Louise Campbell, the talented designer has now created Snow for Louis Poulsen; an unconventional home lighting fixture that brings a sense of winter light reflecting off snow right into a room.
In Snow, Louise Campbell has endeavoured to create soothing light that warms the spirit. She found inspiration in the ultimate Danish winter, abounding with pure, white snow that reflects a distinct light.
In Denmark, summertime is so light that artificial light sources are hardly needed, but in winter they are used 24 hours a day.
In her work with lighting, Louise Campbell strives to create interesting narratives that spring from her desire to bring nature’s beauty into our homes; Snow meets all the requirements of Louis Poulsen’s lighting philosophy in terms of light distribution and non-glare.
Snow is designed as two joining cones. The largest cone is the pole and stands directly on the floor, while the small cone forms the fixture heading.
Snow is made from 4 mm thick, twin-sheet formed acrylic, with a Seri graphed motif, and thus plays on the contrast between the material and the immaterial.
The motif consists of white dots in three sizes, reminiscent of snow falling. The snow motif is Seri graphed in layers, a method that produces an exquisite shadowy effect. The snow motif is graduated, diminishing in intensity as it gets farther from the light source.
Snow makes us feel the play of light, both indirectly through the Seri graphed motif and directly through the four openings that comprise the two cones in the geometric design.
The downlight cast from the open cone functions as a reading light.
Snow seems to hover above the floor, an effect that further integrates the fixture with the room, illuminating its surroundings.
Snow is 1505 mm high, with the fixture body measuring 350 mm at its widest diameter and 842 mm at its widest circumference.
The fixture is available in spring 2009.