Ixa
Foster + Partners Industrial Design
2022
Inspired by Alexander Calder’s dynamic
sculptures, the design interprets the
idea of “elegant balance” through
precision engineering.
Ixa is a complete and transversal family
composed trough the combination
of an adjustable spherical head, rods
and counterweights. It is a smart and
scalable principle that allows the Ixa
family to expand with the addition of new
versions. A larger head is combined with
two new structures, wall and ceiling,
recalibrated to balance the weight and
bring light into the space to respond to
different lighting needs.
Ixa is the expression of functional,
productive and sustainable intelligence
through deliberate choices of reduction
and simplification, the result of a
solid design know-how. Artemide and
Foster+Partners share a profound
approach to sustainable design that
permeates product development at
every stage and singles itself out as an
essential element of the project.
Ixa brings light to where it is needed,
inviting us to physically interact with
the object that makes us authors of our
light space.
Flexibility and functionality, quality and
dynamism of light, simple, soft lines,
with a classic, simple look turn Ixa
into a timeless project, which can be
reinterpreted in countless situations for
a long life, the basis of a sustainable
project.
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