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Milan 2014: New Zealand design studio Resident will launch its collection of lighting and furniture at the Edit by designjunction exhibition in Milan‘s fashion district on Tuesday (+ slideshow).

Resident‘s collection combines handcrafted techniques with innovative engineering methods, and uses carbon fibre, bronze and glass for the first time.

Architect Nat Cheshire has two pieces in the collection, the Parison and Foundry lamps. Parison is a mouth-blown pendant lamp made from a mixture of black and clear glass in an ombre effect.

The glass is blown into a digitally faceted cherry-wood mould, designed so that the blower’s breath expires just as the glass reaches the facets, resulting in soft indentations in the bottom of the lamp that create a dappled light effect.

Foundry is a floor lamp that features 22-millimetre aluminium bars that trace the outline of a 1.9-metre-high rectangle.

An LED light source projects light down from the top edge and the bottom is weighted with hand-cast bronze that bears the marks of its sand mould. Its top edge is hand polished to reflect the light from above.

Jamie McLellan, a former designer at Tom Dixon, has formed the Fibre Light from paper-thin carbon-fibre strips around a central acrylic diffuser.

The light comes in two forms, the bottle and the funnel, both of which are large and yet lightweight.

The clean-lined Scholar Table by Sydney-based designer Cameron Foggo is constructed from a solid-oak base with a veneer top and its frame packs flat for easy shipment.

Simon James, co-founder and creative director of Resident, has designed the Pick Up Sticks chair. The solid oak frame is available in a black stain or natural finish and the upholstered component is produced separately for shorter lead-times.

Also by Simon James, the Tangerine Stool is the latest addition to the Tangerine family. The seat-back detail takes into account the fact that stools are often viewed from behind and the robust steel crossbars make this product ideal for contract environments.

Resident will be showing the collection at Edit by designjunction, inside the eighteenth-century Palazzo Morando in Milan’s Brera district, open to the public from 9 to 13 April 2014.

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Milan 2012: Auckland company Resident show their new collection of furniture at MOST in Milan this week, including their Bing pendant lamp that’s made of white clay from Matauri Bay in New Zealand. Watch this movie on Dezeen Screen »

The movie above by Special Problems shows how the Bing pendant is sculpted by hand then finished with a bone-coloured crackle glaze.

Following their inaugural collection shown at designjunction during the London Design Festival in September, the new series also includes a table-top version of the Spar floor lamp from their first collection, inspired by sailing masts.

Oud is a cantilevered brass LED desk lamp that’s operated by turning a marble sphere resting on its base.

The Tangerine chair and Studio chair complete the presentation.

MOST takes place in Milan’s Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia from 17 to 22 April and the press preview starts at 3pm today. Download the free map and guide here and see all our stories about MOST here.

We’re filming a daily TV show for Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST every day this week – watch the first one here!

Photographs are by Toaki Okano.

Here’s some more information from Resident:

Bing Pendant

Designed by Gidon Bing this is a small cracked ceramic pendant. Measures aprox 140mm wide x 110mm tall. It is made to be shown in numbers either in a line or a cluster. The BIng Pendant combines a modern form with classical organic detail. They are handcrafted and refined using traditional sculpting techniques, using pure white China Clay from Matauri Bay, NZ. The Bing Pendant is finely finished with a bone colored fine crackle glaze and charcoal oxides. Handmade in New Zealand.

Studio Chair

The Studio Chair is a simple, geometrically precise chair that has a small footprint and subtle curves that create a comfortable situation for sitting. Formally the chair refers to a typology of common, robust wood chairs originating in Switzerland. The Studio Chair ships flat-packed and is easily assembled and just as quickly knocked-down for storage or changing configurations.

Studio Stool

Designed by Jason Whiteley this is part of the Studio family. The stool comes in 3 heights, ships flatpacked and is easily assembled. Made from Birch it can be purchased in Natural, Black and White.

Spar Junior

Spar Junior takes the same iconic geometry of the Spar Floor light and scales it into a cantilevered table light. The spun aluminium shade pivots on two axis, allowing light to be directed as desired. Available in both white with black cable, and black with red cable.

Oud Lamp

Oud is a desk lamp. Its single, polished brass armature follows a continuous and unbalanced line, concealing all the mechanisms of a warm LED lamp. A sphere of polished crimson marble rests on a brass leg: its diameter is fitted to the palm, a quarter-turn operates the internal switch, and its weight – pushed off the axis of rotation by a skew in the channel – counterbalances the projection of the lamp.

Tangarine Chair

This clean lined stackable wooded chair is ideal for the home, hospitality and commercial environments. Available in three finishes of natural oak, white wash and black stain it’s light weight look and subtle form offer a refined look to complement most tables.

National Museum of Science and Technology,
Via Olona 6, 20123 Milan, Italy
Entrance through Via Olona 6
Dates: Tuesday 17 April, 10AM – 9PM Wednesday 18 April, 10AM – 6PM

Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 April, 10AM – 9PM Sunday 22 April, 10AM – 6PM
Press Preview: Monday 16 April, 3PM-7PM

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