Lighting | Phrena Collection By Artecnica Designed By Karl Zhan

Introducing the new table version of the Phrena pendant light from Artecnica.

Thanks to the popularity of the first Phrena light, Artecnica requested a smaller table version. Using the same resiliant Tyvek material and honeycomb structure, this lamp opens to 16" in diameter and comes with the new gold plated wire base. It still packs flat like its older brother, but the Phrena2 can be used as a both a table and a pendant light.
Upon manipulation this perfectly flat light fixture transforms into a beautiful 3-D shade. Created from the “simplicity of opening a book, the pages of this light work together to create perfect symmetry.” Artecnicas use of white tyvek once again creates a glow and adds warmth to any environment. Can be configured for up-lighting or down-lighting distribution.
DIA 14.5 in, 36.83 cm
H 21.0 in, 53.34 cm
Karl Zhan website
Artecnica website

Laure future flora lights by Studio Tord Boontje for Artecnica

Artecnica is a los angeles based design company that elevates the purpose of everyday objects by using design to enchant, inspire, & transform them.
Creative directors tahmineh javanbakht & enrico bressan collaborate with international designers to express this vision through unique product ideas.
The result is an innovative, award-winning collection of design objects.
Designed by studio tord boontje, the future flora lights are made from precision-etched metal sheets that transform into three different exotic bloom-shaped forms.
This product inhabits the intersection of nature & technology.
According to tord boontje, ‘although i started by looking very closely at flowers, it became a project from memory, to imagine shapes which are like flowers but not exactly, a new kind of species – a flower & light hybrid.’
The contoured openings, fine details, & matte silver surface of the future flora lights all conspire to illuminate space by casting poignant radiance.
The lights are packaged flat and assembled by connecting the intricate metal sheets that make up each design.
Made from silver plated steel. rugiada future flora as seen in t -the new york times style magazine, spring 2009.

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