Highly professional, yet anything but impersonal – w222 Focal has been created to not only deliver exceptional focal light, but also to enrich its surroundings with a design that is both clearly architectonic and warmly appealing. It cleverly merges the square and circle into an archetypal whole that feels familiar but also interesting. With its understated grace and simple installation, w222 Focal effortlessly adapts to all kinds of spaces and aesthetics.
w222 Focal’s aesthetics are designed to enhance without necessarily being noticed – and to be appreciated by those who do notice them. Its balanced fusion of a square and a circle creates a shape that is architectonic and competent, yet still warm and human.
The optic lens of w222 Focal has been specifically developed to take focal illumination to a whole new level. Put on a full-spectrum COB LED, it creates a clearly defined light that is remarkably rich and crisp.
Material
- Lamp body: aluminium
- Canopy: polycarbonate
Optics
- Lens: PMMA
- Reflector: polycarbonate
- IP rating: 20
- Protection class: I
David Chipperfield founded David Chipperfield Architects in 1985. He has developed a design methodology that is now used across five offices in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai and Santiago de Compostela. In addition to design work, David Chipperfield has taught and lectured worldwide. In 2012 he curated the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale under the title Common Ground and he was the 2020 guest editor of Italian design magazine Domus. Among the accolades David Chipperfield has received are the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and a knighthood for services to architecture. In 2011 he received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture and in 2013 the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association. In 2021 David Chipperfield was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour and he was selected as the 2023 Laureate of The Pritzker Architecture Prize, in recognition of a lifetime’s work.
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