Lum Trentino's lighting made from shed deer antlers and Murano glass

Lum Trentino, an Italian studio founded in 2020 by designer Gianmarco Palmieri, works the other way round from most lighting makers. Rather than settling on a shape and forcing a material into it, each project starts with the material: its natural character, its quirks and how it can be worked. Traditional craft meets contemporary lighting technology, and light is considered from the very beginning rather than fitted at the end.

Three works show the idea. Stillae Suspensae uses naturally shed deer antlers, left in their own curves and irregularities, with slender LED strips running along them so the light follows each form in a vertical composition. Confundo, part of the studio's Rebirth research, suspends antlers together with hand-blown Murano glass, letting light move between rough, irregular shapes and fluid transparency, shadow and volume.

Roots takes Confundo down from the ceiling and turns it into a floor-standing piece. Grounding the composition makes the idea of rooting literal, and changes how the object relates to the space around it.

This is the studio's own account of its process, so it's design news rather than anything to visit, and there's no word on where to see or buy the pieces. Worth a read if you like lighting that sits somewhere between design and sculpture.

Our summary of a story from Sleeper, published 12 October 2026. Read the original

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