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Milan 2012: Stoke Newington designers Studio Vit showed these glass lamps with marble cuffs as part of Salone Satellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month.

Referencing the look of incandescent light bulbs, the Marble Lights combine blown glass spheres with marble cylinders to create table, floor and pendant lights, plus floor weights that can be looped over a flex to secure the pendants.

Back in London Studio Vit are based close to Dezeen’s own office on Sanford Terrace in Stoke Newington. We interviewed them for Dezeen Platform in the autumn:

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See our story about their 11 Boxes project presented at Dezeen Platform here.

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile took place from 17 to 22 April. See all our stories about Milan 2012 here, plus photos on Facebook and Pinterest.

The information below is from Studio Vit:

Marble lights is a collection in marble and glass.

Originating from an archetypal bulb and socket, it consists of glass spheres and cylindrical marble lamp holders in various sizes which can be freely combined.

Marble lights include table, floor and pendant lights, as well as three floor weights which can be used as counterweights to the suspended lights.

The aim of the collection is to create a product that is simple yet refined and generates a juxtaposition of volumes, materials and weights.

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Designed in Hackney is a Dezeen initiative to showcase world-class architecture and design created in the borough, which is one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as being home to Dezeen’s offices. We’ll publish buildings, interiors and objects that have been designed in Hackney each day until the games this summer.

More information and details of how to get involved can be found at www.designedinhackney.com.

Milan 2011: Studio Vit of Sweden presented eleven maple storage boxes of varying sizes in Milan earlier this month.

Called 11 Boxes, the storage units feature a single hole for opening and can be used any way up.

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Photographs are by Annabel Elston.

The following is from Studio Vit:

11 Boxes by Studio Vit:

studio vit is proud to present their first collection, 11 boxes, at the Milan Furniture Fair 2011.

11 boxes is a typology of storage units based on the idea of an archetypal box, each one distinguished by its shape and structural elements. Like characters in an alphabet, the boxes can be used on their own or grouped together, in the same way that single letters make words.

A playful and changeable collection, the boxes can form infinite unique compositions depending on the situation, available space and storage needs. Made from solid maple, each unit is equally finished on all sides and thus can be positioned anywhere in a room.

studio vit is the result of a collaboration and dialogue between Swedish designers Helena Jonasson and Veronica Dagnert.

Helena has has worked in the furniture industy since graduating with a degree in industrial design, and Veronica has a background in fashion and a Masters from Central Saint Martins in London. Both live and work in London.

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