Accademia di Brera – Sala Napoleonica
Baccarat – Lumieres Out of the Box
Party
In the iconic setting
of the Fine Arts Academia di Brera, symbol of art and creativity, Baccarat
presented its new lighting collections "Lumieres Out of the Box".
“For me visiting the
Baccarat manufactory was like a dream come true. Through this creation, I set
out to show the sheer force of Baccarat, at once rich with an uncommon heritage
and distinctly oriented towards the future.”
Hans Van
Bentem - Medicis XXL
Hans Van Bentem presented Medicis
XXL, an authentic masterpiece made of 13,000 octagons,
translating the original marble Medicis
vase of the classical period and its crystal version made by
Baccarat in 1909.
Daniela Riccardi and Hans
Van Bentem
Baccarat – Lumieres Out
of the Box. New creations by three world famous artists where presented inside
gigantic versions of the original wooden boxes in which for centuries the
Baccarat chandeliers have traveled the entire world.
“In an ode to the know-how of the manufactory’s
artisans, I set out to celebrate the timeless quality of the Zénith
chandelier, a Baccarat icon. Le Roi Soleil glitters and radiates throughout a
kingdom of light.”
Marcel
Wanders
Le
Roi Soleil
New
Antique Table
Marcel Wanders invents
the Roi Soleil, a spherical chandelier that decomposes the historical Baccarat
Zenith into a sun of light. And, the version of the New Antique Vase he
designed in 2014, turned upside down and crowned with a white marble top, the
re-invented object has been transformed into a side table.
Phillipe and Jasmine Starck
Cindy Tai and Matteo Thun
Arik Levy – Tuile De Cristal
Arik Levy multiplies
his Tuile de Cristal in new forms and in a kaleidoscope of colors, designs and
architectural solutions. Through elegant plays on
construction, the tile archetype offers any number of combination
possibilities. To produce new vibrant and radiant compositions, the tiles are
now enriched with colors or a metallic effect. And with the Futuredeco
chandelier they are arranged over eight levels like a cascade of light in
motion.
“Exploring the Baccarat archives and
being able to be inspired by its history, its skilled craftsmanship and its
expertise is a privilege. Creating a new crystal object of light generates an
emotion, procures a genuine experience and shows first and foremost the power
of timelessness.”
Arik Levy
Miyuki Yajima and Aysuko Sano
Lorenza Bozzoli
Arthur Arbesser
Accademia
di Brera –
the courtyard