Lima Charlie by Laurids Gallée Show Layered Translucent Light Objects
Amy Duong — March 26, 2026 — Art & Design
References: dezeen
The Lima Charlie exhibition by Laurids Gallée presents a series of sculptural lighting works made from cast resin and aluminium. Austrian designer Gallée produces each piece through a process of pouring, sanding, and polishing solid resin blocks, embedding colour within the material to create depth. Integrated LED systems are enclosed within the forms, allowing light to travel through the translucent bodies and reveal internal gradients and tonal variation.
The works are characterised by thick, rounded volumes with irregular edges, creating a semi-molten appearance across each piece. Surfaces are finished to a high gloss while retaining slight distortion, which alters how light refracts through the material. The exhibition takes place as a solo presentation, with each object functioning as an individual lighting piece constructed from polymer resin, aluminium, and internal electrical components.
Image Credit: Mathijs Labadie
The works are characterised by thick, rounded volumes with irregular edges, creating a semi-molten appearance across each piece. Surfaces are finished to a high gloss while retaining slight distortion, which alters how light refracts through the material. The exhibition takes place as a solo presentation, with each object functioning as an individual lighting piece constructed from polymer resin, aluminium, and internal electrical components.
Image Credit: Mathijs Labadie
Trend Themes
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Translucent Material Aesthetics — Exploiting depth and internal color gradation in solid resins creates new visual languages for product surfaces that challenge traditional opaque finishes.
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Embedded Lighting Integration — The fusion of LEDs within sculptural bodies allows lighting to become an intrinsic form-defining element rather than an attached component.
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Monolithic Resin Fabrication — Casting, sanding, and polishing large single-piece resin forms enables seamless, distortion-driven textures that redefine perceptions of mass and light transmission.
Industry Implications
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Interior Design — High-gloss translucent fixtures offer opportunities to reshape spatial atmospheres through objects that act as both light sources and sculptural focal points.
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Architectural Lighting — Integrated polymer-light assemblies present alternatives to conventional luminaires by embedding tonal modulation and diffusion into the fixture material itself.
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Material Manufacturing — Advancements in polymer casting and finishing techniques could enable scalable production of large, color-graded components with embedded electronics.
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