As Designer and Art Director for Karman of Italy, Matteo Ugolini is behind some of the most unique and unconventional light fixtures you can find for commercial or private residences. Which is exactly what he’d set out to do when he started the brand in 2005 along with CEO Davide Diamantini. And they just keep bringing us more.
Karman Lighting by Matteo Ugolini
Ugolini and Diamantini started the company in 2005 and since then have succeeded in creating a strong brand known for unconventional, decorative, design lighting with a stable of talented designers including Ugolini. One look at the brand’s designs and I was charmed by the whimsy and impressed by the sophistication.
There are way too many fabulous ones to share them all with you, so here are some of their more unusual designs as well as a few of my personal faves from previous collections.
The Amsterdamn, a white or grey wall-mounted ceramic bulldog head, is the latest to join their stable of previously created fun animal wall and table lights such as their Ugo Rilla (gorilla), Marnin (deer) Porcamiseria (Pig), Aprile (fish), Ti Vedo (Owl) and Cubano (Tucan) – all shown below.
The Binarell wall lamps, designed by Giorgio Biscaro, are a nod to the old Magician’s trick of sawing a woman in half.
The Binarell is the perfect companion to the WOW from a past collection which consists of a ceramic rabbit and illuminated top hat.
The Ottavo is a Dwarf with a flashlight for indoors or out:
And then there’s Sherwood and Robin, a charming suspension lamp shaped like an acorn with squirrels descending the cord:
And here’s a quick peek of some of their less whimsical, but equally as impressive, lights:
Clearly, they those at Karman have great energy as well as skills:
Karman carries many of Matteo’s own designs along with equally interesting fixtures by other designers such as Paola Navone, Giorgio Bascaro, Edmondo Testaguzza, Luca De Bona and Dario De Meo; Sotirios Papadopoulos and Giovanna Colapristi; Bizzari Designs’ Stefano Bizzarri and Claudio Cinti; Baldessari and Baldessari; and Laura Alesi and Silvia Braconi.
See them all here.
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