Manufactured by Artemide, 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 serving as the heat-sink and housing for the LED. The design of the formed cover ensures that the light source remains invisible, giving it an appearance of a floating disk of light. An elegant, minimalist object, Orsa is designed as a single piece or as a part of a larger ensemble.
The Foster + Partners Industrial Design team experimented with various materials, surfaces, and optics to achieve the desired lighting performance. 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.
