Italian manufacturer Nemo Cassina puts ‘Wet Bell’ into production

Danish designer duo Salto & Sigsgaard’s pendant lamp ‘Wet Bell’ was exhibited at Danish Crafts’ MINDCRAFT09 exhibition in Milan 2009. Here, the lamp was discovered by the Italian lamp manufacturer Nemo Cassina which has now put the lamp into production.

Photo: Danish Crafts 2009 /jeppegudmundsen.com

The spectacular lamp 'Wet Bell' attracted a good deal of attention before, during and after MINDCRAFT09 in Milan in 2009. The attention has now led to a manufacturing agreement with the distinguished Italian lamp manufacturer Nemo Cassina, which is part of the design giant Poltrona Frau Group. In addition to Nemo Cassina, several other esteemed design firms belong under the Poltrona Frau Group umbrella, among them Cappellini and Cassina.

In the future, Nemo Cassina will be manufacturing and marketing 'Wet Bell' internationally alongside lamps created by leading designers and architects such as Norman Foster, Carlo Forcolini, Ilaria Marelli, Ikaru Mori and Karim Rashid.

An unconventional pendant lamp

'Wet Bell' is another term for a diving bell, and the lamp derives its name from its characteristic shape and unique suspension design. This unconventional pendant lamp, which is made of steel and aluminum, has no visible suspension, and the cord comes in from the bottom. Salto & Sigsgaard describe the resulting design as a lamp that provides good lighting, and which is true to its LED light source.

Photo: Nemo Cassina

The lamp received an award from the Danish National Arts Foundation's Committee for Craft and Design when it was presented at Danish Crafts' exhibition MINDCRAFT09.

Kasper Salto (born 1967) and Thomas Sigsgaard (born 1966) graduated from The Danish Design School and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, respectively, and since 2005 they have worked together as Salto & Sigsgaard. They have each received several grants and honours - most recently, Kasper Salto received the Finn Juhl Award. Salto & Sigsgaard also took part in MINDCRAFT10 with the lamp ‘YellowFin'.