Image source: Foscarini — Hoba Suspension
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Hoba Suspension
Pendant by Ludovica+Roberto Palomba for Foscarini in mouth-blown acid-etched opaline glass
360 × 358 × 358 mm
2023
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Description
Overview
Hoba Suspension is a 2023 pendant by Ludovica+Roberto Palomba for Foscarini, giving diffused light. The lamp is named after a meteorite found in Namibia in 1920 and takes inspiration from that meteorite's asymmetrical, irregular shape.
Glass and suspension
The diffuser is acid-etched opaline glass, blown by mouth in an open mold with no rotation. In the Grande and Media versions the suspension has a steel cable and a transparent electrical cable.
Specifications
- Size: 36 x 35.8 x 35.8 cm (W x D x H), glass body
- Version: Hoba Grande Suspension, white
- Light source: E27 retrofit LED bulb supplied, 21 W, 2700 K, 2581 lm, CRI over 80, dimmable
- Weight: 4.4 kg net
- Marks: CE, Class I, IP20
Story
A meteorite named Hoba
The meteorite that gives the lamp its name was discovered in Namibia in 1920. Its asymmetrical and irregular shape is the starting point of the design.
Similar but never identical
Blowing without turning the glass in an open mold yields objects that are similar but always variable, produced in series and each carrying the marks of handwork.
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