Artemide: NH, 4 19

NH
Neri & Hu
2018
nh 1217
nh continues the study on the dynamic
interaction
of
expertise,
details,
materials, form, and light that Neri & Hu
are developing with Artemide.
nh1217 in the table version is designed
as a simple, versatile, practical appliance
that can be laid or suspended.
A white blown glass sphere slides along
a brushed brass ring, which allows it to
take different positions and to freely
adjust and direct the diffuser. The frame
becomes a support, a hook to hang
the appliance to the wall, or a handle
promoting an interaction with light.
Starting from this first element Neri &
Hu develop a series of structures to
bring light into space.
The glass sphere with hook is declined
in three diameters (14, 22. 35 cm).
Suspensions
with
linear
support
elements or with curved geometries
accommodate spheres of different
sizes.
The structures create a graphic balance
of elements on which the luminous
spheres are free to move and bring the
light to different positions.
nh family is completed with a wall and a
floor version.
The selected materials represent a
perfect combination of tradition and
innovation, as well as the expression
of responsible and sustainable design,
also conveyed by the use of a low
consumption retrofit LED source.
Like all the projects designed by
Neri & Hu, nh offers a reinterpretation
of the Oriental culture and tradition with
a constant contemporary approach.
nh is operated intuitively as a reference to
the use of lanterns, and allows freedom
in creating countless lightscapes. It is
an essential, versatile element, suited
to illuminate a variety of contexts in a
simple and poetic manner.
With surprising lightness and elementary
movements nh creates a landscape
of elements generating – either
individually or combined with each other
– a non-static balanced composition
characterized by elegant colour and
material matching.
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