Lee Broom’s Salone del Automobile & Optical Lighting Collection.

Award winning product and interior designer Lee Broom has unveiled his latest lighting collection, Optical, in a unique installation staged inside his studio’s delivery van, driven all the way to Milan for the Design Week from his London HQ. One year on from his resoundingly successful Milan exhibition, The Department Store, Broom created a totally different compact and unique travelling show. Aptly titled SALONE DEL AUTOMOBILE, the back doors of the van opened to reveal a dramatic recreation of a traditional Italian palazzo along with his new lighting range. During Milan Design Week 2016, the van pitched up on different days in the city’s key design hotspots, including Brera Design District, Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Tortona, San Gregorio Docet, Ventura Lambrate and more.

The Optical collection’s floor and pendant lights reflect Broom’s recent move towards more understated, modern designs. Yet the Op Art-inspired graphic patterns on the illuminated globes echo the asymmetry of some of Broom’s previous designs, such as his Crescent light. When viewed from all sides, Optical’s linear pattern changes at every angle.

Optical also holds strong personal associations for Broom: “It’s really inspired by the period in which I grew up in. I guess my first real foray into interiors was decorating my own bedroom in the early 90’s and Optical really reflects the monochrome graphics and mood of that era.”

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[Images courtesy of Lee Broom.]