09/05/2022 - d’Armes launches Hyphen, a modular lighting collection consisting of three pieces: the Hyphen Pendant, Hyphen Table Simple and Hyphen Table Double. Its debut will do so during the next edition of ICFF 2022 being held from May 15-17, at New York City’s Javits Center.
Derived from the ancient Greek ὑφ' ἕν (huph' hén), Hyphen designates the union of two opposites in one; the warm, soft and sensitive porcelain and cold, strong, and brilliant steel.
d’Armes, the Quebec-based lighting practice led by designers Alexandre Joncas and Gildas Le Bars, designs a modular lighting collection conceived in different materials and finishes, including chromatic black cast steel, blasted black steel cast iron, and matte white porcelain.
"With Hyphen and our work at large, we aim to design and manufacture lights that bring uniqueness to an environment, create an emotion, enhance a decor and elicit curiosity," says Joncas. "Hyphen modular lighting collection is unique in its form, as well as the production process of artistic collaboration and using porcelain and molding. We are also choosing to use light bulbs while many designers don't. We find this design choice to be friendlier to the environment, as clients can then replace and 'fix' the pieces without having to return or change the whole lamp," says Le Bars.
Hyphen's curved luminaires can be used for hanging or standing.
Hanging, the Hyphen modular lighting collection's two cylindrical bodies are joined by a pivot that offers several light positions and orientations projecting a soft directional light.
Standing, Hyphen is deployed in one or two parts that can be arranged in multiple ways thanks to a support system that perfectly fits their shapes and features built-in touch dimmers for ease of use.
Like every d'Armes luminaire, Hyphen modular lighting collection is designed and manufactured in Morin-Heights, Quebec: the porcelain pieces used in Hyphen are made in the same village by ceramic artist Gréta Jonckheere, who used her expertise to help develop the collection. Each collection piece is made individually using custom-made porcelain molds and is handled with the utmost care, taking several manufacturing phases spread over multiple days.
The Hyphen collection will be on view at ICFF at Booth #247 from May 15th to 17th.
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