ROSANNA ORLANDI 2017
VIA MATTEO BANDELLO, 14/16, 20123 MILANO MI, ITALY
MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2017
Canadian designer Matthew McCormick will present a lighting installation at Rosanna Orlandi for the first time as part of this year’s Furorisalone in Milan. Celebrated for his custom chandeliers and large-scale lighting installations, McCormick has made a name by creating poetic, fresh, and compelling lighting fixtures that elicit emotion with their distinctive graphic language. To debut his inaugural collection, Matthew McCormick has conceived a site-specific installation entitled HALO, which marries atmosphere and function and will be displayed on the first floor of Galleria Rossana Orlandi.
Aesthetically minimal yet full of movement and sensuality, HALO is a bespoke display that features McCormick’s celebrated Halo light. A series of pendants will cascade from ceiling to floor, creating the illusion of elegant hanging jewels. Originally conceived as a graphical interpretation of effervescence, the Halo series is a bold family of lighting fixtures inspired by the golden bubbles floating in an Italian Prosecco. Their modular system allows the pendants to be suspended in many compositions. Halo echoes McCormick’s desire to convey precision while inspiring the closeness and personal touch that jewelry brings. Machined to perfection, it houses the electronics and looks sleek, the Halo lights are available in brass, copper, nickel, and 24-karat gold finishes.
“For this installation, we wanted to convey a bold mood purely using the object's function,” explains McCormick. “With HALO, we created something simple and minimal while showcasing the inherent ability of lighting to change the entire feel of any space.”
GALLERIA ROSSANA ORLANDI MILANO
Gallery Rossana Orlandi was opened in 2002 in a former tie Factory in the Magenta neighborhood; Galleria Rossana Orlandi has been forecasting along the years new and upcoming designers and establishing the premise as one of the most revered platforms for avant-garde Design and Lifestyle. She started her activity by focusing on the rising Dutch design wave with designers such as Piet Hein Eek, Maarten Baas, and Nacho Carbonell; the research has moved widely around the world, creating a catalog that reflects the most innovative scenes from Europe to Asia to America.
The space is not traditional, mixing together a showroom, a retail store, offices, and a courtyard for events and meeting with no boundaries between the different activities.
