Aki and Arnaud Cooren presented at the "Dignify by Design" Summit, held in Sanrta Fe, New Mexico, July 9-10. Their work was previously featured in the Winter 2022 issue of dignify magazine., which can be see by clidcking here: https://joom.ag/Sm5I. The work below is new work from their recent Carpenter's Workshop Gallery show, "Under The Reef," held 6 May - 16 August in New York.
The Ishigaki Lamps combine the natural elegance of bamboo with the harshness of metal and the fragile poetry of fabric. Each lamp projects light upward from a bulb in its base. As the light passes through the lampshade’s layers of linen, it creates a mesmerizing shadow on the ceiling, reminiscent of sunlight on the ocean’s surface as viewed from many meters underwater. The dappled combination of color and material produces an abstract intersection of fabric, liquid, and light, while the lamp’s verticality – becoming more solid towards its coral-inspired base – symbolizes the pressure of the ocean’s depths.
Italicized Text Courtesy of Carpenter's Workshop Gallery