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Seraphín
​Spark + Bell

Seraphín, a pendant made from recycled CD cases saved from landfill, has won both a Build Back Better GOLD and GREEN Award in the lighting category.

With over 120 CD cases in each three-tier chandelier, Seraphín keeps over eight kilograms of plastic from going to waste.
Certified B Corp lighting studio, Spark & Bell, says that the plastic for the light is unique to the studio.
Designed by Spark & Bell’s founder, Emer Gillespie, the light is the studio’s most opulent piece to date and the first to be designed for commercial interiors. 
The Seraphín uses crystalline drops made from the ‘Jewel’ recycled plastic, giving an ethereal quality to its cascading, multi-tiered design. 
Adding a sense of weightless movement, these pill-shaped drops diffuse and spread light with an aura-like quality for a mesmerising centre piece. 
In keeping with Spark & Bell’s ethos of functional, flexible lighting design, Seraphín is available in a full three-tiered version, as well as one and two-tiered options. 
Letting designers adapt the piece to fit spaces, Seraphín is made-to-order from a maximum diameter of 570mm and 850mm height to a minimum of 390mm x 400mm. 
Using a recycling and forming process developed over several years in the studio’s Brighton workshop, every drop is hand-worked for a crafted feel, yet with a consistency of size and finish that ensures every light upholds the requirements for high-quality, durable pieces. 
The chandelier, which is made in their Brighton workshop, is designed to be fully repairable through the studio’s lifetime repair service. 
Emer Gillespie, studio founder and designer, explains more about the statement light: ‘We’ve been thinking about and designing this light for a while,’ says Gillespie, studio founder and designer. ‘We tested various iterations until we had a light that was both balanced and adaptable. 
‘It certainly feels like a Spark & Bell piece in its form and making the drops with our Jewel recycled plastic has let us explore the unique quality of the material at scale and with a presence we’ve not explored before. 
‘It was really important that our biggest-ever piece stayed true to our mentality of responsible material use and enduring quality and the Seraphín chandelier has achieved this to give interiors a beautiful statement light made with reclaimed and locally sourced materials. We’re really proud of this showpiece and how it upholds our purpose-driven approach.’