danish design global studies, copenhagen | summer 2019knife-cut walnut, glue, light bulb, chorded socket 18"h 10"d
Tasked to design a lamp that would dwell comfortably in a typical modern Danish home within constraints of limited maker space, available materials, tools, and time, my prototype draws inspiration from Louis Poulsen’s iconic and dynamic lighting forms that have defined Danish lighting since 1874 (Henningsen for Poulsen below left) and Denmark’s ancient past as revealed in the Viking exhibits on permanent display in the National Museum of Denmark.
For the user to feel as if they are observing a fire emanating from between the cracks of a Viking longhouse (above right), walnut was selected, a darker wood, to mimic the hue of the fossilized wood and artifacts recovered in bogs in northern Denmark, exuding a sense of home and hearth.
