Wall light with socket in curry 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 pendant lights. It all started out of necessity, explains Hannes. 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 Muller Van Severen's very first solo exhibition in 2011. At that exhibition, Fien and Hannes filled the space of Veerle Wenes' Valerie Traan gallery with drawings that gave the impression that someone had picked up 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 pendant lights add an understated yet colourful line to the interior. At the end of that line is a bulb, with a lampshade they unearthed at a flea market. It's a fantastic lampshade: perfectly neutral.