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LAMBERT & FILS LAUNCHES
THE MILE AT IDS
Lambert & Fils announces The Mile, a design as a poetic, sculptural expression “In every collection, Lambert & Fils aims
new collection designed in collaboration both in its form and in the way its light to stir and tease onlookers’ emotions
with Guillaume Sasseville, Creative illuminates a space. and memories,” says Lambert, “There’s
Director of Montreal-based studio
SSSVLL.
something reminiscent about The Mile.
“Two extruded bodies connect in an The collection’s persistent functional
asymmetrical balancing act giving undertones illicit emotional response:
Sasseville is renowned for his exploring them the illusion of weightlessness. The it’s a new form but at the same time
archetypes and injecting them with wit invisible counterbalance inside the frame familiar.”
and resonance. “We invited Guillaume to creates a tension and makes the fixture fuse with our team and creative process”, seem like it’s levitating”, says Sasseville. The Mile’s strong sculptural presence
says Samuel Lambert the lighting design The designers replaced the archetype’s is suited for both commercial and
studio’s Founder and Creative Director. classic use of suspension cables with residential spaces. It was conceived with
“He worked seamlessly alongside our nylon braided electric cords, intertwining the possibility of ongoing threading for
studio’s designers, manufacturers and form and function. a seamless and dramatic effect or to be
assemblers.”
hung as a stand-alone sculptural accent.
Typically, linear suspension lights
For The Mile, the designers explored the are functional apparatuses that Lambert & Fils will be partnering with
iconic linear suspension light, typically supply precise levels of illumination its Toronto-based dealer, Klaus, for its
found in offices, workshops and other in workplaces with up and down North American premier of The Mile at
unadorned, utilitarian spaces. They lighting. The Mile’s design preserves Toronto’s Interior Design Show (IDS),
distilled the classic archetype to its these features but brings them into the January 18 to 21, 2018.
core functionality and reimagined its decorative realm.
Website: www.lambertetfils.com
www.sssvll.com
www.klausn.com / Photo Credit: Arseni Khamzin