Bianco Light & Space is a Los Angeles based multi-faceted design and sculpture studio founded in 2013 by husband and wife team, Anthony Bianco and Alicia Reina. The studio specializes in creating sculptural, functional objects that fuse the concepts of light and space, drawing inspiration from nature, geometry, and ancient design principles. The duo’s minimalist aesthetic, combined with rigorous technical craftsmanship, has earned their designs a strong following in the world of high-end design and architecture. The studio’s work is characterized by its sophisticated and dynamic use of materials, primarily glass and textiles, and a commitment to traditional techniques like Venetian glassblowing, lapidary carving, pattern tessellation, color theory, and surface design.

Twelve opaline cones in one brass frame

The Sirius pendant gathers twelve hand-blown modules of opaline glass, each a truncated cone with a trapezoidal section, and holds them in brass over a dining table or an entrance hall. The module is the unit of the whole family. Two of them on a brass drop make the Equinox and Solstice pendants; one on the wall makes the Pavillion sconce; two at standing height make the AnNur floor lamp. Bianco Light + Space blows the glass in Los Angeles using Venetian technique, so the walls carry the slight variation of mouth-blown material, and that variation multiplies across the twelve pieces of a Sirius. It is the largest of the opaline glass pendants at The Oblist, and the one that needs the most ceiling.

The Selene sconces come from a different process. The shade is mold-blown, then faceted, a nod to the lapidary carving the studio also practices on stone and glass objects. The Selene Blown Colored Glass LED Wall Sconce has an etched exterior that turns the source into an even glow; the Selene Quartz keeps a glossy skin in quartz-coloured glass and lets the facets throw hard reflections. Inside is a dimmable integrated LED at 3000K with a colour rendering index above 90, warm enough for a bedroom, accurate enough to show the glass colour as intended. The Selene Mezzo repeats both versions at a smaller scale for corridors and for pairs on either side of a mirror. They are listed with the brass wall sconces, and the brass here is structure, a linear profile, not trim.

Anthony Bianco and Alicia Reina, husband and wife, started Bianco Light + Space in Los Angeles in 2013 as a design and sculpture studio rather than a lighting brand. Their stated subject is the pair of words in the name: how an object organises the space around it when it is lit and when it is not. The Fulcrum table lamp makes the point. Its shade is silvered, mirrored opaline glass, so switched off it reflects the room and switched on it glows. The Eos pendant, two arms in faceted quartz glass on brushed brass, does something similar with reflections. Fixtures are built for 24V LED or standard sockets and can be specified for 120V or 240V, which matters for projects outside the United States. Eleven pieces by Bianco Light + Space are on this page.

The Oblist presents Bianco Light + Space within its collectible glass lighting. Dimensions, glass colours and electrical specifications are on each product page. Architects, interior designers and hospitality teams specifying Selene sconces, a Sirius pendant or an AnNur floor lamp for a project can order through the Trade Program.