Nuvem

We didn’t make a lamp, we made a ceiling.” Miguel Arruda introduces his work with Slamp with these words. The modular system started from the symbology he applied to a sculpture in 1980; Slamp’s team transformed it, creating folded and jointed, meter-long hexagonal sections to be infinitely combined, filling a space with floating landscapes. Nuvem is a “ceiling”, illuminated by bidirectional spotlights (GU10).

The meter-long hexagonal elements are easily connected by hand using a series of interlocking tabs that allow for limitless omnidirectional installation. The modules facilitate the adaptable and mutable personalisation of private and contract spaces, adding a strong artistic note to each.

Nuvem not only comes with wires reaching a length of 6m, but once hung, the installation’s appearance can be manipulated using the “push and pull” system located underneath each decorative module. By pulling or releasing the individual wires, the lamp stretches or dilates, taking on a life of its own, becoming a “flowing” ceiling.