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BRIGHT IDEAS

MEDUSA

11-13 JUNE 2024
Design Quaglio Simonelli SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

ndrea Quaglio and Manuela
Simonelli, professionally Quaglio
ASimonelli, who have focused Africa’s dedicated
for years on furniture design and other
items, have designed Medusa for Oluce,
a glass table lamp, created from the exhibition for
elementary principle of incorporating
a metal dome into a cylinder. The dome
contains the light source and the glass the Hotel and
cylinder delicately spreads the light onto
the lamp's supporting surface. Medusa
reverses the relationship between support Hospitality sector
and lampshade. The support does not
uphold the lampshade but contains it. The
dome, which houses the light source, is
suspended in the cylinder by an elegant
glass fold that allows a formal and refined
cleanliness. The electric cable completes #hheafrica
the design, descending freely from the
centre of the diffuser and appears to
sway due to reflections, giving a sense of
lightness to the lamp. Formal cleanliness
for a soft and warm light. Medusa is Introducing the all-new Hotel & Hospitality Expo Africa – the ultimate destination for
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