Céramique
A handcrafted collection underpinned by exceptional design
The idea for Céramique came when I was working on huge complex systems and I felt like something was missing. Lighting design is moving very rapidly towards intelligent technical systems but I wanted a beautiful lamp. An interesting object that produces a simple light and fulfils a simple need like illuminating your bedside or a table. Something that is well made and gives pleasure.
Testifying to the novelty of its material through its name, Céramique is an entirely handcrafted collection featuring a lead-free crystalline lacquered finish. The collection colours—Moss Green, Navy Blue, and Rust Red—enhance the smooth surfaces, highlighting the quality of the material.
“Ceramics are about desire and sensuality. I think that my work is increasingly moving in this direction; producing objects that are functional, certainly, but looking for a kind of elegance and pleasure.”
Ronan Bouroullec
3 art objects for 3 purposes
The design starts with the basic composition of a lamp—base, stem, and cap—interpreted across three table lamps that share the same design but with subtle variations in orientation. Each configuration gently suggests a specific type of lighting. The downward-facing lamp is ideal for reading or use as a table lamp, the side-oriented version is designed to illuminate a corner, and the uplighter creates perfect ambient lighting.
"Céramique is a very basic object that has charm because sometimes we need a simple thing like that."
Ronan Bouroullec
MAKING CÉRAMIQUE
Ceramics have been a key focus of the designer’s creative journey over the past few years as his personal design explorations have ventured into the abstract. Using ceramics as a pictorial medium, the material has become the subject of a series of bas-reliefs and vases that are as much expressive compositions as they are functional vessels.
"The idea was to make lamps that are made of just one piece of ceramic, with simple bulbs that you can screw on. Not a complex system to dismantle, you unscrew the bulb and you’re done."
Ronan Bouroullec
