Angel Jové and Santiago Roqueta Babel Lamp
The Babel is a lamp with a firm yet pleasant presence. Cast in solid
white alabaster, it is capable of banishing solitude from a bar counter
and becomes a table-top totem pole. When the Babel first appeared,
along with its sister lamp the Zeleste, it caused an aesthetic stir.
The choice of alabaster was daring: a material whose essence had been
betrayed in countless souvenir shops frequented by tourists. In this
particular tower of Babel, the properties of the alabaster are combined
with elegant yet efficient lines which recall the days of Art Déco.
Concentric rings grade the base and tip in a progressive softening of
the outlines. No one Babel is identical to another. The uniqueness of
each is owed to the individual texture of the alabaster which confers
on each piece a organic quality and also serves to enliven the quality
of the light. Ideal for positioning on a table and equally effective on
the floor, this lamp is from the Snark Collection (a mythological
creature, half-snake, half-shark, created by Lewis Carroll in The
Hunting of the Snark). Snark was run by Santiago Roqueta in the 1970s
and produced lamps and futuristic furnishings.
The creator of this
lamp, Ángel Jové, is a versatile and unusual character; a design
teacher, practising graphic designer and illustrator, prize-winning
interior designer, writer, actor, television scriptwriter and director,
painter and man of many facets. The Babel is a nostalgic lamp which
radiates ambience. It creates warmth on the nights of celebration, and
beckons night birds to flock round. Max. 60 W 230 V E 27. Dimmer CE
Design:
Angel Jové
Santiago Roqueta
Year:
1971
Manufacturer:
Santa & Cole
Angel Jové designs
Santiago Roqueta designs
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