Introducing BEEM: Samuel Wilkinson lights up Milan

Graphic, contemporary and unlike anything else on the world’s ceilings, BEEM is a new brand family of LED lamps from award-winning product and industrial designer Samuel Wilkinson.

Soft-launching at Milan Design Week 2018 at forward-thinking new design district Ventura Future – the design destination showcasing the products of tomorrow – BEEM presents two striking lamps designs, scheduled to enter production later in 2018.

Wilkinson has an impressive track record in game-changing lighting, having given the world’s first designer low-energy bulb the Plumen 001 with Hulger in 2010, and creating crystal- festooned street-lamp sculpture and Shoreditch landmark The Ommatidium with neuroscientist Beau Lotto in 2015. Now, he’s collaborating with LED-lighting specialists Chris Stimson and Bujar Shkodra (founders of well-lit), to start another lighting revolution.

Recent advances in LED-bulb technology have opened up new possibilities in design. Previously, energy-efficient bulb concepts such as Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) imposed restrictions on the forms available and limited possibilities of creative expression. Now, LED tech has opened up near-endless opportunities for designers to explore hitherto- impossible forms – BEEM is launching at a watershed moment in lighting design.