VANTOT

VANTOT is a Dutch lighting studio founded by the duo Sam and Esther, whose name translates from Dutch as ‘from to’ and describes its method: starting from a technique and ending with a finished product. Based in Breda, the studio looks for new applications for both emerging and antiquated technologies, treating electricity and light as materials to be re-read rather than fixed conventions.

VANTOT sculpts light to follow the contours of architecture, and its grid system allows light sculptures to be tailored in size and form, from a desk lamp to a chandelier for a lobby or an expansive piece for an atrium. The studio works through feasibility, technical drawings and production with specialist partners, and has realised pieces for DCW Éditions, such as Mono, and for Hollands Licht, alongside contract projects in Europe, Mexico and Australia.