# Unconventionally Curved Lights A3 Comes up with Designs that Challenge the Norms By Jamie Danielle Munro | Published 2014-06-21 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/curved-lights References: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/design/a3-argentina-lighting-functional-contemporary-designs-06-20-2014/) & [a3web.ar](http://a3web.com.ar/) A3 has come up with a variety of [curved lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nova-light) that challenge the conventional ways illuminators are built. The team wanted to push the bounds of how lights are normally put together, and decided to make subtle changes to these looks. For example, the Bancha light has a wooden top area that hangs from the ceiling, with a white-washed ceramic base. Combining these two materials in this manner makes the illuminator stand out and appear different than most designs. Another light in the collection is the Blanquita, which from a distance resembles a bull with horns coming out of the top. Most of the time lights are hung with a single cord from the top, but A3 experiments with this convention by adding in two additional hanging pieces on the sides. Photo Credits: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/design/a3-argentina-lighting-functional-contemporary-designs-06-20-2014/), [a3web.ar](http://a3web.com.ar/) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.7/10 - Popularity: 43% | Activity: 59% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Curved Lights:** Exploring unconventional designs for illuminators by incorporating curved shapes and unique materials. - **Subtle Changes:** Making innovative modifications to lighting designs by deviating from traditional hanging methods and adding additional elements. - **Functional Contemporary Designs:** Creating functional and contemporary lighting designs that challenge traditional norms and aesthetics. ### Who This Affects Most - **Lighting:** The lighting industry has an opportunity to embrace unconventional designs and materials to create unique and eye-catching illuminators. - **Product Design:** The product design industry can explore new approaches to lighting design by experimenting with unconventional shapes, structures, and combinations of materials. - **Interior Design:** Interior designers can incorporate innovative lighting designs that challenge conventional norms and add a touch of uniqueness to spaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Experimental Ancestral Lighting Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kawabi.md) - [Physics-Based Artful Light Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aura-collection-1.md) - [Sculptural Wooden Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arc-lamp.md) - [Delicate Illusory Ceiling Lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aria-light.md) - [Glowing Tubular Light Fixtures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/array-lighting.md) - [Japanese-Inspired Sculptureal Lighting](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wonder-things.md) - [Chic Saucer-Shaped Illuminators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/light-in-tight-light-fixture.md) - [Unconventional Modular Lighting](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luna-kaleido-series.md) - [Illusory Multidimensional Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drop-light.md)