Fris Suspension
Marset | Joan Gaspar
Drawing thin beams of light in a space with each one of them pointing in any direction. This is why Marset created Fris, a multi-purpose lighting system, available in a wall/ceiling or pendant version, which allows you to combine several units in different sizes and positions, each one aiming its own beam of light.
Its design consists of a glass tube that encases the light. What makes it unique is that the glass not only protects the light, but also provides a mechanical function, suspending the whole system and allowing the lamp to rotate and the light to be steered in a certain direction. As a result, the glass is both material and function. Through the transparent glass we see the lamp’s interior, which consists of two profiles: one includes the light source and the other acts as a parabola, projecting a crisp, intense light.
Made in Terrassa, Spain
Marset | Joan Gaspar
Drawing thin beams of light in a space with each one of them pointing in any direction. This is why Marset created Fris, a multi-purpose lighting system, available in a wall/ceiling or pendant version, which allows you to combine several units in different sizes and positions, each one aiming its own beam of light.
Its design consists of a glass tube that encases the light. What makes it unique is that the glass not only protects the light, but also provides a mechanical function, suspending the whole system and allowing the lamp to rotate and the light to be steered in a certain direction. As a result, the glass is both material and function. Through the transparent glass we see the lamp’s interior, which consists of two profiles: one includes the light source and the other acts as a parabola, projecting a crisp, intense light.
Made in Terrassa, Spain
Marset | Joan Gaspar
Drawing thin beams of light in a space with each one of them pointing in any direction. This is why Marset created Fris, a multi-purpose lighting system, available in a wall/ceiling or pendant version, which allows you to combine several units in different sizes and positions, each one aiming its own beam of light.
Its design consists of a glass tube that encases the light. What makes it unique is that the glass not only protects the light, but also provides a mechanical function, suspending the whole system and allowing the lamp to rotate and the light to be steered in a certain direction. As a result, the glass is both material and function. Through the transparent glass we see the lamp’s interior, which consists of two profiles: one includes the light source and the other acts as a parabola, projecting a crisp, intense light.
Made in Terrassa, Spain
Resources
Dimensions
Combination Dependent
Lead Time
4-6 Weeks
Lamping
Combination Dependent
Brand
Marset
Marset was established in 1942 as a family business, not making lighting, but as a foundry. That foundation in casting metals did eventually segue into lighting design, however, with Francisco Marset formally establishing Marset Illuminacion in 1965.
The decades spent experimenting with and molding metal translated well into the contemporary lighting industry: manipulating all kinds of materials to create unexpected, atmospheric lighting effects.
Designer
Joan Gaspar
Joan Gaspar studied industrial design in the school of Artes y Oficios in Barcelona. In 1988 started work for VAPOR S.A manufacturing minimalist lamps. From 1992 collaborated with a variety of firms to create new product lines: Roca, Resol, Marset, Mobles 114, Perobell, Santa&Cole, DAE, Vilagrasa, Made Design.
From 1996 Gaspar collaborated closely with the company Marset Iluminación, developing new products, and product direction for the company. His accolades include wins at FAD, first prize in the Furniture Competition of the Comunidad Castilla la mancha (1995), first prize at the Valencia International Furniture Fair (2000), winner at Delta de Plata for the Atlas (2001), and winner at Neón de Luz (2005).
Since 1998 Joan has given classes in Materials and technology applied to industrial design at Elisava School of design in Barcelona. In 2002 opened a professional design Studio in Barcelona working with various companies on new product concepts.
