Swiss designer Renaud Defrancesco has designed a collection of LED bulbs that double as decorative pendant lights.
The Bulb LMP collection is based on the principle that light-emitting diodes (LEDs) don't need the layer of glass used in traditional lightbulbs to protect a filament.
Renaud Defrancesco's designs, which are available in a variety of lampshade-like shapes, are made from pressed glass, using a similar quantity of the material as a traditional bulb.
Why do we have a new technology with the same style as an old one? LED technology provides great durability – more than 30 years – and doesn't need a special shape of glass, so we can rethink a bulb which could be an object in itself.
This project allowed me to reconsider and redefine an object of current consumption. The bulb is not only a source of light anymore but a source of atmosphere Renaud Defrancesco
Acting like diffusers, the downward-facing tinted glass pendants can be used alone or in a group. The bases fit into standard screw fixtures.
