A Glimpse at London Design Festival - Tom Dixon's New Lighting

Lustre,  Tom Dixon's  first ever stoneware pendant light, made using a secret glaze containing minerals and precious metals to give a striking iridescent sheen, will be launched at Luminosity at The Dock during London Design Festival.

"A series of 4 pendant shades, Lustre is the first stoneware object in the collection and is handmade in a Dutch family-run factory established over 5-generations. Lustre is the latest discovery in our continued exploration of extraordinary metallic finishes. The iridescent sheen is created by firing the stoneware shades at 1200°C using a top-secret glaze containing minerals and precious metals. The end result is a striking colour change effect reminiscent of peacock feathers or oil slicks on water. 
The handmade process results in a totally unique and unrepeatable finish for each individual object. No two shades look the same as the glaze fixes to the stoneware in an unpredictable way.  This produces a wide spectrum of colour across each light, ranging from a pale lime to a deep bottle green."