Gople
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
2018
The basic form of the Gople lamp
enhances the beauty of glass, hand-
made according to an ancient Venetian
technique that gradually turns white
glass into crystal glass by combining
both upon blowing, thus making each
piece unique. Gople is realized also with
more innovative finishes made with a
sustainable metal vaacum deposition
process.
From the point of view of environmental-
friendliness,
“sputtering”
is
the
absolutely cleanest coating technology
for the type of metal used and because
all emissions are abated, in particular
those into the atmosphere of sulphuric
acid and cyanides produced by galvanic
processes. Solid paint with up to 5%
of solvents (compared to 75% of
traditional products) is employed for the
successive protective clearcoat phase.
The process generates very little waste
and the resulting finish is particularly
resistant over time.
In both cases, glass finishing is designed
to ensure the best relation with the
emitted light, screening the source and
maximizing direct emission through
transparency. The most basic version
with the traditional E27 or E14 socket
is a timeless solution for its flexibility
in adjusting to the development of
standard source technologies.
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