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Cloud Short pendant light \u2013 cloud sculpture by Candela Cort for LZF Lamps Valencia<\/h2>\n

A floating cloud of mesh fabric and light, handmade in the LZF manufactory in Valencia.<\/strong> The Cloud Kurz Pendant Light<\/strong> by LZF Lamps<\/a> translates the motif of a passing cloud into a homely Pendant Light<\/a>. A white, water-resistant mesh fabric is stretched over a flexible inner structure into an organic silhouette that is slightly different every time. Inside sits a transparent acrylic diffuser that distributes the integrated LED light outwards softly and without glare.<\/p>\n

The Short version is the more compact of the two Cloud pendant lights: around 100 cm high, with a soft, oval volume. This makes it particularly suitable above the dining table, coffee table or kitchen island in a classic living space \u2013 and anywhere a calm, quiet light sculpture without harsh point light is desired.<\/p>\n

Design & inspiration<\/h2>\n

Cloud is Candela Cort\u2019s attempt to make the most fleeting thing in architecture visible: the cloud. Instead of choosing a closed, technical form, she works with soft drapery, slight asymmetry and a material that filters light rather than directing it. Each shade is modelled by hand in Valencia \u2013 the finished form emerges from the interplay of tension, fabric and the hands of the manufactory\u2019s staff. That is why no two Clouds are ever quite the same.<\/p>\n

The Short version implements this concept in a rather horizontal, closed cloud shape: a calm, broad volume that softly illuminates the room downwards without dominating it.<\/p>\n

The designer \u2013 Candela Cort<\/h2>\n

Candela Cort is a Spanish designer based in Valencia whose work is characterised by an unusual combination of sculpture, textile and light. Instead of strictly geometric forms, she looks for organic, often poetic images \u2013 clouds, swarms, waves. With the two families Cloud<\/strong> and Candela<\/strong> she has designed two of the most atmospherically extraordinary lights in the collection for LZF Lamps. Both live from the interplay of translucency, drapery and the acrylic diffuser inside, which carries the LED light softly outwards.<\/p>\n

Material & workmanship \u2013 the LZF manufactory<\/h2>\n

Unlike LZF\u2019s typical wood veneer lights, Cloud consists of a white, water-resistant mesh fabric<\/strong> combined with a transparent Acrylic-Diffusor<\/strong> inside. In the manufactory in Valencia, the mesh fabric is stretched over a flexible inner structure and modelled by hand into an individual, cloud-like silhouette. The fine folds and volumes are not created industrially but by the hands of the manufactory\u2019s staff \u2013 which is why every Cloud is a one-off with its own shape.<\/p>\n

When switched off, the shade looks like a floating, quiet sculpture in warm white. When switched on, the acrylic diffuser distributes the integrated LED light softly outwards \u2013 the mesh is illuminated without glare and gives the room a diffuse, calm light. The black metal canopy and black coaxial cable form a deliberately understated counterpoint to the textile volume.<\/p>\n

Like all LZF lights, Cloud is made in the brand\u2019s own manufactory in Valencia. Production is designed for durability and repairability.<\/p>\n

Use & effect<\/h2>\n

Cloud Short is particularly well suited above the Dining table<\/strong> (recommended suspension height approx. 70\u201390 cm above the table edge), above coffee tables, kitchen islands or sideboards<\/strong> and as an atmospheric single object in the living room, bedroom or entrance area. Thanks to its organic mesh form, it fits equally well into modern, minimalist interiors and more classic rooms with textile materials \u2013 curtains, rugs and upholstery gain a luminous counterpart in the Cloud.<\/p>\n

We recommend using it wherever a weiches, diffuses Raumlicht<\/em> is more important than a pinpoint accent. In combination with indirect lighting in the ceiling or a dimmable floor lamp (e.g. Lola F<\/a> by LZF), a very calm, homely light is created. The integrated LED is dimmable \u2013 so the lighting mood can be adjusted precisely to the time of day and occasion.<\/p>\n

Cloud Kurz vs. Cloud Lang<\/h2>\n

The Cloud family comprises two sizes with an identical material and light language, but a very different spatial effect:<\/p>\n