An extreme expression of subtraction, uniting optics and electronics as an answer to the ultimate challenge: the absence of structural support and the essence of light.
Nulla is a project that represents both the beginning and end of our work on light.
It’s the beginning, in the sense that we have always been looking for absolute light, one coming from a distance, almost without a source. It’s the end in that every time we look at Nulla, we feel as though we can’t get it better than that. Nulla generates light and propagates mystery. Nulla is the most generous of our lamps. Its sole objective is to hide and give all the attention to whatever it is lighting. What we see is only a tiny black hole, as if it were drawn on the ceiling.
A circle in the ceiling hiding a very bright LED and lens to project the light.
XXIII Compasso d'Oro ADI Award 2014
Davide Groppi is an Italian lighting brand founded in 1988, known for poetic, minimalist luminaires that blend emotion, simplicity, and technical innovation. The company creates refined decorative and architectural lighting for residential, hospitality, retail, and cultural spaces worldwide.
About
Founded in Piacenza in the late 1980s, Davide Groppi built an independent lighting studio centered on simplicity, weightlessness, and emotion. His award-winning collections, including Sampei and Nulla, transformed contemporary lighting through minimal forms and theatrical atmospheres. Recognized internationally and featured in hospitality, retail, and cultural spaces worldwide, his work merges artistic experimentation with technical innovation, becoming a benchmark of modern Italian lighting design.
