Lambert & Fils Launch a New Lighting Collection at the 2nd Edition of Caffé Populaire.

Lambert & Fils and DWA Design Studio returned to Milan Design Week 2022 after their successful first edition of Caffè Populaire in 2019. This time they collaborated with New York-based wallpaper studio SUPERFLOWER to renew the salon experience with Caffè Populaire round two—an eight-day aperitivo garden at Alcova.

“For this year, the long-awaited return to the physical realm, we wanted to focus the experience on the senses,” explains Lambert & Fils and DWA Design Studio.“The tying together of the natural and the technological, indoor and outdoor in a magnificent garden amongst the tall trees of Alcova. Finally, a return to real life conversation, putting humanity and connection back where they belong.”

This year’s setting was a temple and its surrounding Alcova’s wild garden, set inside the former Ospedale Militare di Baggio. The complex dates back to the early 1930s, and consists of a series of pavilions immersed in nature, appropriating architecture abandoned by man. Seeking the subtle balance between the artificial and the natural, DWA Design Studio created an installation in which nature framed human conviviality.

Bringing raw matter and refined materiality together, the garden came alive with tables lit by colourful food, wildflowers and candles, as the murmur of conversation created a harmonious background noise. Inside the rooms of the temple, a central table blooming with wild flowers created a dialogue with the garden outside. An undulating water sculpture emerged from the flowering table to connect Lambert & Fils’ new lighting collection Silo with the floral wall coverings of SUPERFLOWER. The sound of flowing water—a life-giving symbol of ideas and creativity—became improvised music, accompanying the visitor and offering a fertile breeding ground for new ideas and connections.

Lambert & Fils new collection Silo inhabits many worlds at once, creating a striking metaphor for duality. Its vertical shapes take cues from brutalist architecture, recalling visions of concrete towers, cityscapes, and metallic wind instruments. As a stand-alone piece or featured in a cluster, the collection plays with negative space to reflect its surroundings, making it as compelling turned off as when illuminated.

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[Images courtesy of Lambert & Fils. Intallation photography by Arseni Khamzin.]