DALLAS – Studio M, a division of Maxim Lighting, launched a collection with German ceramicist Stefanie Hering at Lightovation this month that features porcelain as the dominant material.
Hering is a designer and the founder of Hering Berlin, a German luxury design brand that makes porcelain dinnerware and glass and crystal stemware. Studio Stefanie Hering also crafts lighting, and several of her striking, thoughtfully considered pieces were on display in Maxim’s Dallas showroom.
“We integrated our brand to lift Studio M to the luxury market with product that is unique, handmade and the highest level of quality,” Hering told Home Accents Today at market. Porcelain lends a warm feeling to LED like that is a bit like candlelight, she said. Her porcelain designs are timeless yet have character.
Among them was Burgeon, a petal-shaped rechargeable lamp with a sculptural shade made of bisque porcelain that sits on a base of aluminum with a stainless-steel finish. It turns on and off with a touch and is dimmable. It also has a practical component: the “click and connect” shade can be unscrewed from the base and placed in the dishwasher for cleaning.
Velvet is a linear chandelier that also has a porcelain shade. The rectangular fixture has three different lighting settings, divided into horizontal thirds, for different dining or living scenarios: one can light the lower third only, for a more intimate, restaurant-style experience, or the top third for more uplighting, or the entire fixture for full brightness.
Stream is a vertical pendant comprised of gradually sized porcelain cones that come in several different finishes: pleated, smooth or ombre. It is also available in four different configurations: single pendants, pendant rows, pendant clusters and cascade clusters, according to Hering’s’ website.
Ray Dance represents Hering’s work in glass. Mouthblown glass orbs in smoke or clear house a faceted crystal “bulb” inside that emits light in sparkling rays.
