The design language explored in the Vortex is in line with a series of furniture pieces realized in collaboration with Sawaya & Moroni. Fluidity and seamlessness are conceptual terms that best describe the appearance of this 1.8m wide and 0.8m high chandelier. Its complex curvilinearity follows a double helix connecting its beginning to its end and therefore forming an endless ribbon of light. In plan the object resembles a star with its protrusions pointing outwards from the center, emphasizing an imaginary centrifugal force.Two transparent acrylic light spirals are inscribed in the chandelier’s otherwise opaque surface. A recessed LED light strip provides animated and programmable light sensations. Direct as well as indirect light can optionally be emitted to the environment. Consequently different lighting atmospheres may be created by the user in order to match the specific space in which the chandelier is installed.Designer: Zaha Hadid [ Manufacturer: Sawaya & Moroni ] TagsZaha-Hadid

The Vortex Chandelier is in line with the series of furniture pieces, which is also a collaboration of Designers Zaha Hadid Architects, Patrik Schumacher and Sawaya & Moroni. The Chandelier’s Opaque surface etches two transparent acrylic light spirals and a recessed LED light strip provides animated and programmable light sensations. In plan the object resembles a star with its protrusions pointing outwards from the center, emphasizing an imaginary centrifugal force.adam wallacavage octopus chandelier for sale Courtesy of Zumtobel Lightingchandelier avalement This 2 m high 1.5 m wide light corpus is made up of over 60 individual mouldings that fit together seamlessly in a 12 m long string. ochre arctic pear chandelier replica

The chandelier can be attached flush to the ceiling thanks to a special suspension assembly. Its high-gloss fibreglass-reinforced polyester surface has a precise-fitting translucent acrylic glass cover to ensure uniform light distribution and optimum colour mixing. Precise colour matching enables the very latest generation of LED modules to generate indirect light in various hues. When used in combination with Zumtobel’s lighting management system, an infinite variety of lighting scenes can be controlled and programmed. Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects and Patrik Schumacher Design Team: Thomas Vietzke Partners: Zumtobel & Staff, Sawaya & Moroni Client: Sawaya & Moroni Size: 1.8 m in diameter Material: Fiberglas, Car Paint, Acrylic, LED Created in: London, Uk Courtesy of Zumtobel Lighting Light in its best form. Form in its best light. Olafur Eliasson, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Hani Rashid – and Zumtobel. »The perfect luminaire should be redolent of light itself.«

Daniel Libeskind has designed the eL Masterpiece. One of the lighting options created is based on an algorithm developed by Daniel Libeskind's son, Dr. Noam Libeskind, an astrophysicist at the Leibnitz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam. This algorithm demonstrates the history of light in the universe, from the Big Bang through to the present and into the future. » to the eL Masterpiece »A contemporary chandelier as an interpretation of the historic candelabrum.« With his contemporary chandelier design, the renowned architect and artist Hani Rashid presents his personal interpretation of the historic candelabrum. «LQ», a humorous reference of the New York architect to Louis Quatorze, the Sun King, alludes to the exuberance of the chandeliers of former times and translates it for use in contemporary projects. » to the LQ-P Chandelier Masterpiece »A symbiosis of organic lines and dynamic light colour modulation.« Following an idea developed jointly by architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, Zumtobel implemented the VorteXX lighting sculpture in collaboration with Sawaya & Moroni.

It is a perfect symbiosis of organic lines and a surprisingly dynamic modulation of light colours. » to the VorteXX Masterpiece Would you like to learn more about these exceptional designer items, or are you interesting in acquiring them? Please do not hesitate to contact us: Head of Design and Architecture Management M +43 664 80892 3400 Would you like to write an article about the Masterpieces and need detailed information for media coverage? Please do not hesitate to contact us. Greater success due to professional and efficient lighting solutions: Zumtobel provides its partners with information, support and qualifications in dealing with light. Go to LSP portal The Zumtobel partner program for electrical consultants aims at combining their and our competences, thereby exploiting lighting potential and making every-day planning and design work easier. Go to LCP portal This Zumtobel partner program has been developed for architects who use light for creative design and want to use first-hand information, support and inspiration for that purpose.

Go to LDP portal Zumtobel, Austria Complete Produced in 2 different heights: Height 1515mm Width 1460mm Length 1670mm Height 2014mm Width 1460mm Length 1670mm In the same spirit of fluidity that characterises previous furniture collaborations with Sawaya & Moroni, the Vortexx chandelier appears as an endless ribbon of light. Viewed in plan, the light resembles a star, its protrusions cast outwards as if propelled by a centrifugal force.Download images: Please click on the preview imageCopyright: DorotheumImages for the purposes of editorial coverages of Dorotheum Auctions may be used free of charge. Please be sure to include the caption and the copyright information. For other uses we request that you contact Dorotheum in advance in order to clarify possible questions regarding rights of use and copyrights. Yayoi Kusama, € 996.000Egon Schiele, € 720.000Vortexx-Chandelier, Zaha Hadid, € 139.100Günther Uecker, € 295.000 We Offer Optimal Conditions for a Successful Sale

Over 40 departments and more than 70 specialists, as well as 300 years of experience, have made the Dorotheum one of the world’s leading auction houses and the largest auctioneer in the German-speaking area. Consignments are now being accepted for our upcoming international auctions in may 2008. Our team of competent and committed experts is at your disposal and will gladly advise you in detail on the consignment of your art objects. Please also note our International Consultation Days held in our representative offices and in selected cities across Europe. Modern Art, 27 May 2008Contemporary Art, 28 May 2008Jugendstil, 28 May 2008Design, 29 May 2008 Deadline: 6 March 2008 2007 was a truly superlative year for the Dorotheum: In the three-hundredth year since the foundation of one of the world's oldest and largest auction houses, the Dorotheum's tercentenary auctions were rewarded by excellent sales and world record results. Contemporary art, a category the management has lavished special attention on, has shown the greatest increase.

Two paintings of international calibre made it among the internal top-ten: Piero Manzoni's „Achrome“ with a gross sales price of € 1,110 million and Yayoi Kusama's dot painting „No White O.X.“ which was sold to a Swiss buyer for just under a million Euro. Contemporary design likewise scored very highly at the Dorotheum's two design auctions, the most successful in the auction house's history and accompanied by great international acclaim. Zaha Hadid's and Patrick Schumacher's futuristic chandelier „Vortexx“ achieved the single highest price with 139.100 Euro, closely followed by Hani Rashid's prototype LQ chandelier (€ 138.400). Egon Schiele, an international superstar and modern art classic, once again starred at the Dorotheum: His „Golden haired woman reclining on a blue cushion (Wally Neuzil)“ of 1913 climbed to 720.000 Euro. The Dorotheum can also proudly claim to have sold the world's most expensive button; measuring 2,5 x 2,5 cm and designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstätte ("Vienna Workshops"), the gem evidently delighted a collector who bought it at the art nouveau auction for  55.200 Euro.