When Lana Launay couldn’t find the lampshades she was after, she started making her own. It wasn’t a stretch. The Sydney-based artist has a background in jewelry making, textile design, and visual arts, and applied a range of these skills, improvisation included, to create her first pieces. That was during the start of the pandemic, and Lana’s has since attracted a cult following for her geometric lighting that evoke by turns lunar landing craft and a homespun take on Art Deco.
Watch and you’ll start to notice Lana’s sculptural forms hanging from the rafters of a chic new hotel or standing rakishly in a crowded gallery. Lana works with natural materials, such as handmade paper, beeswax, and coffee-stained raffia. She makes her pieces on request for clients in Australia and takes international orders through Love House in New York, and sells select designs at Claude Home, also in NYC. Of her practice, Lana says, “I explore the interplay of materiality, form, and illumination.”
