Thanks Cococozy!
What a way to start the new year than to realize that one of our favorite design blogs, Cococozy, did a post on random things she likes and Vastu’s Farilillo pendants were on there! We’re super excited to have one of our products featured on this site – so thanks Cococozy!
Interview with Babette Holland
Babette Holland is a Brooklyn, NY-based company that creates beautiful handspun aluminum lamps and mirrors. Babette was willing to answer a few questions for us for a more detailed look into her business.
Babette and Tony (her husband and business partner)
Tell us a little bit about Babette Holland? What were you doing before you started your business?
Well, not having a trust fund, I should have been smart enough to have gotten a “real” job. But being the first in my family to graduate from college, my parents didn’t know this made a difference. They were just thrilled with the idea of “higher education” and learning. So, I went to Alfred University, College of Ceramics Division of Art and Design to study ceramics, and as we all know, it’s an extremely lucrative profession. At least I was poor and smart, so I went for free. Actually, I made money going to college! But, just try and find Alfred on a map… My high school graduating class had at least twice the amount of people than the whole school – including those studying for their Masters and Doctorates. But, it was the best place in America to study Ceramics and very few people got in. But OMG- when I got there I found out there were no movies and no Chinese food. I thought how is a Jewish girl from NY going to survive in this place for four years without going nuts? To add insult to injury, it snowed the second day I was there.
Tip-toe through the tulips…
The tulip table lamp is a recent introduction from Belgian lighting company, .MGX. Acclaimed designer, Peter Jansen is behind this innovative design that is part of the .MGX E-volution collection.
All .MGX designs, from lighting to jewelry, are created using revolutionary 3D printing techniques. They are built up layer by layer using a laser technology called 3D layered manufacturing. This process shapes, in most cases, a single piece of material without using seams or joints. .MGX works with some of the top architects, artists and designers from around the world to create pieces that are near impossible to recreate using any other type of manufacturing process.
Spotlight on: Janne Kyttanen
Who is Janne Kyttanen you ask? Kyttanen in the man behind these lamps…
The Lily and Lotus lamps (both available as table lamps or floor lamps) designed by Kyttanen for lighting company MGX – are created using rapid prototyping technology, which is a 3D material printing process allowing for freedom of design far beyond the capacity of traditional manufacturing processes.
Janne, born in Finland in 1974, is considered a pioneer in the world of rapid production and rapid prototyping (digital manufacturing). He got his start studying industrial engineering in both Barcelona and The Netherlands. During his studies, Kyttanen proved that rapid prototyping technology could be used as manaufacturing tools. For his thesis he created a line of rapid manufactured products. After graduating he took a role at a prestigious industrial design bureau as a freelance designer and 3D visualizer. Kyttanen held this role for about two years before branching out on his own. He founded Freedom of Creation in 2000 and the rest is (a very successful) history.
Design blog MoCo Loco did an interview with Janne Kyttanen not too long ago. You can check it out here.
People in glass houses…
…should buy really cool pendant fixtures.
For this open loft space, the clients wanted to create something modern, comfortable and dramatic. Realizing that their home could be seen from the street, they wanted to give the curious passerby a good show.
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