1851 | Jean Bernard Leon Foucault presents his pendulum, which can swing in any vertical plane. Slow rotation in the pendulum’s oscillating movement is a proof of Earth rotating underneath it.
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1930
1930 | Tadeusz Lucjan Gronowski designs the logo for LOT Polish Airlines. The modern silhouette of a crane is simple in form, dynamic and light. Years later, the company announces its plans to change it, but abandons them after protests of both employees and passengers. The logo adorns airplane stabilizers to this day.
1958
1958 | The Atomium, a monumental model of an iron crystal designed by André Waterkeyn, is constructed for the Brussels World Expo. Its name derives from the words atom, referring to the shape of the structure, and aluminum, as this metal initially coats the spheres. It is to be destroyed after the Expo, but the city authorities decide to preserve it.
1879
1879 | Thomas Edison patents an electric source of light: the electric bulb. To this day, retro light bulbs with filament bear his name.
1931
1931 | The construction of Villa Savoye, a modernist icon designed by Le Corbusier and built according to his “Five Points of a New Architecture”, is completed. It is filled with long, black, curved pipes and round details. Light coming in through horizontal windows illuminates the interior in a precisely calculated manner.
1923
1923 | Wassily Kandinsky paints Composition VIII in his period defined as architectural. The painting is composed of circles of various sizes, triangles and intersecting straight and curved lines.
1964
1964 | W tym roku założony został Zespół Akrobacyjny Królewskich Sił Powietrznych Wielkiej Brytanii RED ARROWS. Jako jeden z najsłynniejszych zespołów akrobacyjnych świata zaprezentował się w ponad 50 krajach. Tworzy go zawsze tylko i aż dziewięciu pilotów starannie wyselekcjonowanych spośród licznego grona ochotników.
2014
2014 | The first Ultralight lamp, very distinctive in form, is produced. It will determine the style and quality of all the brand’s products.
Studio
Light and timelessness. Detail and style.
Ultralight lamps are recognizable and timeless – a source of not only light, but also chic and elegance. They work equally well in classic and modern interiors. Their style is accentuated by meticulous manufacturing and attention to detail.
At Ultralight, we boast a creative approach to challenges. When required, we modify our projects, not only by altering colours, size or materials (steel, chrome, brass, copper), but also by creating individual projects on the basis of our catalogue models, tailoring them to our customers’ expectations.
At every stage of production, lamp parts are handmade by verified subcontractors and their quality is supervised by designer Maciek Kossowski. Architect Agnieszka Kossowska is responsible for the lamps’ perfect harmony with interiors.
Team
Maciej Kossowski
A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology, he cofounded PROJEKTOR Architects studio, where he designed single-family homes and commercial buildings. After years of professional practice in Poland and abroad, he turned towards small forms and workshop experience, which armed him with thorough knowledge of technology and materials.
In 2014, he founded Ultralight, a company which enables him to combine his great creativity with metalworking skills and to draw from his engineering expertise as well as his experience of an architect. He never ceases to create, be it for the company or his personal needs, sketching, designing, welding, polishing, varnishing. As a perfectionist, he pays great attention to detail and the overall quality of his projects. Open-mindedness and curiosity continue to fuel his passion for lamp design.
Agnieszka Kossowska
Graduate and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology changed her view of the world.
She was the cofounder and longtime head of the BAUMILLERKOSSOWSKA studio, designing interiors and buildings in her own unique style. She had the pleasure of collaborating with numerous media, fashion and entertainment personalities. She joined the Ultralight team in 2019. Since 2020 runs her own architecture studio – KOSSOWSKA.
Enthusiastic approach to creating, ability to listen and respond to investors’ needs, as well as great intuition for the character of a space are her greatest assets. She can creatively and functionally handle any designing task.