In the first of a new series of collaborations, Swarovski tapped four leading designers—Andre Kikoski, S. Russell Groves, Stephen Burks, and Todd Bracher—to work with its renowned in-house team to dream up modern chandelier silhouettes. And while the designs are certainly striking from a distance, it’s the up-close experience that sets them apart, such as the revelations that the “arms” of the Crystal Empire (above) are leather, not metal, and the moonlight on-snow effect of the ReveaLED is actually produced by thousands of faceted crystals. “I thought it should be about seduction,” says Kikoski. “The closer you look, the better it gets.”Illustration by Bella Foster
