Photo by Ladies and Gentlemen Studio
We're extremely excited to announce the launch of Myrna, a new collection using color, shape, and materiality to define intimate spaces through light. Embracing the naturally sinuous qualities of sheet materials, Myrna expresses simple, sculptural gestures that add warmth and dimension to interior volumes.
Space by Giancarlo Valle, Photo by Stephen Kent
Myrna stemmed from a collaborative commission from fellow designer Giancarlo Valle in 2018, when he came to us with an intriguing request: challenge the traditional chandelier archetype while defining the dining space of his open loft home. The result was the Myrna Wall Mobile, a gestural variation on a swing arm lamp, made from blackened brass, tinted glass, and an oversized oval shade made from perforated steel. The counterweighted armature allows flexibility in the light's position, creating a positionable warm, embracing cast of light over the designated area.
Photo by Charlie Schuck
Top left space by Michael Yarinsky, photo Hanna Grankvist. Top right photo by Ladies and Gentlemen Studio
Myrna's broad shade form is inspired by actress Myrna Loy's signature floppy hats, an elegantly strong and simple form created from a gently bent piece of sheet material. The structured, but organic shape has a remarkable ability to create an embracing gesture within larger surroundings making it perfect for dining and sitting areas. The shade also allows for an abundant array of material options from perforated aluminum, brass and stainless steel to a lovely bent glass, a process new to our studio. Each glass shade is formed from uniquely patterned art glass sheets and given a velvety surface finish resulting in an intriguing materiality that's thin and translucent with a stone-like pattern and hand.
(Photos by Ladies and Gentlemen Studio)
Though Myrna has already found it's way into some beautiful new homes and spaces, the collection was officially launched last month in Milan, at our Still/Life exhibition during the Salone del Mobile (more on that to come!)
Myrna is available in an angle-adjustable pendant, sconce, ceiling-mount, and wall mobile format in a variety of materials. The full scope of the collection can be explored via the link HERE.