Designheure
Designheure makes fabric pendants, chandeliers and wall lights by hand in Sète, in the south of France, each one to order. We carry the full Designheure lighting range in Ottawa, and some of it is installed in our showroom.
Selected pieces
Made under one roof in Sète
Designheure’s design studio, engineering office, assembly workshop and shipping all sit under one roof in Sète, on the Mediterranean coast, where the company has made everything since 2005. Each light is assembled to order. It’s tested before it leaves.
Fabric, worked by hand
Designheure calls its craft the art of the textile light. The workshop covers, pleats and mounts each shade on its frame by hand, and the coloured fabric cords that carry the power are part of the design. On Nuage, the cord’s curve is what you see first. A fabric light can sound hard to keep. Designheure designs its pieces to be repaired: the electrical parts come out, and Designheure says a worn or damaged shade can be replaced without changing the whole light.
When fabric isn't the whole story
Some collections bring in other materials. Fleur de Kaolin uses Limoges porcelain from Haviland. Eau de Lumière sets each fabric shade with solid oak or white Carrara marble.
Sized to the room
Many pieces are built to adjust, and colours and sizes can be changed for a project. For a Nuage chandelier, the workshop cuts the cables and cords to your ceiling, so it arrives ready to install. Fleur de Kaolin is a different case: its six-module chandelier needs a ceiling of at least 3.2 metres, about ten and a half feet. Check the height first.
See Designheure in our showroom
Whether you’re specifying for a client or choosing for your own home, book a visit to our Ottawa showroom to see Nuage, Nénuphar and Paris-Hanoï in person. Or get in touch, and we’ll go through the full Designheure range with you.