Just in time for spring and summer, the latest collection from Lightly includes a beautiful range of tabletop pieces perfect for entertaining as the weather warms up and the festive season arrives.
The new tabletop range continues the brand’s well-known exploration of minerals and metallics with timeless tableware pieces like servers, spoons and bowls in brass and silver and vessels in terracotta ceramic.
Spending time in India each year is part of director and designer Cindy-Lee Davies’ design process, and the country has been an endless source of inspiration since she lived there as a teen.
The relationship between the natural and built landscapes of desert environments like the Thar Desert in India and Palm Springs, California has manifested itself in Lightly products in many ways over the years.
The 2015 Desert Days collection tells a story of the desert sunsets, contrasting hues and stone forts seen by Davies throughout the desert region.
The stone forts that graced the background in the Desert Days collection are front and centre this season. They come to life in innovative textural and material contrasts like raw terracotta vessels with a glazed interior and organic shapes crafted from stone, volcanic sand and porcelain.
The recent “Cinnamon” collection draws inspiration from the rich earthy tones of desert homes, from rich terracotta and pink clay to dusty bark textures like those seen at Georgia O’Keefe’s Abiquiu house.
Images
Stone forts, India. Image Cindy-Lee Davies
Georgia O’Keefe’s Abiquiu House, New Mexico. Image Brittany Ambridge
Santa Fe Museum of Art, New Mexico. Image Oour Media.
Amangiri Resort, Utah. Image Giorgio Possenti
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Lightly started from a bond between grandmother and child, and relationships have remained at the core of the brand since we started in 2005. As we have evolved, the relationships with our makers, new materials and the travel designer and director Cindy-Lee Davies does to make Lightly designs a reality have become central to the business and a reflection of what is important to us.
Striving to invent authentic, visually tactile work with a considered manufacturing process, we support artisanal producers internationally and undertake ethical limited-edition production by choice.
Over the years, we have seen many makers built workshops in their towns or villages and be able to provide their children with a quality education from our small production. For Cindy-Lee Davies ‘this small difference of opportunity is part-and-parcel with making a high-quality product.’
The latest collection exemplifies Lightly’s global proposition and wide-eyed view of design—from our inspiration to these unique relationships with artisanal producers who have handcrafted items from weaving copper or woollen rugs, casting brass, hand beating copper, inlaying marble, forming ceramics, spinning metal, and more.
Green magazine featured our latest tabletop pieces and vessels in their latest issue.
This season we have continued our exploration of minerals and metallics. Textural and material contrasts continue to evolve through raw terracotta vessels with a glazed interior and organic shapes crafted from stone, volcanic sand and porcelain.
Available now online for pre-order.
The latest issue of the lovely Fete Press arrives 12 September, featuring our salt & pepper bowls from the new Cinnamon collection.
The latest pieces from Lightly’s new Cinnamon collection are now available online for pre-order.
The new living range includes three tables, available as a set or individually, and four cushions.
Nowhere is director Cindy-Lee Davies’ colour exploration through Cinnamon more apparent than in this new living range.
The pieces are easy, tactile and textural to complement the full collection’s colour palette. The affordable and simple range extends to a tabletop range of ceramics, bowls and trays.
Free to Feed is Melbourne’s first pop-up cooking school with all classes run by asylum seekers and refugees. We couldn’t have been happier to donate our blue porcelain plates for a pop-up dinner.
The functional mid-century modern shapes and colours that have become synonymous with Palm Springs, California run parallel with Lightly’s view of timeless design and utilitarian beauty.
The new Palm Springs planters from Lightly’s Cinnamon collection look to the colour and form of Palm Springs’ architecture and natural landscape.
Crafted from powder-coated spun metal, the new Palm Springs planters are now available online and in-store.
Read on and follow @lightlydesign on Instagram and Pinterest to see some of our favourite Palm Springs colours, shapes and textures this week.
The Elrod House by John Lautner, 1968. Palm Springs USA. An example of Lautner’s “Free Architecture” designs, where architecture and nature are combined.
Millard House/La Miniatura by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1923. Pasadena, USA. The first of his four “textile block” houses, Frank Lloyd Wright sought to bring beauty to the simple, utilitarian concrete block.
Kaufmann House by Richard Neutra, 1947. Palm Springs, USA. Simply designed, each wing of the house has a specific function and the architecture is balanced by outdoor features–bringing the natural and built environment together.
Our friends and amazing supporters of Australian makers, The Design Files helped to launch the Cinnamon collection this week with an amazing article about Lightly’s 11-year history, the inspiration behind the new collection, and they even got their hands on some exclusive images.
Get an exclusive look into what’s to come from Lightly at The Design Files.
A new collection from Lightly is now online, and will be in store this week.
Calling on Cindy-Lee Davies’ personal travels and the brand’s well-established sense of adventure, the new season is an exploration of colour and form.
The centrepiece of the new season, the “Cinnamon” collection, brings to life the colours of desert architecture and the warm scents of traditional spices.
First to arrive online are the sculptural “Cinnamon” tabletop items and planters in earthy tonal hues, made from powder-coated spun metal.
Thirty-five new items across tabletop, lighting, dining and living will be arriving over the coming months online and at select retailers Australia-wide.
Pierre Roelofs and Cindy-Lee Davies are collaborating on the latest iteration of “Dessert Studies”, a series of inspired dining experiences in Melbourne, for three nights in July.
For the past seven years, Roelofs has created a new dessert every three weeks by collaborating with creatives to interpret architecture, design and illustration into dessert.
On July 7, 14 and 21 at Milkwood Café in East Brunswick, Davies and Roelofs will bring to life “Desert Dessert”, an interpretation of Lightly’s Desert Days rug collection.
The new Desert Days collection of flat weave wool rugs by Davies recent travels to the Thar Desert, India. Designs reference the stone forts contrast against the blue architecture throughout the desert landscape of Rajasthan.
Each rug is made by artisans in villages that Lightly now supports. Production took six months using custom hand dyed colours, reflecting the craftsmanship involved in each hand woven piece.
Book now at www.pierreroelofs.com for an evening of desert dessert with a Ravi Shankar soundtrack.
July 7, 14 and 21
Milkwood Café, 120 Nicholson Street East Brunswick
$55pp (includes four courses, one of which is the much loved Dessert Tube)
A campaign by Grenade Studio for Esque Apartments, featuring our Infinitude Marble collection, Brass Infinity Tray, Brass Muddler and bowl.
We are looking forward to our debut at DEN FAIR exhibition next week. New Lightly collections for 2016 will be shown for the first time with an August delivery.
Cindy-Lee’s new evocative designs include floor and table lighting, furniture, table top and a sensory new rug collection.
Come along anytime and chat, alternatively make an appointment here. We are opposite the container cafe STAND No.#114.
Date 2-4th June, South Warf Register here.
Folks, with a busy June ahead we are doing our stock take early this year, with a ONE DAY ONLY WAREHOUSE SALE in May!
LEVEL 1/ No. 3 GLASSHOUSE RD COLLINGWOOD.
ONE DAY ONLY – ALL COLLECTIONS.
PLUS SAMPLES, SECONDS AND MORE!
(In store only on the 14th)
We have selected a few ideas here for our Mother’s Day Story.
All orders over $50 get a special ‘WE LOVE MUM GIFT’ from Lightly that we will gift wrap complimentary. Please write a note at the check out what you want to say.
Shop Hours: Monday – Saturday 10-5pm
3 Glasshouse rd, Collingwood.
Trends come and go but good design beats the test of time. The Timeless palette offers a look back to look forward. The palette includes Wedgwood blue, burnt reds and terracotta tones, sitting comfortably alongside clay neutrals to recreate a palette that moves from then to now.
Terracota wall painted in ‘Comanche Dust’ Handpainted paneled wall painted in ‘Silverado’, ‘Essence’ and ‘Twin Flower’
Wall painted in ‘Spearmint features bauhaus collection.
LIGHTLY PRODUCTS INCLUDE: BRASS TINS, MARBLE VESSELS, VOLCANIC PORCELAIN BOWLS, AND VASES.
Haymes Paint @haymespaint Photography Martina Gemmola, Styling Ruth Welsby, Colour Styling Wendy Rennie.
11 Howard St Soho / Conscious Hospitality – Excited to have worked with new conscious hospitality hotel 11 Howard St in Soho New York.
An inspiring project “fusing timeless DNA of Danish minimalism with the realness of New York” has us planning our next trip to the big apple pronto!
More images via Wallpaper
#LightlyLoves #LightlyTravels #11howardst #Lightlydesign #Wellness
As featured in May Home Beautiful, Lightly Desert Days Collection.
Embrace the change in seasons with our warm Autumn story. We are offering you 15% off selected pieces for one week only.
Lightly have worked with boutique makers we admire and support to create a unique collection of hand made, timeless vessels. Copper, soap stone and marble planters will contrast beautifully with your greenery and transform any house into a home.
As the months get cooler it’s time to bring a little sun inside with our copper tones and terracotta hues.
Shop the Autumn story in store and online until 13th April.
Copper Vessel Tumbler
Marble Planter
Soap Stone Planter
Copper Vessel Planter
Copper Round Tin
Copper Rectangle Tray
Eileen Peach Table Lamp
Copper Book Ends
New in store are the Lightly Tribe and Desert Shapes flat weave rugs.
These hand woven artful pieces are the result of designer Cindy-Lee Davies spirited adventure to the Thar Desert, India in early 2015.
At the age of 19 Davies spent a year in India and wanted to return to visit this magical place where she was so inspired. Observing the pastel colours and simple shapes of the architecture, a limited edition collection was born.
The soft rose, grey and cream palette evokes the desert sunset and adds a touch of sincerity to any interior space. Shop the collection
Images also featuring Little Sandy Light / Eileen Floor Lamp / Smith Pendant / Eileen Floor Lamp
The new Desert Days collection of flat weave wool rugs by Lightly is inspired by designer Cindy-Lee Davies recent travels to the Thar Desert, India.
The Fort designs reference the stone forts contrast against the blue architecture seen by Davies throughout the desert landscape of Rajasthan.
Each rug is made by artisans in villages that Lightly now supports. Production took six months using custom hand dyed colours, reflecting the craftsmanship involved in each hand woven piece.
Made from 100% New Zealand Wool, hand woven with a limited edition run of 20 pieces per design. Now in stock
Campaign images also featuring Soap Stone Planter / Godfrey Black Light / Eileen Floor Lamp Blue/Grey / Ambit Rose Pendant / Bon Bon Vase
For our Stone Story, Lightly designer Cindy-Lee Davies has extended her exploration of natural minerals. Soapstone has been used for a collection of hand carved bathroom and lighting designs. Each item reflects the uniquenesss of the hand picked stone.
Soapstone has been used for thousand of years as a medium for carvings. A metamorphic rock rich in magnesium, it is composed largely of the mineral talc. A neutral grey finish and lustre makes it complementary for any interior.
Our stand-out Gibson pendant light has been crafted from this distinctive material. The strong silhouette references the shape of stone forts in the Australian desert, contrast against the pastel light of the setting sun.
Recent shoot with Luke Fry for Mark Forbes Architect, stylng Bec Sheppard. Featured Lightly Living collection and Tabletop.
In early 2015 Cindy-Lee travelled to the Thar Desert, India.
At the age of 19 Davies spent a year in India and wanted to return to visit this magical place where she was so inspired. The DESERT DAYS collection tells a story of desert sunsets, contrasting hues and stone forts seen throughout the region. Inspired by the pastel colours and simple shapes, a limited edition collection was born.
Production has taken 6 months as each rug is hand woven in villages that Lightly now supports. 100% New Zealand wool or cotton.
Free shipping over $150 local // $350 international
