Milpesos Hanging Lamp
Delivery up to 40 days
Product number:
00AMPLSM-1
Delivery time:
Up to 40 days
Width: 550 mm
Height: 500 mm
Material
Seje palm
Care instructions
Protect from damp conditions and only use indoors. Clean with a slightly damp cloth, do not use any chemical cleaning products.
In the past, VISSERMEIJWAARD have designed minimalist objects with a powerful expression. The Dutch designers
have now brought this ethos to their first product for Ames. And they did so by choosing the Seje palm as their
material, an almost magical plant. "The Seje palm immediately caught our eye: a wooden branch with a pearl-like
wavy structure and intertwined knots of branches that line up. A fascinating natural beauty and a truly unique
texture!"
This tactile texture enabled the regional craftsmen to wrap a wooden wickerwork around a metal base structure that forms the basis of the lamp body. The name Milpesos is one of "the dozens of names for the Seje palm", which it bears thanks to its regional popularity. Its basket-like processing has been perfected in the Colombian Caribbean for over the years.
This tactile texture enabled the regional craftsmen to wrap a wooden wickerwork around a metal base structure that forms the basis of the lamp body. The name Milpesos is one of "the dozens of names for the Seje palm", which it bears thanks to its regional popularity. Its basket-like processing has been perfected in the Colombian Caribbean for over the years.
The name Milpesos is one of many names given to the Seje palm thanks to its regional popularity. Its basket-like processing has been perfected in the Colombian Caribbean for over ten years. The handmade production of the lamp takes no less than three weeks - a precision craftsmanship that underpins the environmentally conscious luxury of the product and the Ames brand. The pendant lamp was designed by VisserMeijwaard, who fell in love with the pearl-like wave structure and intertwined knots of the Seje palm tree.
Visser & Meijwaard is a Dutch design studio specializing in product and scenographic exhibition design. Vera
Meijwaard and Steven Visser design clear but minimalist products that play associatively with material, color, and
form. The broad spectrum of their work ranges from furniture and lighting to textiles, ceramics, and glassware.
The Milpesos lamp is their first design for Ames.
