Love, Light and La Lup: willowlamp’s Big Love Clover Creates the Signature Mood of Vision Apartments Bucharest

In Bucharest, a city where layers of history meet a growing contemporary energy, the arrival experience holds real importance. At Vision Apartments in Bucharest and its destination restaurant La Lup Bistro, that experience begins with light. Not functional light, but sculptural, emotional light that sets the tone the moment a guest steps inside. This is where willowlamp’s Big Love Clover collection takes centre stage.

Handmade in Cape Town and installed in Romania, the chandeliers and wall sconces create a warm, inviting and unmistakably sculptural moment. They signal care, atmosphere and an identity that guests feel immediately.

A Concept Born on Lion’s Head in Cape Town

The Big Love Clover has an origin story that could only belong to designer Adam Hoets. While walking on Lion’s Head with his wife Jackie, they stumbled upon a patch of four-leaf clovers. Jackie insisted that Adam design something inspired by this rare symbol of luck. Adam held onto the idea for years, waiting for the right way to express it.

He explains that he did not want a literal extrusion of a clover. It felt too simple and lacked emotional richness. The concept stayed quietly in his subconscious until the solution finally revealed itself: looping metal chain into voluptuous heart shapes that echo both romance and the universal symbol of the four-leaf clover. The name Love Clover is a playful joining of these two ideas. This eventually evolved into the Baby Love and Big Love Clover pendants and chandeliers now part of willowlamp’s permanent collection.

For the Vision Apartments project, this existing design proved to be exactly what the space required. The only challenge lay in the building’s low ceilings, which meant the chandelier could not hang as a suspended fixture. Instead, willowlamp reconfigured the design into a ceiling mounted version with the main frame fixed directly to the surface. The sculptural intent stayed intact while meeting the architectural constraints of the restaurant.

Lighting as the Sensory Foundation of La Lup

In hospitality, first impressions matter. Lighting is often the element that shapes mood before a guest has even registered the furniture or finishes. At La Lup, the Big Love Clover plays this role with clarity and confidence.

Adam describes the atmosphere of the restaurant as romantic, avant garde and highly sophisticated. The chandelier communicates this intention immediately. It provides a soft, sensorial glow while acting as a sculptural focal point that draws the eye and sets the emotional temperature of the room.

The lighting is not designed to illuminate tasks. Instead, it creates presence. It invites guests to slow down, absorb the surroundings and experience the space with all senses engaged.

Layered Lighting Begins With Intent, Not Technology

In willowlamp’s practice, technology is not the driver of design. It is a tool that allows atmosphere to take shape. Adam is clear that if a system cannot support the emotional objective of a piece, it is the wrong system. The final outcome must feel balanced and uncomplicated, even when the engineering behind it is complex.

At La Lup, this approach results in a chandelier that integrates smoothly into the lighting scheme. The Big Love Clover sets the emotional tone while architectural lighting provides function, creating a layered composition where the atmosphere leads and the technical work remains beautifully quiet.

A Tailored Approach to Customisation

willowlamp’s work spans several levels of custom design. The first involves tailoring existing designs through adjustments in scale, drop length, finish or mounting. The next involves expanding or modifying designs for new contexts. The third level includes original commissions and large scale installations that require conceptual invention from the ground up.

Each level demands a unique approach in order to honour both the design intent and the practical needs of the space.

For Vision Apartments, the project sat within the first level. The studio selected finishes appropriate to the warm palette of La Lup and tailored the Big Love Clover into a ceiling mounted version to accommodate the low ceilings. The result feels bespoke even though the core design comes from the permanent willowlamp collection.

Lighting that Defines Identity

The placement of this lighting collection in Vision Apartments and La Lup gives the space a distinctive identity. They appear in the lobby, in transitional zones and again in the restaurant, creating a cohesive lighting language.

Their sculptural presence does more than provide illumination. It enhances the brand’s hospitality philosophy and turns the guest journey into a memorable sequence of atmospheric moments.

The lighting does not just brighten the room. It gives the space a sense of heart and intention.