Insights

The Edit’s Insights section offers a wealth of inspiring ideas from Vibia’s network of creative collaborators around the world. We present interviews with leading designers and architects, who provide insight on their work, process, and unique point of view. You’ll also learn about the latest styles in interior design as well as innovative lamp and lighting technologies.

A working day with Umut Yamac

British architect, sculptor and designer Umut Yamac explores the intersection between light, movement and space. Fascinated by how certain objects, activated by their surroundings, transcend their everyday purpose and enable a deeper emotional connection, …

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Statement- making outdoor lighting

Today’s outdoor lighting rivals indoor designs for quality and creativity. Stunning statement pieces abound, allowing you to create instant atmosphere and enhance distinctive landscape features. We’ve selected some of our favorite one-of-a-kind fixtures, each ...

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Origami, folded light compositions

Walls provide the blank canvas for the creation of customised light sculptures with the ORIGAMI collection designed by Ramón Esteve for Vibia. The compositional possibilities are endless and only limited by the interior designer’s ...

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Making of Algorithm

When a designer launches a finished product there is always a sense of expectation, how will the public react to his or her creation? In the case of Algorithm the designer Toan Nguyen ...

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The Making of Curtain: Streaming Light

Arik Levy explores unchartered territory with CURTAIN, a new lighting typology that combines direct light from a LED source with a vertical diffusion. Levy describes the suspended fitting as an installation rather than merely ...

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PIN: Bedroom Lighting

Lighting in the bedroom is a question of choosing the right types of fitting that respond to the different functions and practicalities of a room that we spend so much of our day. Whether ...

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Making of Pin

  When designer Ichiro Iwasaki was commissioned by Vibia to create Pin he was conscious of the vertiginous pace of technological change that characterises modern life, the Pin collection seeks continuity with familiar lighting ...

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Deconstructing: The North light fixture

By taking something apart we get to understand more fully what makes it work, its wholeness and intricacies. Deconstruction is exploration. Manufactured by Vibia North represents the exploration by designer Arik Levy into what ...

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PIN Wall Art: endless creativity

  The wall as blank canvas is a challenge and an opportunity for interior designers and architects. Lighting can provide a medium for artistic expression combined with practical problem solving, the PIN wall light ...