VÈDER: recreating the presence of fire through light
When we think of a fireplace, we immediately think of fire.
But is the fire really the most important thing? Or what happens around it?
The light that moves on the walls.
The shadows that change.
The look that stays there, always without a reason.
VÈDER was born exactly from this question:
How can you recreate the feeling of a fireplace without building a fireplace?
The fireplace is a visual experience
For centuries the fireplace has been a physical, architectural, stable element.
But what makes it special isn't the structure. It's the atmosphere it generates.
It not only illuminates but activate space.
With VÈDER we have therefore decided to work precisely on this:
not on the flame, but on its effects.
Six glass elements, six different shapes, each different in density, texture, and workmanship. Each designed to convey a specific perceptual quality of fire: the spark, the shape, the combustion, the movement, the transformation, the persistence.
To achieve this diversity of behavior we worked together with Gamberini Art Glassworks, a historic Bolognese company specializing in the processing of artistic glass.
When VÈDER is turned on, the glass refracts, multiplies, fragments, and transforms the light, projecting it into space in the form of flashes, traces, and fragments. The result of the reflections is never uniform and the surfaces come to life, the walls react, the environment changes and becomes alive.
A gesture that keeps the light alive
There is a fundamental aspect that brings VÈDER closer to the authentic fireplace experience.
A fireplace is never completely passive but requires attention and presence.
VÈDER also introduces this dimension.
The glass panes can be rotated, continuously adjusting the quality of the light and its reflection in the space. A minimal, natural gesture, reminiscent of arranging firewood or stoking embers.
Light is never static but changes, adapts and reacts.