Paul Matter is a contemporary lighting design studio founded in 2016. The studio’s original and custom lamps for residential and commercial settings take cues from mid-century Modernism, the Industrial Age, and studio’s own minimalist aesthetic. The studio revisits iconic motifs across the range of these influences to create its own distinctive collections.
SATELLITE is inspired by the Conceptual and Minimalist movement of the 60’s and 70’s. Sol Le witt’s work inspired the basic concept behind Satellite. These light sculptures are fundamentally geometric and architectonic, and rely on the cube as a starting point for explorations in space, light, form, volume, repetition, sequence, and variation.
Articulating arms enable a 180 degree movement on the horizontal plane. The pieces can be used as individual fixtures or in number of combinations forming light sculptures levitating in space. Individual fixtures are SATELLITE ONE, TWO and FOUR. They can be combined in various permutations and combinations to form interesting arrangements such as SATELLITE TWO + ONE can be used over a dining space, it has also been used in a bed room format. SATELLITE FOUR + TWO + ONE can be used as a chandelier in various formations.
The fixtures are interdependent on the space they are used in. They can inspire the space with the way they distribute light. The defined form and straight lines enable the element of Play and illustrate Balance in a subtle and sophisticated manner.
The pieces are drawn from a rich material palette that includes aged brass, burnt brass, brushed brass and mouth blown glass. They are custom pieces that allow us to customise as per clients requirements in terms of finish combinations and drop lengths.
