Emily was inspired by the "James Bond Islands" series by Andreas Gursky, where digitally arranged landforms appear to float above a flat horizon line. Their heterogenous shapes still read as a family; singular, organic, pyramidal silhouettes held together by proportion and distance.

This logic was translated into a series of lampshades that can be suspended in relation to one another, creating a floating landscape of light. Depending on height and colour composition, Emily can shift character and read differently within the room.

From the beginning, Emily was conceived as a metal object; material known for its structural integrity and the way it evolves over time.

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However, producing these shapes at small scale challenged conventional tooling. Instead of large industrial presses, we returned to older methods of free-form metal forming, similar to those used in early automotive workshops.

Each shade is cut, bent, formed, welded and sanded by hand.
A complex physical process that gives Emily its natural,
organic geometry.