Supernova
The Supernova art light series in marble required two years of development to achieve the perfect shades, unfolding into three distinct models in a light, thin layer of marble. These shades are so light they can be hung from the ceiling, making the marble fly in space, and so thin the incorporated Led light goes […]
Etna Bronze Coffee Table
The Etnabronze coffee table is crafted from interlocking bronze pieces, forming a puzzle-like structure with unique textures on each segment. This individuality is achieved through the bronze casting process, where molten metal cools into varied surface patterns, ensuring no two pieces are alike. The table blends traditional craftsmanship with modern technology, resulting in a design […]
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an installation of a series of glass vessels, presented in Venice as part of the Italian Glass Weeks 2022, inspired by designer Emmanuel Babled and artist Lara Morrell’s recent research in Africa. The concept behind the installation is informed by African ethics of Ubuntu and holism. The pieces allude to the generative power […]
Quark I Bronze
The Quark series of side tables blends the exploration of materials with production techniques, to give birth to unique monolithic tables. The series’ name is a reference to a type of elementary particle, a fundamental constituent of matter. Each pieces explores their own finish, offering different results for each specimen, enhancing the oneness of this […]
Utu Mirror
This mirror cannot leave us indifferent. It is fixedly staring at us, talking to us, mirroring our thoughts. This is not a mirror, nor a mask: it is somehow a friendly figure, silently screaming in the void of our lonely and aseptic interior. Produced by Danish master cabinetmaker Anders Lunderskov, presented for the first time in […]
Quark Bronze
The Quark series of low coffee tables blends the exploration of materials with production techniques, to give birth to unique monolithic tables. The series’ name is a reference to a type of elementary particle, a fundamental constituent of matter. Quark tables became the pretext to explore prime natural materials from their extraction to their transformation […]
Mziwa Project
The signature piece of furniture on Zanzibar island, in Tanzania, is a simple wooden chair made solely from locally sourced materials, without any form of transformation nor any use of chemicals. An entirely ecological product. Local craftsmen have made the tried and tested chair in the same way for generations. Emmanuel Babled has embarked upon […]
Pyros Series
In the Pyros Notturni series, the deep colour of the body, together with the almost colourless neck, receive dozens of bright opaque Red Coral glass applications, a traditional colour used by VENINI. They are overlapped with bright transparent colours, which remain partially absorbed by the dark background, enhancing the effect of a nocturnal version of […]
Azoici / Abstract Abyss
These enlarged macro details extracted from glass works, designed by Emmanuel Babled in Murano, are photographic abstractions that capture the innermost quality of glass via the primal sense of form, colour and line. They explore the relationship between bi-dimensional digital innovation and the virtuous materiality of glass, an aesthetic statement using photographic techniques of the […]
Pyros
Working in the furnace often means seizing the moment, it takes an instant to crystallise materials and colours perennially. This is what happens under Emmanuel Babled’s direction, when Masters create the Pyros artworks. Surfaces become memories that recall colours. Colour is thrown onto glass like a meteorite, following the artist’s intuition and recalling the movements […]
