The Swan XL Floor Lamp by Eero Aarnio
Finnish designer Eero Aarnio has created the Swan XL Floor Lamp for the Helsinki, Finland based manufacturer Martela.
The new Swan XL is a larger version of the Swan table lamp, which was introduced earlier. Swan XL is a floor lamp designed to go next to the armchair of an avid reader. It provides a focal point that looks equally impressive in private homes as well as public spaces – anywhere that requires a good spotlight.
Floor lamps are made up of three parts: the base, the stand and the shade. “I wanted to give these components a new, modern form and this led to the creation of Swan XL. It is not just a larger version of the table lamp, however. I’ve altered the dimensions to make it work better as a floor lamp. To ensure that the design was functional, I made life-size drawings of the XL version to see what it would look like next to my favourite armchair,” Eero Aarnio says.
Visit Eero Aarnio’s website – here. Visit the Martela website – here.
john does Amsterdam on 17 Apr 2009 at 4:01 am #
this thing is monstrous!
i’d buy it in a heartbeat. hands down.
Terry Glenn Phipps on 18 Apr 2009 at 1:32 pm #
He never fails to be fabulous. I went to look at his website and all it makes me think of is what a total plagiarists people like Greg Lynn actually are.
Terry Glenn Phipps
Architect on 18 Apr 2009 at 4:20 pm #
Terry, How can you possibly make a statement like that? What does this have to do with Greg Lynn other than that they both have blobby chairs?
Back to the lamp. It seems kind of cool, but is it really as big as it appears? Using a dog for scale is wacky.