In 2014 Daniel Rybakken presented Compendium to Luceplan, a lamp of striking graphic-sculptural character and yet another case bearing out the fertile and renowned collaboration between the company and the designer.
“How can you bring optimal lighting to a room with just one source? To start with, of course, it is best to for the light to be very strong. Second, it should arrive sideways, like the warm, natural light that enters through a window and invades the space, producing a sensation of wellbeing. Third, once we have this powerful light source, it is necessary to prevent glare, to make the light soft and spreading. These are the three most important factors in the design of Compendium.”
Daniel Rybakken, 2014
Ten years ago Daniel Rybakken presented Compendium, a lamp of striking graphic-sculptural character and yet another case bearing out the fertile and renowned collaboration between the company and the designer.
Compendium sums up the distinctive features of the poetic and functional research conducted on the theme of light by the Norwegian designer and it confirms its status as one of the company’s bestsellers, continuing to generate luminous scenarios of great visual impact.
The name “Compendium” comes from the lamp’s characteristic design. The flanged profile, in the designer’s intentions, evokes that of the «compendium» or lens screen used on large-format reflex cameras to protect the lens from excess light.
The Compendium collection is available in floor and suspension version, enhanced by the elegant anodised black, aluminium and brass finishes.
In the floor version, Compendium brings diffused light into the room: the body contains a high-efficiency LED light source, and rotates freely on the base to aim the light towards the wall, preventing direct glare.
The suspension version, on the other hand, can be used for both direct and indirect lighting, by rotating the reflector at the moment of the installation. Linear and tee joints make multiple compositions possible.
The Compendium collection
Over the years the Luceplan catalogue has welcomed various other versions, demonstrating the exceptional potential of this product.
An extension of the family, Compendium Circle is a lamp with a poetic nature and essential design, which can be installed to permit direct or upward lighting emission. It is possible to combine up to three rings with different diameters, generating multiple configurations and various luminous scenarios of great visual impact.
The luminous alphabet of the family is completed by Compendium Plate, a lamp that conserves the slimness of the original cross-section, creating a surface that is almost coplanar with the ceiling (or wall).
Ten years after its creation, and in its multiple translations and various finishes, Compendium continues to offer all settings luminous scenarios of great visual impact.
Compendium Circle – Ingelsta Shooping, Foodcourt, Norrköping, Sweden, 2021
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