Arik Levy New Lamps Design For Forestier

Maison & Objet 2012, one of the biggest design trade shows being held in Paris this week is bringing us new and fastinating products which I will present all week. Here are new lamps designed by talented Arik Levy.

Hodge Podge USB Lamp by Arik Levy – beside supplying light, this lamp is the place where you can recharge your smartphones and MP3 players using a USB connector. It’s as the lamp light supply energy for the device connected 🙂

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There’s also a smaller version of Hodge Podge  with a built-in alarm clock called Reveil.

Hodge Podge and Reveil are part of  new designs for Forestier by Levy being presented at Maison & Objet 2012.

Also,  a series of table and floor lamps consisting of fine metal mesh baskets with lights inside is part of  collection of by Arik Levy for Forestier:

Forestier is a very unusual and different company…at its origin is hand-made production and specialization in different fields of craft. It was and it is always great to succeed in creating a contemporary piece of design by using very simple tools and handicrafts. It was a challenge and that is what I liked about it.

We have designed a large number of collections very much enjoying the process and the results. We have been mixing hand-made paper and metal work, textile and LED keeping in mind the use of minimum tooling, and heavy production method.

Each design speaks for itself and the juxtaposition of hand made and “anti industry” also leaves space to creativity, flexible production and the feeling that someone just finished putting  the piece together a second ago.