ionna vautrin: forêt illuminée for super ette

‘forêt illuminée‘ by ionna vautrin image by felipe ribon

french designer ionna vautrin has created ‘forêt illuminée’ for super-ette editions featured in the emerging design editions exhibition at ilivetomorrow with buymedesign in hong kong until the 30th of november, 2011. the 40cm x 25cm x 50cm floor lamp was imagined as two cloud-like, interlaced minimalistic trees. a sewn-tyvek® exterior envelops a diffused beam; the glowing structure upheld by two birch wood cylinders.

the lamp before illumination image by felipe ribon

“two entwined trees, an imaginary animal, a cloud skimming the ground… forêt illuminée is a fairy-tale lamp, the indolent evocation of undergrowth weighted down beneath white snow for an urban reader lounging beside an imaginary fire.” -super-ette editions

conceptual sketch of ‘forêt illuminée’ image by gabriel de vinne 

conceptual drawing of the lamp constructed with a third trunk image by gabriel de vinne

conceptual sketch of the minimalistic ‘forêt illuminée’ lamp image by gabriel de vinne