10.05 2011
London based designer Paul Cocksedge created SESTOSENSO, a unique light for BMW and FLOS, which was first presented at the Salone del Mobile 2011. Inspired by the astonishing Full-LED headlights of the new BMW 6 Series, Paul Cocksedge has designed a white wall extension to the Flos showroom and low-hanging red and white conical lamps.
As with the BMW headlights, the source of light remains hidden, only the light itself is guided through a transparent body, rendering the light source invisible and forever changing its qualities. The resultant, intensely soft light caresses, seduces all around…
Stepping inside one of SESTOSENSO red lights, a video of the BMW 6 Series Coupe reveals itself on the vast white wall. As if accessing a sixth sense, there is a hint of movement in the corner of the eye…
The playful sculptural pieces softly illuminate, stimulate and allow contemplation. Cocksedge gives us elegant, ‘functional brilliance’. A handmade Limited Edition of 66 SESTOSENSO light sculptures, designed by Paul Cocksedge Studio for Flos, is released for this special event, to celebrate the perfect fusion of light, design and technology…