Marset

In any conversation relating about contemporary lighting, the name Marset is bound to be mentioned. For decades, the Barcelona-based designer lighting brand has been stunning the industry with its clean, timeless designs, remarkably innovative shapes, fusion of materials, and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques. Marset Lighting overdelivers by providing its clients with products envisioned by world-renowned designers who, in turn, partner with expert artisans who exercise rigorous attention to detail. Together, they create lighting that surprises, thrills, and, perhaps most importantly, endures, so that it can contribute to a more sustainable and beautifully luminous world.

All Marset lamps are made by skilled craftspeople who take part in the entire production process – from the genesis of conceptual drawings on paper to the kiln, the die-cutter, and at last, the finishing table. Quality control is also performed in-house, giving Marset complete control over the finishing quality of all its product lines. Marset also requrires its designers to incorporate environmental responsibility into their toolkits – which the company views as imperative for the future of the planet.

Whether you’re looking for pendants, floor lamps, ceiling lamps, chandeliers, table lamps, portable lamps, wall lamps, or lighting accessories for the interior of your home or project, Marset has you covered. But Marset does more than produce lighting products; it thoroughly considers the concept of light and all its various nuances and effects. As a result, Marset Lighting’s creations improve people’s quality of life by creating enhanced experiences through illumination.

History

Marset was officially founded in 1976 by Paco Marset, who transformed his family’s metal casting business from the 1940s into the lighting brand we know today. By the 1990s, the brand began to gain recognition for its high quality and unmatched design. During this period, the third generation of family members used this brand positioning to expand the company’s reach internationally. Recently, Marset moved to its new 118,000-square-foot headquarters in Terrassa, just outside of Barcelona. This new workplace sits alongside Marset’s showrooms in Barcelona, Milan, and Cologne, plus its U.S. headquarters in New York City.

Materials

Over the years, Marset Lighting has risen to its renowned level of excellence through constant exploration, unfailingly placing value on the behavior of the materials it uses. Ceramics, wood, glass, polycarbonate, and textiles are all elements that express unique personality in the forming of Marset lamps. For example, the Dipping Light was created as an experiment: dipping a lit bulb into paint several times. The various layers of paint draw concentric circles, which moderate the intensity of the light and produce an extraordinary visual effect.

Designers

What separates Marset from its competitors is its courageous approach to design innovation. The company believes, and rightly so, that collaborating with the most talented and revered creatives in the industry is much more than endorsing their designs; it’s about trusting their talent and giving them the green light to discover new paths and explore new ideas that bring meaning to – and heighten – the brand. Marset’s star-studded lineup of design partners includes:

Barcelona-born Joan Gaspar, Marset’s Head of Design, who has worked with the company since 1996
Spanish designer Daniel López, Marset’s Technical Director (Ledtube)
German-born Spanish designer Christophe Mathieu (LaFlaca, Piola, Discocó, Scotch Club, Maranga, Bicoca, and N. Ocho)
Milan-born Marco Zanuso Jr. (Babila)
Barcelona-born Xavier Mañosa (Pu-erh), who collaborated with Hande Akçayli and Murat Koçyigit of studio Mashallah for Pleat Box and Scotch Club
Martinique-born, Berlin-based Fabien Dumas (Tam Tam)
Valencia-based multidisciplinary design firm Sputnik Studio (Santorini)
German product designer Uli Budde (Hazy Day)
Spanish designer and interior decorator Josep Lluís Xuclà (Elipse and High Line)
London-based German designer Mathias Hahn (Theia and Scantling)
Esteemed Spanish designer Lluís Porqueras (Funiculí)
Barcelona-born designer Jordi Canudas, whose Dipping Light won Interior Design Magazine‘s Best of the Year Award in 2018
Spanish designer Inma Bermúdez (FollowMe)
Chicago-born designer Rob Zinn, whose Concentric Lamp won Interior Design Magazine‘s Best of the Year Award in 2017
Clara del Portillo and Alex Selma of Spanish design studio Yonoh (Sun)
Spanish interior and industrial designer Francesc Rifé (Lab)
Barcelona-based designer Jaume Ramírez (Milana), co-founder of Ramírez i Carrillo (Copérnica) with Josema Carrillo
The late Spanish designer Manuel Valls Vergés (MVV)
Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider of studio Kaschkasch, whose Bolita Lamp received the 2020 Delta Silver Award by the ADI FAD Industrial Design Association

Projects

Marset prominent projects include Hotel Nobu, London; Virgin Hotel, Chicago; Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona; Mercer Hotel, Barcelona; Hôtel Le Cinq Code, Paris; Adler Lodge Alpe, Italy; Aesthesis Boutique Villas, Santorini; Alfonso XIII Hotel, Seville; Goop Headquarters in Santa Monica; Airbnb’s Dublin headquarters; YouTube offices in London; and Starbucks in New York City.

“Through good design, Marset aims to convey its most essential values: quality, technological rigor, innovation, sustainability, durability, and authenticity.”