The design fairs are the best place to discover exciting products, fresh ideas, and new launches. Currently, at the ongoing Madrid Design Festival 2026, we came across the Florar installation. It’s a research-based lighting project that explores the connection between floral structures, biomaterials, and light. Curated by Paola Andrea López, a Colombian architect and designer and the founder of PALP, the project originated as her Master’s thesis in textile design and new materials, where she explored flowers not as a mere visual theme, but as substance, idea, and language.
The installation brightens the floors at Madrid Design Festival 2026, including a capsule collection of light fixtures: Selvia, Victoria, and Bruma. Dubbed “La luz que florece en mi propio jardín” (the light that blooms in my garden), the collection was inspired by the biological arrangement of flowers.
Inspired by Rosa Silvestre Andina (Andean Wild Rose), Selvia is a composition of layers reflecting the tender, organic rhythm of petals. The Victoria, on the other hand, is an expansive structure that imitates the strength and geometry of the water lily. The Bruma is a vertical and enveloping piece that diffuses light softly, creating an intimate atmosphere, Paola informs Homecrux.
Each element in the collection takes cues from organic forms and the emotional intensity of the natural world, bringing contemplation and calm of nature into the space via a sensory object. The luminaries, on the other hand, draw different interpretations, depending on how they engage with natural and artificial light in the room, whether on or off.
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Each object in the collection is a result of an experimental process, merging digital design, graphic study, and materials research, resulting in eye-catching luminaries that can enchant the space with their quiet presence and evoke an expressive atmosphere. From a material standpoint, López has used experimental biomaterials with natural-based polymers and encapsulated flowers, combined with 3D-printed PLA structural elements, making the lighting gentler, more luminous, and full of texture. It highlights each layer and the transformation the fixtures have undergone when the light passes through them.
The Florar installation is being showcased as a small indoor garden, featuring self-supporting light structures. The immersive installation invites users to interact and connect with natural beauty, rhythms, and symphonies within a confined architectural environment. More than an exploration of materials, art, and structure, Florar is a reminder of how nature is a part of our everyday life and can flourish equally indoors and outdoors through sensual, expressive, and interactive objects.
