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Capsule Collection  Lighting  by Astro Lighting

Capsule Collection Lighting

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2021

Capsule Collection Volume 01 by Astro Lighting orchestrates a visual vocabulary rich with archetypal resonance, deploying circular forms that connect to humanity's enduring fascination with celestial bodies, cycles, and the symbolic geometry of wholeness. The overlapping disc sconces activate what might be understood as a solar-lunar dialogue—paired circles of differing scale suggesting planetary relationships, eclipse formations, or the philosophical concept of microcosm and macrocosm wherein smaller forms mirror larger cosmic structures. Their concentric ring organization evokes the ancient symbol of the labyrinth or the meditative mandala, inviting contemplation of center and periphery, origin and emanation. The radial texture animating these surfaces recalls the rayed nimbus of religious iconography or the geometric patterns of rose windows, suggesting that domestic light might partake in traditions of sacred illumination. The linear pendant introduces what could be interpreted as rational counterbalance—a horizontal axis establishing earthly coordinates against the celestial circles, perhaps evoking the architectural tradition of the beam or lintel as threshold marker between spaces. Its reeded surface creates rhythmic repetition suggesting musical notation or the measured passage of time through columnar counting. The black-framed wall sconce presents a more complex symbolic assembly: the sphere-and-disc pairing might evoke traditional representations of celestial mechanics—a planet with its orbital disc, or the symbolic conjunction of solar and lunar principles. The curved black armature suggests both organic growth patterns and the calligraphic gesture, introducing handmade warmth into geometric precision. Cool blue-grey chromatic dominance throughout activates associations with twilight, contemplation, and the liminal threshold between day and night—an appropriate symbolic envelope for objects whose purpose involves marking temporal transitions through controlled illumination within domestic space.

Capsule Collection Volume 01 is a set of three luminaires made of glass, acrylic and metal. The io Pendant is shaped by gravity-fed glass extrusion, which turns a circular drawing into a ribbed cylindrical form. Components are hidden so the glass reflects and refracts the light. Halftone is a wall light with a pattern etched on translucent acrylic, which forms a ring of light while the wall stays visible. Orb is a wall light with an illuminated sphere and an adjustable magnifying mirror that moves around it, suited to use beside a bathroom mirror.