EVENTS: Salone 2024

From April 16-21 2024 Salone Milano, Fairground rho.

Plank-ton is represented with a whopping 6 brands in Milan. CTO lighting, Pedrali, Gandia Blasco, LZF lighting and RS Barcelona. In need of tickets? We will be on location the Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday we will be in the city to absorb Milan further.

Hall 6 B30 CTO is doing a colab this year with House of Rohl and focuses solely on bathroom lights IP44 rated.

Kontakt: Matthew Dabbs

Pedrali is in the design hall 14 A23 showcasing entire new range of furniture for in and outdoor use. Designs by CMP design, Patrick Jouin and Robin Rizzini: Kontakt: Daniele Stoukis & Luca Meneghini

RS Barcelona also known from their stress relieving pingpong ad foosball tables has now the Track shuffleboard to play with - come and see me in hall 18 C06 Kontakt: Marta Tremoleda

Gandia Blasco group also displays the brands Diabla! and GAN rugs. Gandia Blasco stand is designed by Sören Rose and will launch new additions to the Capa Family. See them in Hall 22, D19 - Kontakt: Melissa Fernandez

In Brera there is always many things to do. Besides eating great icecream and sipping on spritzers… Don’t miss out on LZF - They are showcasing their first outdoor light Cloud in Porcelanosa

NEW: LZF OSCA

Among the recently launched lights Osca stands out for us. Osca has light a cubistic aesthetic reminds us most of the art deco in the 1920’s.

In the Osca suspension lamp, wood veneer arches face both upwards and downwards give the light it’s character. Designed by Bodo Sperlein, we like think this lamp suits the hospitality market beautifully. Either in the restaurant above large tables or above the bar.

In its table version, the Osca lamp makes use of a single wood veneer arch—the simple base mirrors the arch shape. The restrained design makes the Osca table lamp ideal for a wide variety of interiors.

Osca is avalable in 2 sizes: small measures 50x51cm and large 152x51cm and a table lamps that that can be used as book stand

Bodo Sperlein other light Voliere is a contemporary reinterpretation of a classic 1920s art deco chandelier

EVENTS: LZF @ Euroluce

LZF @ EUROLUCE - Salone Milano, Fairground rho.

LZF is always one of those brands that triggers the senses, their photography are pieces of artwork and their creativity is one that never seems to stop. They have a whole bunch of new products, our favorite is the Osca light a cubistic aesthestic reminds us most of the art deco in the 1920’s .

In this green oasis, the acoustics worked together with their new light object all displayed with the playlist of Sandro himself. It emerced yourself i a little new world on the busy tradeshow floors.

As a little bonus some of the product designers where there as well, we took the opportunity to speak to Elli Guterrez on her inspiration for the Omma lamp. See the video lower down.

Ägare av LZF Marivi och Sandro

EVENTS: Salone

From April 18-23 2022 Salone Milano, Fairground rho.

Plank-ton is represented with a whopping 6 brands in Milan. CTO lighting, Crassevig, Gandia Blasco, Impact Acoustic, LZF lighting and RS Barcelona. In need of tickets? We will be on location the Wednesday and Thursday.

Hall 9 CTO (P119) and LZF (P236) are showcasing both on Euroluce. LZF will have their Omma pendant on display. Kontakt: Sandro or Fatima. CTO lighting will be launching a new product family. Kontakt: Owen Wray

Crassevig is in the design hall 10 D8 showcasing it’s new Finna chair. See how Ramos & Bassols ultimate challenge was to obtain the comfort of an armchair by working with an extremely thin surface  of recycled plastic, designing as with a sheet of paper.

RS Barcelona also known from their stress relieving pingpong ad foosball tables now is releasing - come and see me in hall 10 C6 Kontakt: Javier Farres

New in this years portfolio is Gandia Blasco group with also the brands Diabla! and GAN rugs under their wings. Gandia Blasco will show their new Islablanca sofa , while Diabla has 3 new outdoor chairs Easy, Plier and Tuba. See them in Hall 2, D19 - Kontakt: Melissa Fernandez

On the acoustics side we started the Partnership with Impact Acoustic, some of you might have seen them at the SFF where MAD Ceilings showcased their products. Experience their next level acoustic solutions off site at the Architonic. Forget product catalogues and design your own acoustics. Kontakt: Daniel Verlooven

EVENTS: Orgatec 2022 rearview

From October 25 to October 29th 2022 Orgatec

A Buzzi 3 days of tradeshow, schnitzel und Kölsch brought us back to 2022, we think the trade show is alive. The quality of visitors was high according to the exhibitors, perhaps smaller but still big enough. Wether the size is sustainable long term is to been seen. Rumour goes that it might merge with IMM… We highlight the 4 brands in our portfolio, let’s get started.

Crassevig was located in the best hall on Orgatec, Hall 10 the upper floor where most design brands are placed. They launched their new Finna chair chair family. The design stands out with is paper thin shell made of recycled plastic, creating a royal realxed seat. Design by Ramos&Bassles

RS Barcelona displayed their new staged seating arrangement, like you sit in a football stadium. A nice add on in their portfolio, that can be used with or without their gaming products.

In 2023 we will hopefully see the shuffleboard come to life!

What spaces do we need for tomorrow's work culture?

Less desks, more lounge and break out areas. An overkill on phonebooths and these days you get overwhelmed by acoustic companies.

Orgatec 2022 showed the latest trends for workplace design and interior. Below you see some of the inspirations from Crassevig and RS Barcelona.

From start to finish: RS Barcelona, Crassevig, DUM and BuzziSpace

EVENTS: Light Building Frankfurt

From October 2nd to October 6th 2022 Light & Building is taking place again in Frankfurt.

Plank-ton is represented with LZF Lighting.

LZF (C.80, Hall 3.1) will be showing their new Omma, Estela and Kasa ranges.

LZF LEAVES OF LIGHT

Omma is an inventive lamp, like a tree with fluttering leaves full of light. In Eli Gutierrez’s prepossessing design, it is almost possible to imagine the lamp’s movable wood veneer, artfully edged with metal, flapping in a gentle breeze. Omma is available as a suspension lamp (with one, two, three, and four leaves), a table lamp (with either one or two leaves), a floor lamp (with a single leaf), and a wall lamp (with a single leaf). Individual leaves will rotate up to 180º, allowing the user to create a range of lighting moods.

EVENTS: Study trip Spain

September kicked off with a group five architects from Stockholm, Malmö and Jönköping for a "studieresa" to Spain, visiting brands RS Barcelona , Gandia Blasco / GAN rugs, LZF
We visited their showroom and production, met the people behind the brands and got hands-on with the fantastic craftsmanship.

Did you know?
RS Barcelona: ...all the football players are handpainted by an artisan named Ella. They can be customized to be as diverse as we are, with a range of physical characteristics, including male, female and non binary players.
GAN RUGS: ...has worked with 2 Swedish designers for their Collection. Front Design the Parquet collection, Carla von Zweigbergk recently launched Crochet based on the old technique of crochet
LZF: ...you can choose from 12 wood veneer finishes to mix & match it to your taste. Their Koi lamp is a whopping 3,25 long and weighs 33kg on the bone - soon to been seen in Stockholm!

EVENTS: Trade show Insperior Göteborg

Over 600 registered visitors came by Insperior on Monday the 29th of August. Enjoyed meeting new architects and those of you we work with today. The booth was a pop of pink with elements honoring the breast cancer month of October. With LZF Lamps we designed and gave away a veneered brooch in the shape of the pink ribbon. Furthermore we had Crassevig chairs, Gandia Blasco and GAN Rugs on display

RS Barcelona Javier challenged the visitors for a sporty game of foosball. We loved the energy and compact set up of the trade show and will surely return for next years event.

Highlights a series of Video by LZF

‘Highlights’ is a series of videos that blend music, prose, light, and ambience with typical LZF flair. Each short film showcases an important attribute of LZF, including its focus on sustainability, craftsmanship, a local and global outlook, history and development.

#1 LESS BUT BETTER

A tree does not need
to be taller than itself.
A bird only needs
two wings to fly.
Light is weightless:
we learn from nature,
we create it naturally.

#3 GLOCAL

We draw, we think, we build,
we converse, we welcome,
we are a world within a house.
And then one day:
we travel, we cross borders, we translate,
we reveal, we exchange, we export:
we are a house within a world.

Pendulum lighting range – by Dan Yeffet for CTO lighting

Designed by Dan Yeffet for CTO Lighting, balance and refinement are the key elements of the PENDULUM collection, inspired by the timepiece, with its mesmerising and hypnotic qualities. The PENDULUM collection emanates light, which appears to oscillate in concentric bands from the light source, encased and diffused by the mouth-blown, curved glass

Click here to watch the movie of designer Dan Yeffet https://vimeo.com/552868290

Pendulum: A continous changing lighting element. Further information at Plank-ton or at one of our exclusive partners Artilleriet in Göteborg or Bert van Hoecke in Stockholm