CANDY LIGHT

“Crystal remains an ongoing mystery as it defies the very laws of design and means they can be perfected as we continue to work with it.” Jaime Hayon. Following on from his successful first Candy Light model, which he created for Baccarat in 2011, Jaime Hayon has designed a new collection, available in different sizes. The new pieces feature myriad material and texturing effects, with simplicity and elegance. Available in 2 colours – white and black – the Baby Candy Light, with its ceramic base and “Juvisy” cut crystal shade, is an amusing, romantic miniature lamp with all the luxury of the original version. The new hanging lamps and wall fittings assert their modern-day aesthetics and can be adjusted for different settings by swiveling the shade. The modular Candy Light ceiling lamp, which can be hung at different heights, was inspired by the famous 1930s Jet d’eau. The transparent crystal and opaque metal details enhance the lamp’s presence, and transforms the light it produces.

It has the attraction of a character in a play, ready to go on stage – all restrained but elegant, unashamedly possessed by its history. As an extension of the Crystal Candy Set designed in 2009, Jaime Hayon has now created his first lamps for Baccarat. A lighting design personified in three colours (copper, platinum and white), based on a same creative script. Named Candy Light, the trio of lamps is a distillation of rich textures and materials, a subtle conjoining of ceramic base and clear, cut-crystal shade. Delicately inserted into the base, the switch embodied by a Baccarat red crystal pendant triggers and diffuses the light even as it controls it. Between its ceramic base and its crystal shade inspired by Baccarat’s iconic Juvisy pattern, the outline takes shape and creates an impression of bountiful perfection, enhanced, when lit, by a delicately embossed waffle collar. When the object turns into a living presence, Jaime Hayon transmutes the crystal into a light finery. And the surrounding space becomes inhabited.