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Entrance lighting

The entrance of the house is the point of union between inside and outside, it represents the space of conjunction of two different worlds.

The lighting of the entrance is particularly important and difficult to do, having to respect a precise balance, the existing one between the outside world and a space shared with everyone and your personal space. The space dedicated to you and the people you love begins on the doorstep, representing a moment of familiarity for you and your loved ones and the prelude to what awaits.

If you are lucky enough to own a large foyer, rich in natural light and space, it is easy to create a wow effect, ranging between different styles depending on your taste.

You can choose a rain of color with the Vollee composition, a collection born from an idea of the duo of designer Lorenz+Kaz. Your foyer will be the theater where a representation of design and color will be staged.

If you’re a glass and metal lover, Vegas designed by Marc Sadler is the perfect light sculpture for you.

You can light up your space playing with different size elements, creating compositions similar to the sparkle of Las Vegas.

Different is your choice of solutions offered by Masiero if you are an admirer of classical chandeliers.

You can visually illuminate your entrance with an iconic piece of Venetian tradition, the Maria Teresa, the classic chandelier built with arms covered in glass and dressed with pendants.

Another solution is represented by Raqam, a led modular lighting system, born from the creative genius of Marc Sadler, that lends itself to infinite shapes combinations.

Raqam will allow you a perfect customization of your entrance lights, which no one else in the world will own.

For an optimal result create the lighting of the entrance in continuity with the style of the next space.

If you love modern style, the lamps with a contemporary taste are the right choice for you.

If you are an admirer of the timeless classic you can choose between icons inherited from the past.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

Lighting ideas for open-space kitchen and living room

The open space kitchen and living room was born in American architecture and is increasingly popular in Italians homes. It is a focal space of the house, the one where the family comes together to spend time together and share conviviality thanks to the large spaces reformulated on a human scale.

Within the space it is appropriate to delimit the areas, distinguishing the kitchen from the dining room and the living area. To do this in addition to the furniture you can use the lighting design to emphasize this distinction.

The search for lighting solutions of an open space should start from the study of space. The most important lighting points should also be chosen according to the type of lighting you want, recessed spotlights, LED spotlights or chandeliers.

The furniture plays a primary role in the choice: a suspension in the middle of the room integrates perfectly with an elegant and classic space, while minimal solutions such as spotlights or design suspensions illuminate better a minimal space. In the choice it is to consider that straight and geometric lines follow the verticality of modern furniture, while the rounder shapes can soften the whole.

Thanks to the creation of separate areas within a single space the family will have the areas suitable for every moment. A very important light point is the one that will light up the dining table, where the moments of conviviality are spent.

The relax area, with its sofas and armchairs, is the most relaxing heart of the house where you can spend your free time having long evenings chatting, reading books and watching movies with friends and it needs a dedicated lighting.

The ideal is to establish more points of light in this area, perhaps using floor lamps next to the armchair, rather than a chandelier that lightly illuminates the room or spotlights that are the ideal solution in the darkest corners. To light up a dining table or the island in the kitchen, it is ideal to choose a suspension with a straight and clean line.

You can range from the Olà collection, choosing the oval suspension, perfect to illuminate the kitchen island giving a touch of preciousness

to the billiards of the Sound, which is characterized by the characteristic shape and minimal at the same time.

The living area needs a more intimate atmosphere, to be illuminated with the elegant crystal pearls of Cristalis

or with the captivating design of Blink


or with Crek and its precious handmade glass plates.

You can add a touch of color with soft light by choosing Cupole.

If there are areas of particular interest for architecture or furniture elements to enhance, you can use wall lamps that allow you to light up even the most narrow areas as corners and niches. Among Masiero’s various proposals in terms of wall lamps, Palm stands out for its originality and flexibility, being a modular wall decoration system.

If you need to renew the lighting of the open space kitchen-living room, but you do not want to undertake a whole path of lighting design, you will simply replace the suspension of the room with something special.

You can choose Olympya: changing even a single detail so important will give new life to the entire room.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

What is dimmable light?

What is dimmable? Dimmability is a LED technology that allows you to adjust the intensity of light. It represents an innovative way of managing light in domestic spaces and beyond.

The adjective dimmerabile comes from the Anglo-Saxon language and means “lower”. Thanks to this technology, the intensity of light can therefore be adjusted, ensuring maximum luminous comfort in domestic and public spaces, all managed through analog or wireless solutions.

It’s enough a touch to have a light more or less intense: the space adapts to your needs changing shape based on your wishes and needs.

The use of dimmable integrated LED lamps is perfect for areas such as the living room, the relaxation area, the study or the bedroom, as well as for the dining room of a restaurant or a lounge bar. The whole mood of the room changes as the intensity of the light changes, creating new light and shadow effects.

Masiero has used dimmable light technology in different collections, whether in suspension and ceiling lamps, wall lamps or floor lamps, allowing full autonomy in the management of ambient lighting

For example, with the suspensions and wall lamps from the Honicé collection by Oriano Favaretto, the simplicity of the lines is reflected on the walls, creating different reflections based on the intensity of light. Honicè is an illuminated sculpture perfect for the living room, to which it will give preciousness and refinement.

Cupole design by Marco Zito is also part of the led dimmable suspension lamps. This chandelier that recalls the domes of the bell towers of the Venetian churches, creates a play of light thanks to the construction that provides a double light source, one in the lantern and one in the dome.

The light emanating from this lamp recalls the glimpses of light coming from the churches and becomes even more soft and romantic lowering the intensity, until it becomes a halo of light that warms the corners of the home.

You can also choose the dimmable light for the reading area, close to your favourite armchair.

Sound floor lamp design by Giovanni Battista Gianola, will be an elegant piece of furniture that will guide you in your favourite readings.

If you love to read in bed, Horo’s table lamp design by Pierre Gonalons will bring a touch of design to your room, making the atmosphere elegantly restful.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

How to manage living room lighting

Choosing the correct lighting for the living room is very complex and requires special attention, because very different activities take place in this area of ​​the house. This space is in fact used for leisure, conviviality, relax, sometimes for work and must therefore be welcoming and comfortable.

There are several factors to consider when choosing the lighting in the living room, such as the size of the room, the natural light present, the furnishings style and, last but not least, how you intend to use this area of ​​the house.

When managing space, it is essential to identify the activities that take place there, in order to choose the most functional light. As far as style is concerned, it is essential that the design of the lights integrate with that of the furnishings, playing with the same leitmotiv or with contrasts, as long as they are studied.

The choice of the type of lighting is wide, it can range from suspensions to retractable spotlights, from wall lamps to floor lamps and table lamps, with classic or contemporary style, country, vintage or shabby chic, made in the most varied materials and shades of infinite color.

In order to better illuminate the living room it is essential to ensure the right light throughout the space, creating:

  • General lighting through a central chandelier
  • An intermediate lighting, ideal for emphasizing a specific area, such as the bookcase
  • Accent lighting, with a purely decorative purpose

Masiero offers a wide range of products suitable for lighting the living room.

Se hai una stanza di grandi dimensioni e sei amante del classico rivisitato con il colore, il Maria Teresain vetro colorato è perfetto per te.

If, on the other hand, you are a lover of the classic revisited in a modern way, you can choose between Darshan in its different colors

Vertical view of contemporary main room

and Olympya, where you can use a mix of suspension and wall lamp to light up your home.

Are you looking for a chandelier that has a different allure between on and off? Horo with marble effect glass is perfect for you.

If there is a dining table in the living room, you will need to think about adequately lighting it, to see well during dinner and chat pleasantly with the diners. Vegas will make your table sparkle providing the functionality of illuminating evenly.

If the living room is small, you can make it welcoming by choosing wall lamps, such as the Palm, a real wall decoration system.

Ceiling lamps that radiate light evenly are also an excellent choice.

Depending on your taste, you could choose a piece from the Impero&Deco collection, such as the VE 760 available in different shapes and sizes.

Vertical view of contemporary main room

If you want to create a reading corner, it is appropriate to use a floor lamp to be placed next to an armchair. The floor lamp will guarantee the correct light to read without straining the eyes.

Ideal for highlighting the room, the Sound floor lamp will give character to your living room, just like the Horo floor lamp.

Lighting is really essential in the living room, as it can be a functional and decorative object at the same time. Our proposal is really wide, suitable to satisfy the most varied style and size needs. Our proposal is really wide, suitable to satisfy the most varied style and size needs.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

Paris Design Week 2021: meet us at Hotel de Sully

Masiero is pleased to announce its presence at the personal exhibition of Pierre Gonalons on the occasion of Paris Design Week 2021. The designer and interior designer Pierre Gonalons is the creative mind of the Horo collection by Masiero, which will be exhibited in the beautiful setting of the Orangerie of the Hôtel de Sully, located in the heart of the Saint-Paul district in central Paris.

Visitors are invited to enter this architectural jewel to discover this secret Orangerie, exceptionally open to the public, as an invitation to the summer salon of a large French residence.

The four seasons are the theme of this poetic walk through the unique visual universe of the designer.

It is in this furniture inspired by his favorite places, such as the Fortuny Palace in Venice or his country house hidden in the outskirts of Paris, pastel colors, refined and elegant, that Horo finds the perfect location, with its minimal style at times vintage.

The new marble effect glass finish presented in 2021 adds to the Horo family a greater decorative atout, which makes it both on and off an element with an extremely characterized design but at the same time usable in both modern and classic contexts.

The exhibition is open from 9 to 18 September, from 11 to 19, with entrance to No. 5 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris and No. 48 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004 Paris

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