Spanish Blueprint Tour | Marset

As mentioned before this week, I've merely returned from a trip to Kingdom of Spain where I took portion inward the amazing Sunny Design Days tour. Organised yesteryear Castilian Design Association RED (Reuniòn Empresas De Diséno), the tour takes a small-scale grouping of international bloggers to a serial of exciting events, amongst the aim to present the best of Castilian design to the Blue Planet through visits to showrooms too talks with renowned designers. We also visited architecture studios, workshops too factories, stayed inward beautiful blueprint hotels too were treated to delicious Castilian nutrient at exceed restaurants. Travelling to Barcelona, Valencia too Madrid, it was an observe to last included too I had the most inspiring, fun too memorable fourth dimension which I'm excited to percentage amongst you lot all. 

As portion of the weblog series, I volition last featuring each of the participating companies who nosotros had the pleasance of visiting, too I'll also last shining a lite on a few that actually struck a chord amongst me. The commencement was a see to the Marset Showroom inward Barcelona. The award-winning lighting companionship began inward the 1940s equally a identify unit of measurement line concern too produces refined too innovative lamps. Tucked away inward a beautiful indoor/outdoor setting inward the neighbourhood of Sant Gervasi, the industrial infinite designed yesteryear Stefano Colli is painted all-white, providing a uncomplicated too build clean backdrop to showcase the brand's various lighting range. A display scheme inspired yesteryear the sawyers' procedure of stacking too drying planks, the versatile infinite has a natural await too experience that tin last adapted over fourth dimension to suit novel collections.

Over cocktails nosotros viewed the Reflections of Light videos which characteristic each of the designers talking close their products, non merely from a technical indicate of view, but their personal feelings around lite too what inspires them. Beautiful too insightful, I highly recommend taking a await here.

Following on from this nosotros were treated to a delicious Castilian dinner (including our commencement Paella of the trip!) too vino inward the gorgeous outdoor courtyard surrounded yesteryear Marset lighting too lush greenery. Such a fun night, I loved coming together the Marset squad too having the chance to beak to the talented designers inward person.

While I create got been admiring this recent post featuring the Theia collection), talking amongst the designers has provided a much deeper agreement too appreciation of the brand. I retrieve these words amount it upward beautifully: 

Marset is close to a greater extent than than lamps: nosotros accept attention of light, inward its dissimilar nuances too effects, to create atmospheres amongst grapheme too better our clients’ lineament of life. We dedicate all our efforts to creating splendid designs too helping ensure the flawless completion of each product. We seek to make innovative, clever fixtures, kindling our audience’s senses piece taking them on a journey. 

Refined too contemporary, Marset aims to discovery novel functions too applications for their time-honoured fixtures through technical precision too creativity. This constant squall for for novel directions, combined amongst a curiosity too foresight into the shape of things to come, has driven the ethos too blueprint behind their collection. The primary characteristics of this collection are its authentic feel, meaningful simplicity too decorative even hence restrained visual approach. 

Here's a await at some of the novel lighting collections for 2017:

Bicoca 'The Independent Light' yesteryear Christophe Mathieu is born amongst with the optimism of brightening life too accompanying the expert times, wherever you lot go. Available inward a broad hit of colours to suit whatever gustation too space, this versatile, lightweight portable light projects an intimate lite that adds warmth to all your personal spaces. These accompanied us inward the outdoor courtyard too were a existent talking point!

Following on from the success of the award-winning portable FollowMe light by Inma Bermúdez, Marset is launching a novel version amongst a amongst a larger size too greater lite output: the FollowMe Plus. Designed to complement its classic predecessor, the Plus reproduces the same warmth too lineament of lite amongst greater power. While the master copy size is perfect for cosy areas, the novel version stands out for its might to create entire atmospheres, too is keen equally a tabular array lamp, desk lamp, or fifty-fifty on the floor. The FollowMe’s oak handgrip invites you lot to ship it amongst you. Both sizes utilise LED applied scientific discipline too create got a tilting polycarbonate enshroud that offers both cosy atmospheric lite too direct reading light, piece a three- seat dimmer regulates the lite intensity. We were really lucky to last given the original FollowMe lamp to accept dwelling line solid too I am hence inward love. Look out for a photograph on my Instagram soon! 

With merely a behavior on of the fingertips, you lot tin attain a feeling of weightlessness amongst the Copérnica. 'The Weightless Light' yesteryear Ramírez i Carrillo establishes an intimate human relationship amongst space, combining functionality amongst the beauty of pure lines. As if levitating, the light moves through infinite effortlessly, without friction or resistance. The collection, which draws minimalist sculptures inward infinite amongst carefully selected colours, consists of desktop too standing versions that play amongst counterweights of mixed materials too density, such equally steel too aluminium. This blueprint allows 1 to displace the light amongst keen precision, providing a broad hit of heights, distances, too adjustments to the beam of light. The upright version, a truthful argument piece, stands almost 2 meters inward superlative too direct or indirectly illuminates the environs amongst its tilting caput system. 

Pu-erh 'The Delicate Light' is distinctive inward its utilisation of ceramics too delicate, stuff similar effect. Designer too ceramist Xavier Mañosa has created a texture that mimics pleated silk, which is too hence applied to a conical shade, casting a broad too beautiful ray of illumination. Created yesteryear means of a uncomplicated too really artisanal procedure that begins amongst a oil sketch applied direct to the ceramic mold, the light features irregular variations too a raw, natural effect. Available inward iii sizes too a broad hit of muted colours that highlights the texture of the ceramic,  Pu-erh’s lite is warm, pleasant, too playful.

Piola 'Wrapping the Light' yesteryear Christophe Mathieu is a playful collection about imitating this fluidity of infinite movement, inward search of a residual betwixt the diffusion of lite too the creation of shadows. The fixture’s spiralling shape breaks amongst the monotony of cleanly ordered lines, offering a dissimilar aspect upward from every angle. At the same time, the key column provides a symmetry too solidity that supports too reinforces the visual motion of the screen. While the lite comes inward iv colours, the construction too enshroud is inward the same color to lend the fixture cohesion too unity. In this way, yesteryear contrast, the lineament of the lite takes centre stage.

Djembé 'The Echo of Light' yesteryear Joan Gaspar is designed for repetition, creating musical compositions of lite on the ceiling. A bell-shaped ceiling fixture amongst an exposed interior, Djembé is available inward a numerous sizes too bright, airy colours that tin last used individually or combined to create a brilliant argument piece. Truly unique, I was for sure drawn to its dramatic presence within the Marset Showroom. 

Jaima 'Wearing the Light' yesteryear Joan Gaspar has been designed via the linguistic communication of textiles. Constructed of flexible, ductile materials that sifts the lite equally readily equally it moves amongst the wind, the beautiful lite is the shade too weaver of emotions. Taking its squall from the Bedouin tents of North Africa, this collection is inspired yesteryear their varied fabrics too forms. The shade is available inward 2 sizes too iv dissimilar colours, amongst a blank interior to optimise the lineament of the downward light. They tin also last combined amongst 1 of iii versatile stands to build various sizes of adjustable, rotating flooring lamps. Alternatively, the fixture tin also last affixed direct to the flooring or wall, too the shades tin last hung independently equally pendants. A standout characteristic of the Marset outdoor courtyard, I couldn't assistance but admire its beautiful silhouette too textural quality.  

Images 1,  8-23 courtesy of Marset / 2-7  photography yesteryear Michelle Halford for TDC

To discovery out to a greater extent than close Marset, the total hit of products too stockists, accept a await here. 

The Sunny Design Days tour was arranged yesteryear RED - Reunión de Empresas de Diseño / Castilian Design Association - a nonprofit scheme that promotes Castilian blueprint worldwide.

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