The lights are switched on at the Metropol.
For the first time, the lamps designed by Ferruccio Laviani for Kartell, the whole Lights  Collection and a preview of the prototypes of the forthcoming production, are Dolce & Gabbana’s guests of honour in a celebration of their success
The exhibition space will host a display of “works in progress” or rather “works in plastic”.
Fourteen tabletops of different sizes, resting on red and white wooden trestles – similar to  those used during road works – will act as display platforms for the single light families and  large sign panels will bear the name and story of each lamp.
The lights designed by Ferruccio Laviani are a play on plastic materials, fully exploiting the  different technologies, and revisit the classical forms of table, floor and ceiling lamps.
From Take, which rewrites the classical icon of the table lamp adopting the form and mass  of a semi-lamp in polycarbonate to the best-seller Bourgie, an admirable combination of old  and modern that plays with baroque appeal applied to the transparent or coloured plastic,  and Toobe, the first energy-saving lamp with an innovative “blurred” colour - the world of  lights “made by Kartell” transforms the classical piece into an industrial one, a true coup de  foudre for design lovers.
Then comes the family of ceiling lights: FL/Y, a light soap bubble, the graceful E' (also  available as wall lights) and Gé with its pleated polycarbonate hat, Easy, a cylinder with a  myriad of reflections and colour variants, and lastly the elegant and minimal Neutra, shaped  like a flying saucer and only recently put into production.
Alongside Kartell’s celebrated successes, the Metropol will host a preview of the prototypes  of new lamps designed by Laviani that are shortly to go into production and will increase and  enrich the existing collection with new signs and innovative technology. 
The fruitful creative partnership between Ferruccio Laviani, the brand’s art director, and  Kartell has lasted 18 years.
As well as the light collection, Laviani and Kartell have produced  a number of plastic tables together.
Since 2000, Ferruccio Laviani has also worked with Dolce & Gabbana as interior designer for all the Group’s architectural spaces, successfully interpreting and expressing the creative spirit of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.
With this event at the Metropol, Kartell and Dolce & Gabbana are consolidating a partnership that originated in 2004, also sealed with the personalised animalier chair “Mademoiselle” by Philippe Starck, currently on sale all over the world.

From 18th April to 21st April
12am - 21pm