GLOW

GLOW IS A NEW COLLECTION INSPIRED BY THE INNER GLOW – A SCULPTURAL LIGHTING PIECE DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH FRENCH ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER SOPHIE DRIES. THIS COLLECTION SEES INNER GLOW’S GRANDEUR DISTILLED INTO A MORE COMPACT FORM SUITABLE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY HOME. THE DESIGNERS’ CHOICE OF PAPER IS AN EVOLUTION OF THE PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PROCESS AND HAS A RAW, TEXTURAL QUALITY THAT RESEMBLES STONE. THE GLASS IS CUSTOM-MADE FOR KAIA BY AN ARTISAN GLASSMAKER, LAYERED ONTO THESE MOUTH-BLOWN GLASS EGGS, THE PAPER APPEARS TO ‘GROW’ AND TAKE ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

GLOW 1 SUSPENSION
300 x 200 x 610 mm / 11.81 x 7.87 x 24 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW 1 PENDANT
300 x 200 x 610 mm / 11.81 x 7.87 x 24 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW WALL
260 x 200 x 100 mm / 10.23 x 7.87 x 3.93 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW 2
800 x 200 x 460 mm / 31.5 x 7.87 x 18.11 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW 3
800 x 200 x 810 mm / 31.5 x 7.87 X 31.89 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW 3 IN LINE
800 x 200 x 1000 mm / 31.5 x 7.87 x 39.37 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW 5
1600 x 600 x 910 mm / 63 x 23.6 x 35.8 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

GLOW 6 ROPE
1650 x 1400 x 200 mm / 65 x 55 x 7.87 "
GLASS Ø 200 x 260 mm / Ø 7.87 x 10.23 "

BEHIND THE OBJECT

GLOW

BEHIND THE OBJECT

GLOW IS THE RESULT OF A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARIS-BASED ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER SOPHIE DRIES AND KAIA. DRAWING ON THE RESTRAINED ELEGANCE OF VIENNA’S SECESSIONIST ARCHITECTURE, GLOW REIMAGINES THE CHANDELIER FORM THROUGH A SUBTLE INTERPLAY OF STRUCTURE, LIGHT, AND MATERIAL.

DRIES BRINGS A BOLD CONTRAST TO KAIA’S SIGNATURE BRASS AND BLOWN GLASS — INTRODUCING HANDMADE PAPER AS A CENTRAL ELEMENT. THE RESULT IS AT ONCE REFINED AND RAW, ARCHITECTURAL AND ORGANIC.

“I WANTED TO INTRODUCE A TACTILE, IMPERFECT ELEMENT THAT SPEAKS TO THE HUMAN HAND — SOMETHING EMOTIONAL AND ELEMENTAL ALONGSIDE THE GLASS AND METAL.”
– SOPHIE DRIES

BEHIND THE OBJECT

AT THE HEART OF GLOW LIES A CONVERGENCE OF MATERIALS THAT EACH CARRY CENTURIES OF CRAFT: GLASSBLOWING, METALWORKING, AND PAPER SCULPTING. EVERY PIECE IS HANDCRAFTED BY ARTISANS WHO HONOUR THE PHYSICALITY AND VARIABILITY OF THEIR MEDIUMS.

THE PAPER COMPONENT, RESEMBLING STONE IN TEXTURE, IS MADE USING AN EVOLVED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TECHNIQUE. EACH ELEMENT IS HAND-SHAPED AND LEFT TO AIR-DRY, RESULTING IN ORGANIC VARIATIONS THAT MAKE EVERY PIECE SUBTLY UNIQUE. ITS RAW FINISH CREATES A RICH CONTRAST WITH THE SOFT SHEEN OF THE GLASS AND THE REFINED DETAILING OF THE METAL FRAME.

BEHIND THE OBJECT

AT THE HEART OF GLOW LIES A CONVERGENCE OF MATERIALS THAT EACH CARRY CENTURIES OF CRAFT: GLASSBLOWING, METALWORKING, AND PAPER SCULPTING. EVERY PIECE IS HANDCRAFTED BY ARTISANS WHO HONOUR THE PHYSICALITY AND VARIABILITY OF THEIR MEDIUMS.

THE PAPER COMPONENT, RESEMBLING STONE IN TEXTURE, IS MADE USING AN EVOLVED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TECHNIQUE. EACH ELEMENT IS HAND-SHAPED AND LEFT TO AIR-DRY, RESULTING IN ORGANIC VARIATIONS THAT MAKE EVERY PIECE SUBTLY UNIQUE. ITS RAW FINISH CREATES A RICH CONTRAST WITH THE SOFT SHEEN OF THE GLASS AND THE REFINED DETAILING OF THE METAL FRAME.

BEHIND THE OBJECT

THE GLASS GLOBES ARE MOUTH-BLOWN BY EXPERT ARTISANS, THEIR FORMS INTENTIONALLY SOFTENED TO DIFFUSE THE INTERNAL LIGHT WITH A WARM, AMBIENT GLOW. NO TWO ARE ENTIRELY IDENTICAL, ADDING TO THE INDIVIDUALITY OF EACH PIECE.

BEHIND THE OBJECT

FINAL ASSEMBLY TAKES PLACE IN KAIA’S MUNICH ATELIER, WHERE THE COMPONENTS COME TOGETHER THROUGH A SLOW, DELIBERATE PROCESS. ARTISANS CAREFULLY PAIR EACH PAPER FORM TO A GLASS EGG, ENSURING BALANCE AND VISUAL HARMONY. HERE, PRECISION MEETS INTUITION — A RHYTHM OF HAND, EYE, AND MATERIAL THAT DEFINES KAIA’S APPROACH TO LIGHTMAKING.



EXPLORE GLOW IN OUR PROJECTS

LENZWERK, MONACO

private residence

PROJECT BY LUX GROUP HOLDING

APT Vosges by Sophie Dries,
Photo: matthew Avignone



M O D E R N  C H A N D E L I E R S

FOR A TOUCH OF UNDERSTATED GLAMOUR, DISCOVER MODERN CHANDELIERS BY KAIA. STATEMENT LIGHTING IS THE JEWELLERY OF A ROOM INTERIOR AND, MUCH LIKE JEWELS, THESE LIGHTS DON’T HAVE TO BE DRAMATIC TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN. OUR COLLECTION FEATURES MODERN BRASS AND BRUSHED NICKEL CHANDELIERS THAT ARE CUSTOMISABLE TO COMPLEMENT YOUR INTERIOR STYLE. LIGHT UP YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH LUXURY CHANDELIERS THAT BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL LIGHTING AND SCULPTURAL ART, CRAFTED FROM MOUTH-BLOWN GLASS IN A RANGE OF BOLD AND ELEGANT DESIGNS. FOR THE BEDROOM, YOU CAN FIND LUXURY CHANDELIERS THAT EXPERIMENT WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS LIKE PAPIER-MACHE ALONGSIDE CONTEMPORARY MINIMALIST CIRCULAR CHANDELIERS EMBEDDED WITH LEDS. EVERY CHANDELIER IS DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH EUROPE’S FINEST CREATORS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE, WHO EACH CHAMPION TRADITIONAL MATERIALS AND PROCESSES