In the context of the past year there is a certain irony that the texture of the Leucos wall light was inspired by leucocytes, the human body’s white blood cells, agents of the immune response. Porcelain is a perfect diffuser of lighting and Andra Munro has fully exploited its translucent qualities, achieved when the material is thin and fired at a top temperature of 1,260°C. The piece is backlit with Applelec Auragami flexible LED light sheets, which can be cut with scissors to any shape.

‘I chose to work with porcelain because I always look at the true nature of the material used,’ says Munro. ‘The porcelain has plasticity, forming various shapes and curves. I can also create numerous intricate textures.’ Each porcelain piece is made by rolling and pressing the material onto a mould without cutting out a certain shape, thus avoiding waste. The edges are then pressed further on a surface ‘to push the boundaries of the material and its thinness’. The light is designed to be expanded both on the wall and onto the ceiling, giving ‘metres of porcelain and light installation’.

‘We live in a very fast-paced world, so this porcelain and light installation invites the user to get closer, to look, to wonder, to touch. That to me, does not only light up a room but lights up our user from the inside out,’ says Munro.