Wyckoff, NJ - September 2020 Lodes, the long-established Italian decorative lighting company formerly known as Studio Italia Design, announces the unveiling of Easy Peasy by Design Curator Luca Nichetto and Random Solo by design collaborator Chia-Ying Lee. These product launches reflect the brand’s refreshed approach to manufacturing innovation and contemporary design, whilst heralding the company’s recent rebrand on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. These new designs, and the full suite of Lodes products, are distributed exclusively through JB Lighting Collection in North America.
Easy Peasy table lamp by Luca Nichetto
With a sculptural and recognizable form reminiscent of the shape of bells, Easy Peasy is a set of portable and rechargeable table lamps, consisting of two rounded elements, a body and a knob. Its portability, different shapes and colors, and the dim-to-warm functionality of its light source allow users to connect, play and interact with the variable light configuration options.
Easy Peasy integrates different surfaces, creating a tactile diversity with its glass, plastic and metal components. The body of the lamp features a metal base housing the LED light source and a methacrylate diffuser wrapped by a glass bell which filters the light. On top, a distinctive solid rounded knob allows users to turn the lamp on and off, and to dim the intensity and warmth of the light. Easy Peasy is available in four eye catching color combinations inspired by nature. They include Flamingo, which features a pink knob, grey blown glass shade and brushed bronze base; Lagoon, which features a turquoise knob, honey blown glass shade and brushed gold base; Kelp, which incorporates a green knob, honey blown glass shade and brushed rose gold base; as well as Chestnut, which boasts a taupe knob, grey blown glass shade and brushed palladium base.
As the knob is rotated, the light adjusts gradually with its dim-to-warm LED technology. The micro-USB socket at the base enables users to recharge the battery, allowing multiple uses in different environments and settings. The base is also carefully designed to include the switch, a cable connection and a rubber ring to increase stability.
Random Solo suspension lamp by Chia-Ying Lee
Designed by Chia-Ying Lee, Random Solo progresses the design of the existing Random range by isolating the original three-piece cluster and adding two new spherical, blown-glass lamps. The individual lights come in diameters of 4.72, 5.5, 7, 9 and 11 inches, as well as five different finishes. Each glass diffuser integrates an LED light source which diffuses a warm white light (2700k).
Resembling the form of floating bubbles, Random Solo creates enchanting compositions, whether in one color or combining its different finish options (clear, chrome, gold, rose gold, glossy smoke and frosted white). The new frosted white finish changes our perception of the sphere's volume, creating a vibrating visual effect to the human eye. Random Solo is easy to maintain and clean as the glass concealing the light source is hermetically sealed, thus preventing the collection of dust.
Massimiliano Tosetto, General Manager of Lodes, says, “The launch of new products demonstrates our commitment to progressing creativity, diversity and innovation at the company as we continue to expand our portfolio of competitive high-quality products. Easy Peasy and Random Solo embody the evolution of Lodes into an international leader creating innovative and inspirational lighting for any atmosphere and setting.”
Luca Nichetto, Design Curator of Lodes, adds, “The products we are launching emphasize this need to further expand on the relationship between products and users by blending form and function. Today’s design requires a seamless integration of interaction and technological performance to create pieces that not only are aesthetically pleasing, but also serve a function and create a connection.”
Designer Chia-Ying Lee, remarks, “When I started developing the design concept for Random Solo, I realized it was essential to reflect the social significance of lighting: we gather and create relationships with other individuals around sources of light. Through the juxtaposition of clusters, Random Solo becomes a meeting point for association and congregation, whilst also allowing for multiple aesthetic variations with the use of glass, different sizes and compositions.”
Previously known as Studio Italia Design, Lodes completed a rebrand process in June which culminated with the unveiling of the new brand. Today, as part of a strategic vision led by General Manager Massimiliano Tosetto, Lodes heralds a new era of contemporary design celebrating the company’s manufacturing know-how and high-quality Made in Italy essence.
About Lodes
Balancing technical know-how and the best Made in Italy design, Venice-based Lodes has been designing and producing lighting solutions for interiors and exteriors since 1950.
Originating in founder Angelo Tosetto's passion for glass and informed by continuous technological research, the company has evolved into one of Europe’s leading designers and manufacturers of decorative lighting, currently present in 90 markets worldwide.
Today, Lodes represents a three-generation evolution from pure passion to brilliant architectural solutions, creating light sources that fuse contemporary design and innovative technology with materials of the highest quality, scrupulously developed with the best processing techniques.
About Nichetto Studio
Luca Nichetto founded a multidisciplinary design studio in Venice, Italy, which specialized in industrial design, product design and design consulting. From the very beginning, this studio collaborated with a number of different brands and organizations, quickly expanding its influence far beyond Venice and Italy’s borders.
Five years later, in 2011, Nichetto opened a second studio in Stockholm, Sweden. This practice was founded in response to an ever-growing number of requests for collaboration from international companies, with the studio’s work also broadening out from its initial focus on designed objects.
Nichetto Studio has since expanded into areas such as interior design and architecture. Today, Nichetto Studio works with a variety of brands and clients from all around the world, and its expertise is sought out across all design disciplines.
About Chia-Ying Lee
Chia-Ying Lee was born in Taiwan and became a designer in new media and industrial design. She graduated from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in 2006. After working for PEGA Design & Engineering for three years, she set up her studio (studio if) in December 2011. Her work is a blend of design, art and technology embodied in physical forms, from products to installations. She has worked with important institutes such as the National Taiwan Art Museum and the JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture. Studio if also runs small production of her works for stores and galleries in Europe, Taipei and Beijing. Her projects have won various awards including “IF China Product Design Award”, “Taiwan Excellence Award” and “SDA Best Design of The Year”. She was selected as one of the IFFS Asian Star Talents in 2015. That same year she designed Random for Studio Italia Design.
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