Image source: DCW éditions — Les Acrobates de Gras
© DCW éditions and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Collection Story
Origin
Les Acrobates de Gras is a range of pendant lamps edited by DCW éditions around the lamps of Bernard Albin-Gras, who in 1921 designed a range of lamps for industrial environments and engineering offices. The range takes its name from a circus report that DCW éditions' co-founder watched on television: one acrobat launching himself from a trapeze, another hanging upside down to catch his partner.
Design Language
The pendants hang on textile cables and perform various figures in the air, perched at a height of several metres. The system is made of cast components and adjustable ball joints, which move a light away from its electrical connection. The Gras reflectors and glass balls come in sizes L, XL, Ø175 and Ø250, and the pendants can be linked together.
Key Pieces
The collection page shows 36 articles, among them N°327 Conic L, N°327 Round XL and N°324 Conic XL.
Pieces in this collection
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