On first sighting Nigeria and Switzerland might not appear as natural design bedfellows, but the ‘Lagos Light Series’ developed by Lagos’ 16/16 – a boutique hotel that doubles up as a design-focused space that acts as an incubator for innovation – and Hot Wire Extensions, an interdisciplinary design studio based in Zurich, is illustrative of how sustainability and the global realities of the climate emergency can bring together cross-continental collaboration and result in the creation of collectable pieces.
Sparked! The Lagos Light Series
(Image credit: Wami Aluko)
‘I have always been interested in disruptive approaches in industrial manufacturing and sought to propose alternative systems of production through my practice,’ notes Fabio Hendry, founder of Hot Wire Extensions. His pioneering research in materials led to him creating a proprietary process repurposing waste…
