Insights

The Edit’s Insights section offers a wealth of inspiring ideas from Vibia’s network of creative collaborators around the world. We present interviews with leading designers and architects, who provide insight on their work, process, and unique point of view. You’ll also learn about the latest styles in interior design as well as innovative lamp and lighting technologies.

A working day with Umut Yamac

British architect, sculptor and designer Umut Yamac explores the intersection between light, movement and space. Fascinated by how certain objects, activated by their surroundings, transcend their everyday purpose and enable a deeper emotional connection, …

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Q&A: Victor Carrasco

Victor Carrasco began his professional career having graduated in Industrial Design Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. After nearly a decade of close collaboration as Founder, Creative and Strategic Director at Viccarbe, ...

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Q&A: Meike Harde

Meike Harde is a multidisciplinary German designer with her own studio based in Cologne. Meticulous in every aspect of her work and with a fine knowledge of materials, she rethinks textile applications to create ...

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Q&A: Francisco Gomez Paz

Francisco Gomez Paz: “The magic of beauty arises when one explores with honesty” Already at a very young age, Francisco Gomez Paz felt the spur to create, developing an impeccable visual and technical ...

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Making of North

Every design product starts somewhere, the idea for North was hatched while designer Arik Levy was reclining on his surf board in the sea waiting for the swell just before dawn; That magical ...

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Instagram Love: Flat Pendant

Lighting a table requires a special kind of lamp. One that responds to all the different activities we do there; that includes socialising, working, relaxing and of course eating. The Flat pendant light ...

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Stories Behind: The Plusminus Collection

A study in physics and material finesse, Plusminus evokes the fluidity and flow of light. Far beyond the traditional filament bulbs and conventional LED lamps, the collection by Diez Office aspires to outline ...

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Instagram Love: Mayfair

The Mayfair collection by Diego Fortunato reimagines the traditional, 19th-century French bouillotte lamp in a modern design. Available as a pendant, table, or floor fixture, its sleek steel stem bisects the spherical shade ...

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Q&A: Stefan Diez

We recently had the chance to catch up with Stefan Diez and find out more about what makes him tick. As a designer and as a human being. Diez is the author of Plusminus, ...