Emily Group of Three Oxid handmade steel shade design pendant

Emily Group of Three Oxid

Emily Oxid is the latest addition to our successful series of handmade metal shades. It is based on unique, weathered steel plates which, through the aging process, have developed extraordinary surfaces with different patterns. This makes each shade completely unique. To ensure that the patterns are permanently preserved, the shades are finished with a transparent powder coating.

Each shade is entirely handmade by skilled craftsmen in Berlin.

We are using 1 mm thick steel to build our shades - this is very different to the way such parts are usually made.

Handmade in Germany

Welding process of the Emily shades

Emily won the prestigious trophy in 2019

German Design Award

Materials
Sheet steel, powder coated

Plexiglass
Textile covered cable
Oak timber, waxed
Shade
Oxidized Steel
We are happy to offer custom colors and finishes. Please get in touch with us with your wishes.
Ø 140mm (5.5") x H 50mm (2")
Canopy
3x E27 base, 220V, up to 20W LED & CFL (European & Asian market)

or 3x E26 base, 120V, up to 20W LED & CFL (USA & Canada)
Electrical
110cm (43.3")
110cm

(43.3")
300cm (118")
Cable length
Dimensions
The source of inspiration for Emily is a work by the artist Andreas Gursky. In his series »James Bond Islands« he shows a digitally arranged group of islands in Thailand that seem to float in the ocean, although they are in fact only the tips of mountains, of course.
The shape of these islands is quite heterogenic, however all of them form a family which is connected through their organic, in a way pyramidal shape. Through a distance the ocean seems to be a perfectly flat surface that »cuts« these shapes on the bottom.

The idea was to lift these islands out of the ocean, creating lampshades that float in a space/room. If they would hang on the same height it should be possible to create the vague impression of a mountain landscape that loses touch to the ground.
There was no other option to realise that idea than building these shapes out of metal, an obvious choice for pendant lamps with a long tradition due to its solidity and the beautiful aging qualities. This turned out to be a difficult task to realize in small scale as one usually needs large and very expensive pressing or deep drawing tools to manufacture such shapes.

The solution was to look deeper into the manufacturing of free from metal parts in the way the car industry produced 70-100 years ago. In the end, the metal shades are cut, bent, formed, welded and sanded by hand in a complex process to build those natural, organic shapes.
Spec sheet