We want to present spectacular new designs. Shortlisted for this year's [d]arc awards is the showstopping INDRE. The modular luminaire collection designed by Denmark-based Nicolai Kotlarczyk for Australian lighting boutique Rakumba.Indre's design is a balance between elegance and technology. It pushes technical boundaries with a glass capsule. It softly alluding to an internal light. As it placed gently mid-air to give the illusion of floating. A unique luminaire family. It inspires reverie and embodies a nostalgic tale.
“Indre in Danish means internal. The name stretches back to a time when Copenhagen was a walled city, with an internal and external element. The name seemed to fit perfectly - Two glass elements lightly pressed together encapsulating a beautiful internal glow.” says designer Nikolai Kotlarczyk.
An ode to the architecture of Copenhagen. Taking its cues from the suspended catenary streetlights and cobbled stone streets of designer Nikolai Kotlarczyk’s home city, Indre departs from the purely pared-back and minimal. Drawing on nostalgia and decoration, the collection delivers beauty through its delicately rendered double-wall glass capsules that gently cradle floating internal light. Individual capsules are connected by the graceful lines of a catenary-inspired interlinking rod system anchored with stone or timber detailing.
INDRE's extensive modularity allows the series to adapt to all scenarios – refined singular pendants and table lamps, elegant linear compositions for reception, dining or bar settings, and grand multi-tiered chandeliers bringing drama and prestige to large voids.
Aligned with Kotlarczyk’s love of tailored decoration, INDRE's signature anchors are available in Nero Marquina, Forest Green & Carrara Marble, Travertine or natural Oak, complemented with slimline metalwork in gunmetal, golden, white or custom coloured to suit the project.
“The key to INDRE is elegant versatility. It scales vertically and horizontally in two and three dimensions, producing grand chandeliers, more intimate feature pieces - and everything in between.” says Nikolai Kotlarczyk.
