With all the minimalist design we see around us it was refreshing to come across Ayala Sarfaty of Aqua Creations who makes art that is illuminating sculpture.
Offered in magnificent shapes and natural fibers like silk, mohair and wrapped with a unique polymer skin.
Don’t you wish you could have this in your home?
Aqua Creations that has an exclusive line of lighting fixtures of monumental proportions for home or public spaces. Designer Ayala Serfaty and photographer Albi Serfaty founded Aqua Creations Design Studios in 1994. The studio is headquartered in Tel Aviv and has two additional flagship showrooms in New York and Shanghai.
Their lighting designs as well as furniture are displayed in museums in New York , Paris and hotel lobbies around the world.
This one happens to be an underwater restaurant in Iarael’s port city:Eilat. It is 20 feet below sea level featuring sea anemone bar stools, jellyfish lights suspended from the ceiling, coral reef tables and even shadow plays of schools of fish swimming next to the real fish outside the restaurant.
I just love these creations. These are some of the descriptive words that come to mind: illusory, luminous, amorphous, primal, soothing, stunning,…
Her organic lamps and lampshades seem to have been swept in from the sea. I suppose their name – Aqua meaning water describes it well.
To see more of their extraordinary work go to Youtube and/or their website.
Great minds think alike, to see another Tchochkes post on Ayala’s work click here.
Ok, I have to say this. It just has to be said dammit! AM I THE ONLY ONE who looks at most of Sarfaty’s designs and says, yes it’s beautiful, but it reminds me a certain body part???? AM I REALLY THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES IT? (specifically designs like jpg number 21, 05, etc).