Lantern Table Light

In our everyday existence, light serves us by enhancing everything around it, while it is often neglected itself. Here, the inspiration comes from the quintessential source of light; like its ancient predecessor, the fiery torch, this design simply consists of an upright rod with an illuminated tip. Celebrating the glorious spectacle of light itself, the tinted glass shade is a modest attachment that branches off the main support to gently shield its centerpiece.

Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu are the founding partners of the Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, an internationally active design and architectural office headquartered in Shanghai since 2004. They both studied architecture in Berkeley; Rosanna Hu did her master’s degree at Princeton, and Lyndon Neri at Harvard. Today, the couple are among the most influential forces in design and architecture in China and beyond. Neri was a partner and project manager for Asia at Michael Graves & Associates in Princeton and also worked for various architectural offices in New York. Hu also worked for the architectural offices of Michael Graves & Associates as well as for other big planning offices in New York and San Francisco.

In addition to their renowned office for architecture and design, Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu are the founders of Design Republic, a concept store for outstanding international design in Shanghai. They also work as designers and create products for numerous international companies. Their own products are marketed under Neri&Hu, and they have received various international awards for them. Both architects are lecturers at the universities of Hong Kong, Princeton and Harvard.