Limbus
Client / Lumina Italia
Year / 2019
From a study of the eyes of bathypelagic (deep sea) fish:
two glass hemispheres coupled together, a chassis based on aeronautical technology, a whole world to be discovered inside, and the magic of an efficient lamp that illuminates without dazzling.
Galileo halogen
Client / Lumina Italia
Year / 1999
Nature, refraction, light.
When mathematics becomes transparency. The enchantment of a jellyfish photographed in Cornwall, Snell’s law of refraction, a formula that describes the flow of light through a mass of glass, and a special technology for constructing the object. Five years of research.
Galileo LED
Client / Lumina Italia
Year / 2013
Efficiency and energy conservation, but above all a light that does not distort the colours of our environment.
Firefly tavolo
Client / Artemide
Year / 1989
A head that rotates 360°, a joint that makes it possible to adjust the position of the lamp, and a switch that recalls the poetry of a birdhouse on a tree.
A small table lamp.
Firefly lettura
Client / Artemide
Year / 1993
Floor lamp with adjustable arms and head il all directions. Particularly suited for reading.
Policrate
Client / Artemide
Year / 1994
A small folded arch supports the body of the lamp, from which the light shines through, protected by two mirror-finish sepals.
The shape of the base forms a sort of hypothetical shadow that contrasts with the light.
Samba terra
Client / Artemide
Year / 1989
A floor lamp placed up against the wall, a lightweight, sinuous structure, and an asymmetrical reflector designed to cast the beam of light towards the centre of the room.
Warrior
Client / Artemide
Year / 1989
A partially reflective mirror regulates the flow of light (90% is reflected onto the wall, while 10% passes through).
The frame is made of shaped metal rods, with four springs, and the filament of the halogen bulb shows through, make it a decorative element of the object, without dazzling.
Interior lighting concept
Client / Lancia
Year / 1999
Night design for the Lancia Thesis: night-time journeys in the flagship Lancia with a new three-dimensional perception of space. Work, rest, reflect. Observe the world outside, with internal lighting in the passenger compartment that respects the darkness.
Active Seat
Client / Concept
Year / 2002
Energy scavanging lets the seat breathe, without using electricity. Exploiting just the vibrations from the moving vehicle, the seat activates a pump system that removes perspiration from the traveller’s back.
Maserati Front Badge Restyling
Client / Maserati
Year / 2014
Study for a new design of the Maserati logo.
3 different concepts, each using a series of details to interpret a distinct way of presenting the brand.
A-Pillar: Blind Spot Stop
Client / Enhance Vision System
Year / 2014
Natural, all-round vision, safe driving with no blind spots in front. A robust vehicle structure, and no electronics.
These are the four key elements of the EVS optical joint, designed and patented by the eponymous start-up. For a new travel experience.
A meditation on design, to see if and how there might be other ways to design, produce and distribute an object for the home.
DIY instructions for constructing the Nascondiglio bench, the L8 lamp and the Nascondino stool can be downloaded free of charge from www.recessiondesign.org
L8 hanging lamp
Recession Design
Year / 2009
Simplicity itself and just the very basics for lighting up a room.
A wire suspended between two walls, a shaped methacrylate support, two lamp holders with light bulbs and a long power cable supported by hooks that reaches down to the ground.
Nascondiglio bench, Nascondino stool
Recession Design
Year / 2010
A bench and stool that can be seen through, a place of interaction where one can read, love, or meditate, without disturbing the landscape all around.
Tubes and plumbing joints screwed together, cut and threaded in standard sizes, accessible to everyone from DIY stores everywhere.
Ferrero Rocher
Client / Ferrero Rocher
Year / 2007
A luminous frame with a whole array of micro prisms focuses the external light into a radiant square, attracting the eye to the content of the box.
Bocon
Client /Bocon
Year / 2001
The leaf shape is a guarantee of wholesomeness, just when the customer is choosing a product from the frozen-foods counter.
Stand-by-stop
Client / Sorgenia
Year / 2011
Identity: nature, energy savings, technology.
Energenio
Client / Sorgenia
Year / 2011
Identity: vision, aesthetics, energy savings
… It’s so beautiful you want to display it on the table…!
Saes Pinball-lab
Client / Saes Getter
Year / 2007
Pinball-lab: a study for new actuators using shape-memory alloy, for consumer electronics.
5 mechanisms, 5 designs used by insects to move their exoskeleton.
Carapace
Client / Favini
Year / 2015
Surface for Remake paper: a non-drawing, a point cloud with varying degrees of shadow grouped in different densities, to be printed or as a background for the display of objects, Carapace manages to disappear just where it encounters the subject.
Spillo
Client / Fedrigoni-Fabriano
Year / 2010
“Light makes space vibrate”
Paper embossing. A surface designed to interact with light.
Helix
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 1999
Wires
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2000
Bambusa
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 1999
Shell
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2003
Snails
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2003
Flowerpoint
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2003
Waves
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2000
Vogel
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2000
Life
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 1999
Brancusi
Client / (Concept)
Year / 2020
Water that gushes from a branch planted in the ground: an asymmetrical structure that rises fluidly upwards.
Study for a tap that extends in height, giving greater space beneath the flow of water.
Washbasin
Client / (Concept)
Year / 2020
The geometrical design of the shell of a Clypeasteroida.
The study for a washbasin that extends lengthways, for confined spaces.
Two side surfaces are for items commonly used in the bathroom.
Study of surfaces
All the images belong to Emanuele Ricci Design Studio archives
Year / 2016
The perception of form by means of the ratio of light and shadow on its surface.
Study of colors
All the images belong to Emanuele Ricci Design Studio archives
Year / 2016
Light-colour-matter.
Analysis of the variables that cause different perceptions of colour depending on the substrate.
RGB profile, surfaces, material, and light.