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There\u2019s a certain clarity to Aesop\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> visual identity. The Australian skincare brand\u2019s approach to developing clean, luminous products for hands and hair often translates into the warm, minimalist, yet lustrous design of its stores. Aesop\u2019s boutiques\u2014designed by the likes of Sn\u00f8hetta<\/a>, Sabine Marcelis<\/a>, and Jo Nagasaka<\/a>\u2014are always clad in sober yet enticing earth tones but also carefully deployed reflective metals.<\/p>\n

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Inspired by the aluminum tubes used to test and produce Aesop formulations, the just-launched Apos\u0113<\/strong><\/a> luminaire also reflects this aesthetic. Now sold in a limited run of 500, the table lamp emanates a soft glow of yellowish-brown light from its frosted glass crown. Blown in the Murano style, its formal and refractive qualities are not unlike that of an Aesop handsoap bottle.<\/p>\n

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To unveil the product during this year\u2019s Milan Design Week, long-time Aesop collaborator Rodney Eggleston<\/strong>\u2014founder of Sydney architecture firm March Studio<\/strong><\/a>\u2014positioned one-off variants of the design on an undulating field of meticulously anchored, repurposed 50 ml fragrance vials. Without any other illumination, the three fixtures\u2014imagined in three height variations\u2014rise above the landscape and diffuse their light through the glistening elements below.<\/p>\n

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Situated in the 15th century-built, Baroque-style Santa Maria del Carmine church, the \u201cFactory of Light\u201d installation makes for a striking juxtaposition. \u201cThe bottles act as mediators between the lamps and the space,\u201d Eggleston said. In the courtyard outside, the exhibit is wrapped with a printed scaffolding structure; celebrating the European practice of covering these necessary exoskeletons in replicated images\u2014trompe l’oeil tarpaulins\u2014of the new or restored facades to come.<\/p>\n

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In a series of recessed alcoves, videos explicate the actual manufacturing process involved: Apos\u0113\u2019s brass plinth meticulously forged by hand in Germany; the glass halo hand-lathed near Venice. The correlation between laborious handwork and handcare quickly becomes clear. A scent diffused between both components of the installation hints at a degree of cohesion; the lamp fully assembled and brought from an industrial facility into one\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

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To learn more about the Apos\u0113 Table Lamp by Aesop, visit aesop.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photography by Ludovic Balay<\/a>, courtesy of Aesop.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crafted in Murano glass, Aesop presents the Apos? Table Lamp, its first foray into lighting \u2013 now available in a limited run of 500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":602925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25292,3,1],"tags":[8280,9340,245,37711,13211],"internal_flag":[],"class_list":["post-602924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial","category-home-furnishings","category-main","tag-aesop","tag-lamp","tag-lighting","tag-portable-lighting","tag-table-lamp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAesop Presents The Factory of Light Installation in Milan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Crafted in Murano glass, Aesop presents the Apos? 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