The Beauty of Bover
Bover’s collection of sculptural outdoor pendants – available through Byron Bay-based Creative Lighting Solutions – offers a distinctive approach to alfresco lighting.
Capturing the essence of Mediterranean sensibilities, Spanish brand Bover designs lights that not only look like works of art but promise to enhance design-led spaces. Founded in 1996 by Joana Bover, the brand’s ethos is to illuminate rooms in a holistic way, creating an ambience that promotes serenity, warmth and harmony.
The collection is characterised by curvaceous silhouettes and materials in natural tones. Both the shapes and inherent craftsmanship embody the Mediterranean’s culture and lifestyle – factors that help to create a sense of sanctuary in residential and commercial spaces. Bover lights are handmade in Barcelona by skilled artisans, whose attention to detail make every piece unique.
Both Mediterranean and Australian cultures are synonymous with the outdoors, and it’s in this realm that Bover excels. Not surprisingly, its lights are a consistent favourite of Byron Bay-based Creative Lighting Solutions.
Bover’s outdoor lighting range offers an elevated approach to exterior illumination with designs that are sculptural and considered and which create a welcoming glow year-round. Engineered to withstand Australia’s harsh coastal conditions, the lights feature resilient materials that are built to endure, including shades handwoven from recyclable synthetic fibres and metal elements that have been treated with cataphoresis and epoxy polyester paint for corrosion resistance. High IP ratings and various dimming options also allow for seamless integration with lighting control systems.
Bover’s outdoor pendants are particularly striking, available in a breadth of textures and forms that will elevate a multitude of architectural styles. They are hero pieces that captivate without dominating a space.
Take the elegant, wave-like Mediterrània, designed to reflect the soft ripples and serenity of the sea after which it is named. It features a handwoven, synthetic polyethylene fibre shade, which offers a natural aesthetic with the benefits of longevity. The extensive Nans range plays with textural weaving in different shapes and sizes and with variation in technique. The luminaires look especially striking when clustered together and hung at varying heights.
More structural is the Maxi pendant. Originally an indoor piece crafted from handwoven satin ribbon, the outdoor version mimics the same soft form in medium-density polyethylene. Characterised by its elongated, cylindrical shape, this chic pendant works as a solitary statement or grouped with others.
As its name suggests, the Soft pendant is gentle in both shape and feel. Its patterned silicone shade, which resembles Bohemian glassware, emits a warm, downward-directed light, ideal over a dining table or bar area for atmospheric entertaining.
Joana Bover’s vision – to create light that is warm and welcoming and to elevate the handmade – remains at the core of the company’s ethos, ensuring that each Bover piece provides comfort, beauty and tranquillity. It’s an ethos that resonates deeply with Creative Lighting Solutions and its relaxed Byron Bay locale.
