Brazilian designer Claudia Salles Moreira is the focus of New York gallery Espasso's exhibition, 'Fine Tuning'. Photography: Eliseu Cavalcante

巴西设计师经常使用本土材料来赋予他们的创作独特的优势，但很少有人冒险超越该国独特的森林。对于她最新的灯光收集，“Stina，FINA”，设计师Claudia Moreira Salles用铌，一种光泽的灰色稀有金属，原产于巴西，在不同的温度下操纵，产生一系列充满活力的颜色。

她说，除了几件珠宝，我从未见过用这种金属做的东西。使用一种受控的电解过程，铌可以在不使用任何颜料的情况下获得一种颜色谱，它产生的结果与阳极化铝或任何其他着色或涂有油漆的金属不同。我被彩虹色和令人惊讶的色彩所吸引。

莫雷拉·萨勒斯(Moreira Salles)将铌制成半球形灯罩，这些灯罩一旦着色，就会与回收的木质底座和部件并列，在体积和重量上保持微妙的平衡。限量版的照明将于本月在设计画廊Espasso的纽约空间展示Moreira Salles的新家具系列。

The exhibition showcases a new series of lighting made from niobium, a material traditionally used in aeronautical manufacturing. Pictured: 'FM' table lamp, 2016. Photography: Eliseu Cavalcante

The show also presents a series of original furniture designed by Salles Moreira, in collaboration with Etel Interiores and Espasso, including coffee tables (left) and a reedition of Salles Moreira’s popular 'Canguru' desk (pictured right, with the designer). Photography: Eliseu Cavalcante

'Standby' coat hangers, 2016. Photography: Eliseu Cavalcante

Salles Moreira's lamp shades are wrapped in sheets of the malleable metal...

...and then dipped in a chemical bath to be cured, revealing a fantastic array of colors

keywords:Espasso, Lighting, Furniture design, New York exhibitions, Brazilian design

关键词：Espasso，照明，家具设计，纽约展览，巴西设计