Matt Gagnon spent five days as window dressing during Design Week. The designer stood in the front display at the Future Perfect shop in NoHo, treating passersby to a live demonstration as he created his signature Prototype lamps out of materials such as wool yarn, cotton rope, and surgical tubing.
This overhead lamp stems from Los Angeles designer Matt Gagnon’s fascination with open-truss roof structures and the intimate interior space they create. Here, wool yarn wrapped around the inside of a poplar frame contrasts with the crisp cotton rope on the exterior.
An overlapping articulated asymmetrical design, rendered in a smooth ceramic pendant by industrial and bespoke product designer Matt Gagnon, creates softly glowing shadows and shapes.
Los Angeles furniture designer and maker Tanya Aguiñiga was raised in Tijuana, Mexico. Her highly emotional, tactile, and colorful work combines furniture design and community activism. Covered in hand-knitted cotton rope, these modular compact fluorescent lights plug right in to a socket; no fancy adaptor required.
