Egg

The Egg was designed in 1998 by Peter Ellis, Tammy Chiew and Gabriel Tam, and is one of the oldest pieces in the NEOZ range. The brief was as simple as the form: a hand-blown glass lamp that hides its mechanism entirely and reads as a glowing object rather than a lit one. Twenty-seven years on, it does the same job, in the same shape, with the same patience.

The Egg has always been built for the alfresco life. Rated to IP64 and weighted to hold its own in wind, it sits as comfortably on a stone wall or a poolside ledge as it does on a dining table. You will find it lighting Tali Wiru Dining under the stars at Uluru, on the tables at Otto in Brisbane, at the Shangri-La Kowloon in Hong Kong, and at Gordon Ramsay Burger in Busan.

In 2003, Peter Ellis added a second variant. The Egg Fritted retains the same form but introduces hand-painted white glass frits, fired into the surface to create a textured, marbled pattern. Each Fritted lamp emerges from the kiln slightly different from the next, with its own pattern of light and shade.