Laokoon creates lighting that is tactile, organic and surreal
When you take a look at Laokoon’s shading systems or wall art, it is of little surprise that the company began as a collaboration between a Hungarian textile artist and an industrial designer. Zsuzsanna Szentirmai-Joly started out designing bags before moving on to unconventional lighting made of woven fabric. Organic in structure, her Laokoon lamps resemble iridescent scaly skin in brilliant Technicolor.
Based on the mythological figure Laocöon, who was attacked, along with his sons, by sea snakes, the ever-changing surfaces of the lamps (and murals) evoke waves and serpents and lend the impression of both a flexible, moving snakeskin-like weave - they look as if they are in motion by emulating a dynamic state that is frozen in time. These unique 3D, transformable lights are made of paper, leather, metal, wood, cork or plastic and though they appear as if they are free-moving, the whole structure is held in place by a special, state-of-the-art linking technique.
Laokoon founder Szentirmai-Joly says: “My dream has always been that Laokoon becomes a dialogue of design. It is all about interaction: vision vs. material, action vs. reaction. I approach design with the intention to trigger visual pleasure on micro and macro levels. I want to display a delicate and precise design for those who are looking at Laokoon from a close distance, and I want to dazzle those who are standing further away.”
Laokoon will unveil brand new collections during Downtown Design 2016: the Drop table lamp, the Medusa table lamp and the Medusa Thorus lamp, and the Babel table lamp.
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