Designer Antoni Arola was inspired by the beauty of historical hanging gardens while creating the new Palma family for .
And other references closer to home such as Mediterranean rationalism, giving his design an element of cultural continuity. It’s a lighting system that introduces the planting normally associated daylight in the outdoors, to an indoors setting. And promotes a return to nature for our day-to-day settings. This new design is based on elemental forms; it's luminous quality expressed through a warm quality dimmable light. Filtered by two glowing half spheres of blown opal glass, joined together by an aluminium ring, in graphite or white finish. The perfect globe, slightly flattened here evolves towards a more organic form, and the suspended version with almost imperceptible cable support accentuates the floating sensation. The collection allows for multiple globe compositions, vertical and horizontal to create visual axes on a larger scale, integrating vegetation, for both the pendant and the wall sconce versions. PALMA can also be used as an individual globe. Antoni Arola considers PALMA as if it were a landscape project that will be transformed over time, once the designer has finished the first part of the job. The capacity for PALMA to create ambience within an interior setting increases with its growth like a luminous hanging garden. PALMA has been awarded German Design Award 2018 for its innovative design.
