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This ceramic lamp by Italian designer Federica Bubani comprises a cone-shaped shade that fits inside a larger base in a variety of positions.

Federica Bubani designed the light so the upper, smaller cone containing a fluorescent light bulb sits within or on top of a lower, larger base. Its position determines the direction and brightness of the light.

Created for lighting brand Fabbian, the table light is named Mia – the Italian word for “mine” – to communicate the extent to which the user can customise and control it, making it their own.

By arranging the top cone in different positions, the light can be either direct or indirect with varying degrees of intensity, depending on the gap left between the two cones for the light to shine through.

“Mia was born of a little game, a game of shapes,” Bubani told Dezeen. “The cone is the ideal form for the light – it is simple, sweet, and makes you want the light to go out slowly. In this case, with two cones, the results are even more beautiful.”

The inside of both translucent ceramic forms has been glazed for aesthetic qualities, but also to reflect the light.

“Ceramic is one of my favourite materials since I studied it, so I know it well,” said Bubani. “It has a lot of potential.”

Federica Bubani opened her own studio in 2003 and has studied new techniques and materials ever since, dedicating much of her time to ceramics research. In 2012 she won the Opendesign award with her Nordic Lamp.

Other ceramic lamps we’ve featured include Benjamin Hubert’s two-part design held together with a silicon band and a light with a gaping cavity in its side.

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Once again, Core77 is pleased to be the media partner for the Bike Cult Show, which will once again bring the very best custom framebuilders in the Northeast region to New York City this month. Set to take place next weekend, August 16–17, at the Knockdown Center in Queens, the second annual Bike Cult Show promises be bigger and better than before. Previously, we heard from Bryan Hollingsworth of Royal H Cycles; here, we have another Brian, the owner and operator of Chapman Cycles.

Text and images courtesy of Brian Chapman.

My fondest bike-related memories are when I started to learn foot jam endos in front of our house in Attleboro with my older brother. That was 30 years ago. I still ride flatland BMX today as it is a way for me to meditate and clear my mind. It is also amazing what it can do for your core muscles! That really doesn’t have a lot to do with framebuilding except that I love bikes. A lot of people love bikes though.

I currently live and work in Rhode Island, about 35 miles from where I was born in New Bedford, MA. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and only utilize a small portion of that. The framebuilding and painting techniques that I learned in my two years of apprenticing were much more important to this craft. Ten years of wrenching at shops helped a lot, too, in regards to fitting and assembly.

I started apprenticing at Circle A Cycles in 2004 and built my first bike in 2005 for my girlfriend at the time. It’s still together even though we aren’t! I learned a lot at Circle A. The first 100 bikes I built were just me ironing out the process to one I felt comfortable with. I have to note here that the structure of the Circle A shop was such that the builder (Chris, or myself, or, way back when, Emily) did the process from fit to assembly (it’s a unique skill set). Nothing was handed over to someone else. So three control freaks could happily work side by side and just being in the same shop, the styles would blend. We’d also be bouncing ideas off of each other or sharing discoveries with tools or paint techniques.

I was there for about nine years—it was a fun time and I miss it sometimes. In 2011, I started building under my own name as an outlet because I wanted to take my building to a new level that was different from what we were making at Circle A. And that’s how Chapman Cycles started. Circle A taught me how to survive as a framebuilder. The eight secrets to making a living as a custom framebuilder (you ready?): Paint your own bikes, live at your shop, eat ramen with peanut butter, learn to lay a perfect fillet, be nice, ride often, cut up your credit cards, meet delivery dates. That’s about all there is to it… sort of.

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