ORSA 21, 35 LED direct light methacrylate pendant lamp

Orsa is an embodiment of precision – an elegant pendant light pared down to its essential elements, allowing the light to express a larger volume.‎ A slim metal stem flares out at one end to form the heat-sink and housing for the LED, with a UV bonded moulded glass cover containing the light source.‎ The design of the glass cover ensures that the light source remains invisible, giving it an appearance of a floating disk of light The industrial design team at Foster + Partners experimented with various materials, surfaces and optics to achieve the desired lighting effect and volume.‎ The precision glass takes its shape from the focused output of the LED which is diffused through a specially engineered etched lens, focussing the light over a wider area.‎ An elegant, minimalist object, Orsa is designed as a single piece or as a part of a larger ensemble.‎