Future Flora by Tord Boontje

Tord Boontje has designed some new lampshades which caught my eye and I thought I'd try them at Radiance. 'Future Flora'. The name says it all really. They are based on flower forms which is Tord's main source of inspiration, but are very futurisitc...kind of like alien flowers from another planet!

As usual the design is fantastic. They are made from laser etched steel and come flat packed in a tiny package. They come with clear step by step instructions....there is a kind of dial in the middle and you line up all the lettered petals with the letters on the dial

until they are all layed out like this ...

Then you hang it up on a lamp holder and open out all the petals until you get your desired shape.



Here it is on the website.