Virtual Sanctuary — Created by Tom Hancocks
Print sconce, small globe in clear/frosted glass
With high-performance LEDs enclosed in a unique, prismatic shade, Print is the classic globe, elevated. Its striking surface, achieved by acclaimed designer Sylvain Willenz, is imprinted with a diamond texture that creates an understated, sparkling play of light. Offered in various finishes and fine-tuned for optimal light quality, Print’s versatile design works well across a range of applications—at home, in the workplace and in hospitality settings—as both a pendant and a flush mount, indoors and outdoors.
Installed overhead as a pendant or flush mount, or wall-mounted as a sconce, Print’s versatile, durable design easily specifies for indoor or outdoor use, in the workplace, over the dining table and beyond.
Known for his clarity of execution, award-winning designer Sylvain Willenz enhances the familiar globe with Print’s refined pattern and texture. Its distinct shade, offered in a range of finishes and imprinted with an elegant diamond grid, twinkles with an ambient play of light
Virtual Garden — Created by Tom Hancocks
Print sconce, large globe in clear/frosted glass
Industrial Designer
Sylvain Willenz is an award-winning, independent designer based in Brussels, Belgium. His celebrated approach to furniture, lighting, and textile design is distinguished by its striking graphic quality, combining clarity of function with elegance of form. Formerly an aspiring cartoonist, he’s described this approach as ligne claire — a drawing style defined by the boldness and simplicity of its outlines. Since founding Sylvain Willenz Design Office 2004, Willenz has won numerous international awards from iF, Red Dot and many others. In 2009, he was named Belgian Designer of the year, and in 2021, produced the Print collection with RBW.
Shop Talk is the interview series where RBW’s friends and collaborators discuss the ideas, discoveries, and inspirations that drive their design processes. For this edition, RBW co-founder Theo Richardson and award-winning, Brussels-based designer Sylvain Willenz discuss the creation of Print, their newly launched, collaborative collection.Read more
Shop Talk
10/30/2020
This year, we invited Hancocks to launch RBW’s visual artist residency, a new series of artist and designer collaborations aimed at creating unique visual experiences. As our first resident, Hancocks designed three immersive and stunningly detailed fictional environments—two workspaces and one resort—for RBW XR, our 360-degree, extended reality platform for viewing our products in situ. Here, Hancocks walks us through his subconscious approach to design, and describes the perks of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Shop Talk
02/03/2021
Here in our latest Shop Talk interview, we talk to MAFIA co-founder Marcos Mafia and Director of Sustainable Operations Mika Endo about the highlights of their artist and designer collaborations, the challenges of operating sustainably, and how much their brand has been shaped by their surroundings.
Shop Talk
08/19/2021
Shop Talk is the interview series where RBW’s friends and collaborators discuss the ideas, discoveries, and inspirations that drive their design processes. For this edition, RBW co-founder Theo Richardson and award-winning, Brussels-based designer Sylvain Willenz discuss the creation of Print, their newly launched, collaborative collection.