Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2025
A sinuous ribbon of luminous golden metal descends through a classically appointed stairwell, its serpentine form twisting and folding upon itself with breathtaking fluidity as it traces an elongated vertical axis that spans multiple architectural levels, commanding immediate attention through its striking contrast against the warm, honey-toned travertine walls and the intricate black wrought-iron balustrades that define the surrounding neoclassical interior. Giuseppe Tortato's Embrasse Moi Lamp Sculpture Lamp establishes its visual hierarchy through this central helical gesture, the eye drawn inexorably along the continuous metallic surface that catches and redistributes ambient illumination from within its LED-embedded core, creating a radiant line drawing in three-dimensional space that suggests frozen motion, as though a length of silk had been cast into the air and permanently suspended at the moment of its most graceful configuration. The compositional architecture operates on multiple registers simultaneously, the vertical spiral echoing and amplifying the diagonal thrust of the ascending marble staircase while establishing a dynamic counterpoint to the rectilinear geometry of the stone-clad walls, coffered ceiling details, and rectangular window embrasures that punctuate the right-hand wall, allowing natural daylight to filter through and establish secondary illumination hierarchies. The chromatic palette maintains sophisticated restraint, dominated by the creamy buff and pale ochre tonalities of the limestone cladding, the deep anthracite of the ornamental ironwork with its scrolling acanthus motifs and fleur-de-lis finials, and the warm polished brass of the sculptural element itself, which shifts between amber, gold, and white-gold depending on the angle of incidence and the interaction between its internal light source and the environmental illumination. The tonal structure operates within a predominantly high-key register, the pale walls reflecting diffused daylight that softens shadow transitions and creates an atmosphere of luminous spaciousness, while the lamp itself introduces concentrated brilliance along its illuminated edges, the LED strip tracing the inner curve of the metallic ribbon to produce a continuous line of warm white light approximating three thousand Kelvin that reads as both functional illumination and aesthetic gesture.
Halfway between art and design, Embrasse Moi is the majestic light sculpture whose name recalls the play on words between the English brass and the lamp's curved, enveloping shape. The suspension lamp has been handcrafted: a large sculpture in burnished brass that recalls the DNA strand, the weave of which unfolds like a fil rouge throughout the space, giving every project an artistic accent that makes it unique.