INNER GLOW IS A LIMITED-EDITION DESIGNER CHANDELIER THAT JUXTAPOSES THE CLASSIC BLOWN GLASS AND BRASS TYPICAL OF KAIA CHANDELIERS WITH A MORE ORGANIC MATERIAL: PAPER. PRODUCED IN PUGLIA, THE PAPER SELECTED IS AN EVOLUTION OF THE PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PROCESS AND HAS A RAW, TEXTURAL QUALITY TO IT THAT RESEMBLES STONE. THE ROUGH AND ORGANIC PAPER IS IN CONTRAST WITH THE SMOOTH AND TRANSPARENT GLASS EGGS AND THE RIGOROUS AND GEOMETRIC LINES OF THE BRASS STRUCTURE. THE WAY THE PAPER APPEARS TO GROW OVER THE GLASS EGGS BRINGS TO MIND THE WAY MOSS AND FUNGI OCCASIONALLY GROW OVER WALLS AND BUILDINGS. THERE IS A PRECARIOUS AND SOMEWHAT IMPERFECT BALANCE IN SOPHIE DRIES CHANDELIER BETWEEN ORGANIC AND GEOMETRIC, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL, SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY OF HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE.
INNER GLOW CHANDELIER
DESIGNED BY SOPHIE DRIES FOR SCHLOSS HOLLENEGG WALDEN EVENT
HANDMADE BY KAIA
SCHLOSS HOLLENEGG WAS FIRST MENTIONED IN 1163. ITS LONG HISTORY IS EVIDENT IN THE ARCHITECTURE, WITH SUCCESSIVE OWNERS EXPANDING THE ORIGINAL MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE OVER THE CENTURIES. THE RENAISSANCE COURTYARD, INSPIRED BY THE LANDHAUS IN GRAZ AND DESIGNED BY FRANCESCO MARMORO IN THE 16TH CENTURY, IS PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL.
THE ADJACENT STATE ROOMS BOAST ROCOCO STUCCO CEILINGS, FRENCH AND CHINESE WALL HANGINGS, AND STOVES FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. SOME GUEST ROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR RETAIN THEIR GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE. THE BAROQUE CHURCH IN THE SECOND COURTYARD IS STILL REGULARLY USED BY THE PARISH.
SINCE 1821, SCHLOSS HOLLENEGG HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE LIECHTENSTEIN FAMILY. ALICE STORI LIECHTENSTEIN, WHO RESIDES IN THE CASTLE WITH HER FAMILY, IS PASSIONATE ABOUT DESIGN. HER COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING DESIGN CULTURE AND EMERGING TALENTS LED HER TO ESTABLISH THE SCHLOSS HOLLENEGG FOR DESIGN PROJECT.
NEUE LUXURY ARTICLE - INNER GLOW
