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Neri&Hu designs lantern-inspired lamps that hang from adjustable brass rings
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has created a versatile, spherical glass lamp for Italian lighting brand Artemide that can be used as a table lamp or suspended as a wall lamp.
The nh1217, which Artemide describes as "an elegant yet practical appliance", was designed by the Shanghai-based firm to evoke traditional Chinese lanterns.
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The lamp's spherical white blown-glass diffuser slides along a brushed brass ring, which can be used to prop the lamp up on a surface, or used as a hook to mount on a wall.
The diffuser can be freely adjusted to direct the light according to the lamp's position.
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The lamps continue a collaboration between Neri&Hu and Artemide, which began earlier this year with the launch of the Yanzi collection at Milan Design Week.
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"Nh1217 continues research on the dynamic interaction of experience, details, materials, form, and light," said the Italian brand.
"The selected materials represent a perfect combination of tradition and innovation, as well as the expression of responsible and sustainable design, also conveyed by the use of an in-box low-consumption retrofit LED source and by the eco-friendly cardboard packaging."
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Chinese-born, Harvard-educated couple Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu established their Shanghai-based practice Neri&Hu Design and Research Office in 2002. The popularity of the studio's richly textured interiors, which are always a hit with Dezeen readers, secured them a spot at number 71 on the Dezeen Hot List.
Some of their most popular projects include skincare shop in Seoul divided up by a lattice of brass rods, a boutique for fashion brand Comme Moi, a 1950s-inspired burger restaurant and a space for London department store Selfridges.
Photography is by Pierpaolo Ferrari.