Bazaar Bizaar
The Bazaar Bizaar luminaire emerged from an immediate creative impulse during the art director’s Jakub Berdych Karpelis first visit in Artglass – his initial concept was completed on the very first evening. It is based on a direct engagement with traditional components used in lighting production, which become the fundamental building material of the entire composition. Familiar elements are assembled in new ways, layered and intertwined to create unexpected relationships. The design thus resembles a luminous patchwork, where each detail carries the trace of its original function as well as its new role. The whole composition feels playful and spontaneous, while at the same time revealing the aesthetic potential of the structural elements themselves. Bazaar Bizaar celebrates material, process, and the joy of discovering new forms. The luminaire is as bold as art itself.
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Jakub Berdych
Karpelis
Multidisciplinary designer and sculptor and co-founder of one of the best-known independent Czech design studios, Qubus Design Studio (2002), which simultaneously opened its showroom as the first Czech design shop and started the so-called new wave of Czech design under its own Qubus brand by producing its own collections.
In parallel, Jakub devotes himself primarily to his conceptual work with traditional materials such as glass, stone and porcelain. He is the author of a number of collections and products that have been offered by Moss Gallery New York or Mint Gallery London. His works are characterized by the permeation of applied and free art, and in 2018 he presented his free work at his first solo exhibition. His works on the border between art and design are represented in a number of museum and private collections.
Since 2008, he has been the artistic director of the largest Czech gallery design shop DOX by Qubus in the DOX Contemporary Art Center in Prague. Since the end of 2025, he has been working as the creative director of ARTGLASS.
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— Jakub Berdych Karpelis