Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky Collaborates with Designer Chrissa Amuah to Create a Bespoke Light Fixture
Chrissa Amuah with her light fixture, 2.81.
Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky has partnered with Chrissa Amuah to create a brilliant light fixture in continuation of the Mortlach by Design program. Channeling the complex, multi-step distillation process that makes Mortlach unique, Amuah’s multifaceted light fixture shares the journey of Mortlach from its origin to the final product. Launching this week, this bespoke piece is another pillar in the Mortlach by Design program, which has engaged some of the world’s best designers including Luca Nichetto, Sabine Marcelis, Felicia Ferrone, and Joe Doucet to create bespoke pieces, culminating in the ultimate whisky experience.
The light fixture is aptly named 2.81 after the number of times that Mortlach whisky is distilled - a completely unique process that has been passed down for generations. In 1897, when Dr. Alexander Cowie formulated this distillation process, he did so knowing that it was a different way of making whisky. In following his instinct, he created something daring and new. ‘The Way’ is akin to having three distilleries at one still house; in parallel, the 2.81 light fixture is designed with many conceptual, physical and material layers, which when unified stand as a beautifully complex light fixture. 2.81 is formed by a variety of technologies, processes, textures and materials that when united create a constant and intricate lighting fixture, symbolic of each of the stages that create Mortlach whisky.
