This light is made of recast terrazzo with a new texture using strips of terrazzo, recycled glass, and metal. With parts like sliding doors, the appearance of light can be adjusted and changed to direct, reflected, or indirect light.

Torii Cement, which I collaborated, manufactured Shiro Kuramata's masterpiece “Star Piece” and has continued to evolve since then. During a visit to their factory, I discovered strips of terrazzo scraps that inevitably come out during the manufacturing process. I decided to use this beautiful edge material and their maniera to create a product. I collaborated with them to develop an original recycled material. Moving the moving parts produced a poetic light in which the glitter of glass and metal particles and the appearance of striped terrazzo change with the light.

We recast strips of terrazzo and recycled glass and metal scraps that always appear in tile manufacturing. I collaborated with them on the original highly sustainable recycled material. The original cement used in their terrazzo is made from waste, but its sustainability is enhanced. At the same time, the shapes accidentally created in the manufacturing process have a new graphical beauty.

Kuramata Shiro designed the masterpiece Starpiece in 1983. Starpiece's manufacturing process and ideas had a major impact on the manufacturer's ingenuity in the next 40 years. Over the past 40 years, they have been working to unlock the potential of materials through processing and manufacturing. This product can be said to have shaped their evolution. In other words, it adds a new page to terrazzo's relationship with materials, sustainability, processability, and light.

They partner with manufacturers who have developed their skills and aesthetics by creating masterpieces, learn from them, and explore new ways of making things. This approach creates possibilities with many manufacturers, and above all, it's a wonderful and fun process that excites designers like us who are fans of design.