedus showroom hub in Düsseldorf, Germany, is conceived as an open and versatile floor plan that combines display, work, meeting and relaxation. Here, its products designed for offices, particularly modular furniture and ergonomic chairs, can be tried out and viewed up close, as the space is designed to experience the furniture and its real-life use. Founded in 1871, Sedus is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of office equipment. Its “Made in Germany” product portfolio sets the benchmark in this market in terms of ergonomics, production and sustainability. Today, at a time when working environments have changed so much in recent years, Sedus continues to innovate and adapt with its modern, high-quality pieces, which are as functional as they are aesthetic, as simple as they are durable.

This new workplace architecture is versatile, dynamic and human, made up of different continuous zones without separations, which integrate diverse uses and respond to new, more flexible and connected ways of working. It seems to have answered the following question: How can workspaces be created that facilitate both concentration and interaction? In the current era of hybrid working, people return to the office not only to collaborate and exchange ideas, but also to think and reflect in peace. Companies face the challenge of meeting both needs – concentration and interaction – in shared places. Today, the ideal office is a communicative and welcoming hub, integrated into an ecosystem of different work areas that also includes third spaces such as cafés, green areas or coworking corners.

This Sedus showroom in Düsseldorf (and its furniture too) is a good example of all this: large shared tables and a fully equipped kitchen, warm materials, textiles and comfortable cushions, colour accents, decorative objects, natural elements… Light is an important part of the project, both in how it can help structure the space and create transitions between areas and, at the same time, in how it is a vital element in the experience, accompanying people through different moments and working hours. Through the combination of three Vibia collections, several layers of light have been created: general, ambient and accent, generating differentiated atmospheres without losing continuity. Each luminaire thus adapts to a different use and creates an effect, but it is their coexistence that builds the coherent and balanced environment. A system that should be read as a whole, but which we can also analyse separately.

In the relaxation area, above the sofas, we find Array, a pendant luminaire whose enveloping light softens the space and also a true suspended sculpture, light and dynamic, made from fine threads that interact with the light in a very beautiful way, adding transparency, depth and plays of colour.

Plusminus, a design by Diez Office, runs through the space in different configurations: as a tensioned belt with a linear diffuser that follows the route vertically, in ceiling compositions with cones and spotlights in a beige finish for the relaxation areas, in a semisphere version in Terra Red above the work table, creating a more focused scene, in a sphere version in dining areas with more diffuse light and, finally, as spotlights on a tensioned belt in work areas, providing precision. Here we see the versatility of the collection in all its splendour: lighting tracks made with textile belts that allow luminaires to be freely attached and unique solutions to be created.

Finally, Bigger stands out in the kitchen, introducing a lower, closer light, perfect for specific areas of activity, and defining a point for pause and encounter. Its essential design combines a large-scale presence with a minimal shade, flat diffuser and those ultrafine cables that keep it floating. With generous light descending from above, its imposing scale and serene geometry introduce a new visual dimension.

Three collections for three needs, but with the same common objective: using light to design spaces that merge display and real use, creating more adaptable, connected and human environments.

Featured Products:
– Array
– Plusminus
– Bigger

Crossing the threshold of this 247-square-metre flat on Madrid’s Calle Barquillo, the noise of the city seems to fall away. Located in the heart of the Justicia neighbourhood, in one of those classic buildings where the architecture still retains a certain sense of ceremony, it embraces all the comforts of the present without renouncing its rich history. Completely renovated by Mónica Diago’s studio, the home retains the generous height of its ceilings, its original mouldings, the white-painted timber joinery and nine balconies overlooking the street. None of this, despite the intervention, has been erased. On the contrary. It has been enhanced so that it can enter into dialogue with a more functional and contemporary way of living in the space.

That intention is clearly perceived in the daytime area, where the layout has been simplified to make it more open and natural. The living room occupies the brightest corner, arranged around a limestone fireplace and opening onto several balconies. From there, natural-stone openings lead towards the kitchen and dining room, conceived as a continuous setting that encourages togetherness without losing definition. Everything maintains a balanced relationship between solids and voids, between open areas and more intimate spaces. In the most private part of the flat, three en-suite bedrooms extend that same sense of proportion, accompanied by discreet technical solutions such as aerothermal heating and home automation, integrated without interfering with the reading of the whole.

In an interior of these proportions and with such pronounced height, of course, lighting cannot be limited to resolving purely functional needs. It must enter into dialogue with the verticality, reinforce continuity and help each room retain its identity within the home. Here, light is not an addition introduced at the end of the process. In fact, it forms part of the way the home is laid out and lived in.

In the kitchen and dining room, arranged around a round table, the Wireflow collection, designed by Arik Levy, introduces a suspended geometry that responds to that scale. Its fine taut cables draw a precise, almost graphic structure in the air, framing the area without enclosing it. The luminaire defines the centre of the gathering and accompanies everyday gestures such as eating or talking, providing an intermediate scale between the architectural structure and the furniture. Its presence is light, but its effect is clear: it establishes a visual axis that balances the spaciousness of the room and reinforces the height without overloading it.

A few metres away, in the living room, the Match collection, conceived by Jordi Vilardell and Meritxell Vidal, offers a different reading. Its suspended rods trace lines that expand more freely, creating a composition that adapts to the living area and surrounds moments of rest. It introduces rhythm without altering the serenity and creates a more expressive counterpoint to Wireflow’s structural precision. If in the dining room the light concentrates and defines, here it unfolds and accompanies, creating a more relaxed atmosphere.

The two solutions do not function as isolated elements, but as part of a shared strategy. While Wireflow articulates the shared space and highlights the vertical proportion of the property, Match supports a slower pace and reinforces the domestic dimension of the living room. Throughout the day, this relationship becomes even more evident. In the morning, the kitchen and dining room are activated as the central hub; at midday, the table becomes a place for extended gatherings; in the afternoon, the living room takes on a calmer rhythm. The lighting accompanies these transitions with precision, adapting to the activity without imposing itself or competing with the architecture.

Ultimately, the project demonstrates how light can reinforce the identity of a classic home without blurring it. The historic base of the property coexists with a contemporary sensibility expressed in the materials, the layout and the way it is illuminated. It is not about highlighting one piece over another, but about creating a coherent atmosphere in which all the elements balance naturally. When lighting is integrated from the outset into a renovation of this kind, the result is not merely aesthetic. Above all, it proposes a more conscious and harmonious way of inhabiting the home.

Credits:
– Property: Lumier
– Design and renovation: Estudio Mónica Diago

Featured Products:
– Wireflow
– Match

It is difficult to pinpoint the moment when a journey begins. Does it happen when the plane takes off? When we close the front door after checking that everything is in order? When we place the first pair of trousers, folded, in the suitcase? Some would say it does not officially begin until we set foot at our destination, with routine and everyday habits already far away, forgotten. But if the Nachbaur Reisen travel agency in the Austrian city of Feldkirch demonstrates anything, it is that the journey can – should – begin much earlier. The anticipation, the desire to plan every detail, the research into the place we are travelling to are all part of it too.

For this reason, in its new space, designed by Derenko studio, the journey begins as soon as you walk through the door. Its design is intended to make you feel as you would in a hotel: welcome, comfortable, cared for. The layout, materials and lighting evoke the formal language of a boutique hotel. A sculptural reception desk that welcomes visitors, wood that brings warmth, greenery dotted throughout every corner. It is a flexible space, with some more open areas and others more private, designed to accommodate families, groups of friends or individual travellers.

The Plusminus collection, with its flexibility and endless possibilities, adapts to the space and enters into dialogue with an interior architecture defined by curved lines to guide the journey organically. It transforms the space into a welcoming place, but does so in stages, without overwhelming – first the welcome, then the consultation and, finally, the private conversation – just as the best host in a hotel would. With its warm, layered light, it enhances the materials, accentuates the curve and the natural quality of the greenery.

The use of this collection at Nachbaur Reisen‘s headquarters highlights its versatility, a quality that Diez Office sought to take to its fullest expression when designing this reinvention of track lighting. At its core is a textile belt – available in different colours and finishes – with an integrated electrical conductor, allowing all kinds of luminaires to be placed along it and thus creating unique lighting for each space according to its requirements. The Plusminus collection is one of those within the Lighting Toolkit, conceived to design lighting solutions in the same way as a made-to-measure suit: adapting to materials, architecture and needs.

In this travel agency, it marks the route. At reception, to welcome visitors and enhance the counter, a linear diffuser with a textile belt in a beige finish was chosen. Beside it, in a corner perfect for that coffee over which the first ideas for the journey are sketched out, the textile belt in a Terra Red finish is loosened, with several spherical luminaires suspended from it. A modern, clean version of the chandelier that introduces a colour accent and reinforces the invitation to stay.

The same combination – the clean straightness of the linear diffusers and the looser arrangement of the suspended spheres – is repeated throughout the rest of the space. The diffusers softly illuminate the consultation tables. With their refined design, they recede to allow the conversation, the answers to every question and the carefully planned details to take centre stage. The suspended spheres bring clarity and warmth. They create corners in which to spend time, to share. Corners that could belong to the communal areas of a boutique hotel, inviting you to pause and let ideas settle before making the best decision.

The offices of Nachbaur Reisen speak of its values, its philosophy, and also of something more universal: that shared desire for face-to-face contact, closeness and a human, professional approach. With this project, they point to the direction ahead, the future of retail: points of sale that are much more than that, experiences in their own right. Thoughtful lighting, together with materiality and architecture, enables the space to convey that warmth and makes everyone who enters feel comfortable, welcome and in good hands. To feel that the journey has already begun.

Credits:
– Interior Design & Photography: © Derenko Innenarchitektur

When Iwasaki first handled a sample of the material that would later be used to form the shade, it became clear to him that, if developed at a larger scale, the fabric’s unique qualities could be harnessed to create an outdoor light unlike anything he had seen before.

The knitted material — firm yet flexible — became the starting point for the design. It offers a gentle elasticity, yielding softly to the touch and yet easily returning to its original shape. This resilience makes it suitable for indoor and outdoor use.

Iwasaki‘s designs are characterised by a timeless aesthetic based on clean lines and refined proportions. Closer is another example of this approach. Each shade is individually handcrafted, woven with precision to ensure a consistent texture and an essential, flawless silhouette.

Closer is particularly innovative in that there is no rigid structure to support the shade. Its curved volume is self – supporting, a concept developed through intensive experimentation in pursuit of simplicity and visual lightness. Integrated into the upper part of the shade, the light source remains contained and unobtrusive.

Without an internal frame the translucent fabric defines the luminaire’s presence, gently filtering the light to create a subtle, shimmering effect. The textile volumes appear to float, softly inflated with warm, diffused light, while casting a gentle halo below.

Closer provides visual and tactile depth, even when unlit. Designers can choose from three different shades, each with distinct proportions. A range of elegant hues — terracotta, beige, and green — introduce subtle nuances to the light, while a black perimeter trim reinforces the definition of each volume.

Iwasaki‘s design philosophy blends simplicity, functionality and emotion. He believes that good design should be intuitive, enhance the user experience, and blend seamlessly into people’s everyday lives. Closer’s versatile presence resonates in any setting , residential or commercial, adapting to different moments of the day and to varying light conditions.

Conceived to deliver the comfort of indoor lighting outdoors, the floor and table versions are portable, cordless, and inductively rechargeable via a sleek base. Thanks to the delicacy of its lines and the versatility of its various versions and finishes, the collection integrates effortlessly into terraces, living rooms, gardens, and bedrooms, enhancing the quality of each moment.

Light accompanies the passage of time, influencing mood and shaping our emotions. Based on this concept, Closer is conceived not just as a luminaire, but as an experience – a comforting presence that enriches everyday living. It offers a balanced and gentle atmosphere across contexts, moving fluidly between interior and exterior spaces, and adapting with ease to different moments throughout the day.

Plusminus Essentials maintains the transformational potential of Plusminus, bringing a more accessible approach to the system. The Plusminus collection is based on a textile belt where the conductive electrical wiring is woven imperceptibly into the fabric. Different light fittings can be attached to any part of the belt through the click & connect facility, illuminating different spaces in an instant and providing great compositional freedom. Plusminus Essentials builds off this premise, an uncomplicated solution for residential and contract projects, facilitating simple and flexible lighting configurations that can be adapted to any project. Furthermore, it’s much easier to transport and deliver to site, which is a bonus in a market that is increasingly fast paced.

The proposal is based on a system of four different toolbox options: each containing a selection of preconfigured components within that facilitate the creation of lighting compositions. With just a single toolbox the user can build a series of configurations, freely adapting them to the needs of any individual project. With this approach each toolbox is based on a predetermined selection of elements, while the final design remains undefined, allowing for the creation of different compositions within the possible options offered by each box.

Each toolbox allows the user to choose the textile belt finish (available in black, terracotta, green, blue and beige colours) and select the type of control and electrical connection (surface, recessed, remote or floor), within the predefined options of each box.

For more free-form and complicated compositions Plusminus provides the solution. A tool that offers complete freedom to create, collaborate and explore, adapting to any imaginable architecture while facilitating infinite configurations. With the help of the configurator completely bespoke compositions can be developed that adapt to any architectural setting.

The Nexum collection came about as an homage to the classical lamp with its uniquely elegant and historical overtones, but its designer Arik Levy wanted to reinterpret it more from an architectural perspective to incorporate it into more contemporary projects, both residential and contract. So that interior designers have a more actualised version of the traditional chandelier at their disposal which more than being merely decorative works as an adaptable system in three contrasting scales: small, medium and large – making it highly versatile.

Nexum treats electrical conductivity as its main structural principle via a continuous flow of light horizontally and vertically creating a network of lines that extends outwards to configure a precise geometric mesh. And the spotlights are integrated with the structure in a highly discreet manner, becoming part of the system, a seamless continuity. The choice of Led technology allows light and geometry to merge through the same shared language offering an even, balanced and glare-free illumination.

That’s the idea. Understanding light not as an isolated point in space, but instead as a structure inspired by conductivity, that channels the light through space, unfolding both horizontally and vertically from above. In this way, that structure organises, connects and defines the space being illuminated, complementing the architecture in an organic way. The result is a light fitting that brings order, rhythm and scale to spaces, without overwhelming those same spaces, the opposite in fact, they merge with the overall composition.

The Nexum ceiling version on the other hand presents a more integrated solution for the upper plane within a space, much more linear character. It projects a uniform downward lighting, guaranteeing visual comfort which makes it ideal for circulation zones, residential spaces and contract areas, wherever clarity and continuity are required.

Seen in perspective Nexum unmistakably becomes part of the spatial structure taking on a luminous geometry that connects and precisely orders the visual plane, and at the same time generates a calming, clear and coherent atmosphere.

Its designer, Antoni Arola, was inspired by the composure of the traditional double-pitched roofscapes of Asia and the delicate nature of rice paper in the design of the different components of the Asia collection, with the clear intention of reinterpreting the architecture of the East under a calming and uniform lighting concept.

The light fitting is articulated as a layering of different materials. On the one hand a quartz glass cylinder that houses the LED light source, and on the other a double pitched lacquered glass diffuser that filters the light into a warm halo, even and nuanced. The combination of densities makes the light look as if it’s coming from within, as if it were expanding organically to give form to an object with a delicate and harmonious visual presence.

Asia is conceived for interior spaces and includes three versions: pendant, with an adjustable height in three different lengths; floor lamp, measuring slightly more than one metre in height; and tabletop version, in a choice of single or double shade models, a reinterpretation of the library lamps in a more contemporary design language. These two latter versions include an adjustable diffuser.

In fact, the collection generates a dual lighting effect that allows for the creation of different lighting scenarios depending on the space and the user requirements. It offers both a diffused and immersive light, filtered indirectly through the lacquered glass, combined with a more precise and concentrated directional light, modulated by the diffuser’s angle or suspension height.

For any of these three versions the structure is available in a black, beige and off-white versions, adding a sober framework that enhances the purity of the glass. An elegant and precise contrast that supports the fitting without weighting it down, reinforcing its timeless quality and easy integration within a variety of decorative styles.

Along these same lines, Asia can adapt to any type of project, from residential, to contract, to hospitality, thanks to this luminous duality and it offers a variety of versions and lengths, allowing the interior designer to create bespoke compositions; everything from individual pieces to linear compositions or different height arrangements. Whatever the preference the light can dialogue with its architectural setting and creates a highly customised atmosphere.

That helps explain why the collection features such a wide variety of applications, equally suited as a pendant lamp for a dining table, whether in a residential or restaurant, tracing a clean and warm lighting silhouette that appears to float weightlessly. In addition, the adjustable height means its settings can be adapted, providing a more intimate and focused effect closer to the surface, or more expansive when raised.

The table lamp is perfect for generating a more intimate, relaxing light for nightstands in bedrooms, aiding relaxation, thanks to its nuanced non-invasive illumination, generating a more immersive sensation that invites sleep at the end of a day. This version of the Asia collection is also perfectly suited to work zones, offices or hotel reception areas.

The floor lamp option, meanwhile, offers great versatility in lighting a cosy reading nook, a lounge area in a lobby, or creating an ambience within an entrance space. Thanks to their adjustable angles, both versions can direct the light wherever necessary, maintaining the visual composure that characterises them.

Asia is a versatile lighting collection, conceived for customising projects but aways through a warm and harmonious illumination, that invites you to enjoy the fusion of craft, innovation and poetic expression for a wide-ranging application of uses and spaces.

The sensual experience of enjoying a beautiful dawn inspired the Palomba Serafini Studio in the creation of the Alba collection. That moment when the day’s first light emerges, appearing over the horizon, rising steadily helps generate the outline of this portable lamp, elegant and composed, both formally and functionally, with a marked tactile sensitivity.

Alba is a lamp of two parts, two volumes that appear to fuse along the tangent of their respective geometric curves. On the one hand it features a circular base, shiny and rounded, and on the other a diffuser that gives off a tenuous and welcoming aura, supported on a solid translucent cylinder. The identity of Alba resides in an almost imperceptible transition between material and light, just like the dawn itself.

Although conceived for indoors, its cordless portability allows for occasional use in outdoor spaces, thanks to the ergonomic curvature of the base that adapts seamlessly to the palm of the hand, making it easy to carry around. Wherever we want to create a cosy atmosphere Alba provides that discreet light, silent and subtle that helps set the mood at those times during our daily routines when calm is needed, whether that be at home or in hospitality projects, when alone or encouraging conversation with others.

Its carefully designed form, which recalls a contemporary candleholder, blends seamlessly with any modern interior setting, with the added advantage of being mobile to create an appealing ambience when placed on a dining table, by a bedside, on a restaurant terrace, within a favourite reading corner or the entrance of a hotel.

Its suitability for different indoor and outdoor settings lends Alba a versatility highly sought after in contemporary projects, providing solutions for intimate and relaxing lighting atmospheres. And if that light is also portable, the collection’s usefulness increases in every way an interior designer looks for: functionality, design, practicality, lightness, durability… and, above all, its ability to create ambience.

Alba is recharged via USB-C and offers three different degrees of lighting intensity, controlled via a touch switch, almost imperceptibly integrated with the base. In this way the lighting can be adjusted to match different moods and ambiences throughout the day, without affecting the purity of its design.

Furthermore, Alba is available in three different finishes, adopting Vibia’s signature natural colour tones: terracotta, green, and beige. A refined colour palette that enhances the softness of its form and makes the instinctive gesture of wanting to touch the sensual lighting part of this nomadic lamp’s appeal.

The lighting provided by the Alba collection is suggestive rather than dominating, capable of transforming any corner into a calming setting whether it be inside or outside, a residential or hospitality project… making spaces for reading a good book, observing the stars or engaging in conversation. Alba transforms the everyday into a series of unique moments accompanied by light, filled with sensuality.

Why do we read? Because reading expands the mind, opens the door to other lives and, at the same time, allows us to look at our own lives with fresh eyes. We read to recognise ourselves in others, to sharpen our empathy and because, just like a memorable journey or a great love, a good book never leaves us unchanged. We also read because, in a world that moves ever faster, reading invites us to pause, to focus and to embrace a quieter, more thoughtful ritual.

In summer, time slows down, making it the perfect moment to immerse ourselves in new stories, ideas and ways of seeing. To enrich our imagination with new references and then return to everyday life inspired, allowing those stories to find their way into new projects and fresh ambitions. Our team already knows which books will accompany them through slow days and peaceful evenings. Among them are essays on design, but also reflections on society and consumer culture, books about how we live, novels in which the landscape becomes a character in its own right, and collections of short stories. Together, these recommendations are a reminder of the importance of nourishing ourselves with diverse references because we never know which one will spark the next great idea.