Moooi | The Emperor Light Series

This oversized light was inspired by a made-believe folklore story of an Asian emperor and a beautiful nightingale…

Once upon a time an Asian emperor was given a nightingale as a gift. The bird was so beautiful and sang in such a bewitching way that the emperor fell immediately in love with it and decided to keep it forever by his side.

So the nightingale was put in a beautiful, majestic cage in the imperial chambers and became the delight of the emperor’s days…

Neri&Hu took on a modern translation of this story and produced a collection of pendant/floor/desk lamps in stained woven bamboo.

The poetics of an emperor’s life, a life no longer relevant in today’s world, can be abstracted in the form of an object such as the light. The use of hand-crafted bamboo weaving in an industrial product creates an elegant yet uncanny design statement.

A lamp so particular and majestic that it could become your personal nightingale… forever by your side to brighten up your days.