INGA SEMPÉ

Inga Sempé is a French designer who lives and works in Paris. A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris (1993), she also took up a scholarship at the Villa Medici, Académie de France in Rome (2000 - 2001). She was awarded the Red Dot Design Award in 2007. Her work is known for a lightness of touch, for a strong personality and for a particularly tactile nature. The idea of everyday use is at the centre of Sempé’s approach and she often seeks out materials with special properties to answer the need of a daily function. For HAY, she has created the idiosyncratic accessories Letter Box, Pinorama Ruban, Panier and Matin Table Lamp. 

The Matin table lamp offers a contemporary yet poetic design, with a construction that combines visual delicacy with physical robustness. It consists of a steel wire bent frame finished in polished brass with matte black hardware, and is paired with a pleated cotton shade in a variety of vibrant colours. The light source is an integrated LED, offering a diffused downlight which is accompanied by a digital in-line dimmer control to adjust the output of light if required.