Wall light with socket in green steel 75x25x180cm N° 2 - valerie_objects

Although most design enthusiasts know Muller Van Severen for their furniture, the story of the designer duo actually began with the design of these hanging lamps. It all started out of necessity, Hannes explains. We were working on our new house, which is an old house. There was no ceiling socket above the table to plug in a light source, so we designed a lamp that could be hung on the wall. The first prototypes were presented at the very first solo exhibition by Muller Van Severen in 2011. For that exhibition, Fien and Hannes filled the space of Veerle Wenes' Valerie Traan gallery with drawings that gave the impression someone had taken a set of pencils and started drawing in the air. That is in fact exactly how these lamps should be interpreted, as seemingly naive drawings materialising in real life.

Like all Muller Van Severen furniture, the hanging lamps add an understated yet colourful line to the interior. At the end of this line sits a bulb, with a lampshade they unearthed at a flea market. It is a fantastic lampshade: perfectly neutral.