Things go around, things come around—such is the way in life as it is in the microcosmic world of A+D. The egg and everything ovoid has been an aesthetic force in product design since who knows when (I was going to say the mid twentieth century, but I think it’s probably an ancient form, given that the egg symbolizes life). Humans must really be narcissists at heart, because we truly enjoy anything that reminds us of our own lives (or of our own triumphs over death—you might argue that, in fact, this drive forms the basis for all art—the drive to overcome our own mortality and produce something, like a Grecian urn, that might live on forever). And in case it’s insufficient for your egg-inspired objects to decorate your home’s interiors, you can now take the ova outside: Foscarini’s Gregg by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba comes in both indoor and outdoor versions.

Gregg. Designed by Foscarini.

Egg-Shaped Indoor/Outdoor Lighting

This table lamp appears like a glowing egg, its satinized free-blown glass cradling some pulsating life form as yet unborn. Foscarini describes Gregg with the loving language of a parent: “An organic, elegant and familiar shape that does not use pure geometry as its point of reference.” The oospore is available in three sizes, so you can enjoy the petite allure of the small egg, the considerable weight of the medium egg, and the oversized grandiosity of the large egg. Miniaturized or enlarged, Gregg takes on the fantastic connotations of the natural world gone awry—a shift in scale always works to intrigue us, and this is perhaps best illustrated with the egg subject, the subject of our own creation (symbolically, of course, since humans are not incubated in shells–not yet anyway).

Via Otto.