Float is a battery-powered lamp designed for the Italian company, Axolight. The concept was inspired by Italian restaurateurs who incorporated candles in empty bottles in their restaurants to brighten up the atmosphere. It is something that has always fascinated me and I decided to make a project out of it. I analyzed this topic as an extreme will of the users to personalize the environment with something they own, boosting it with some power: the light. Then the question was how to create an actual product from such an inspiration. It had to be a functional outcome from a romantic start. I decided to create Float, a battery lamp that could be easily placed on the top of the bottles. It gives the possibility to hold the light up with your favourite bottle and create the same feeling you can have with the wax situation I mentioned before. But it was not enough to justify a product, so I designed an entire collection of stands to integrate it and make it an actual collection. Float can be positioned on a table, on the floor, on the wall and as a pendant, need to change its basis. It is suitable for interior, outdoor, private and public situations.

All of this is possible by its own 9 hours-lasting battery, so it can stay away from any energy source and in many different contests. It has a dimmer to regulate the brightness of its warm light. It is available in five different colors, plus some special finishes on request.