Dan McMahon
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Based in Brooklyn, NY
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Made in response to the annual NYC design week exhibition Paraphernalia, Paper Lamp 03 leans into the otherworldly qualities of the material and process of my paper lamps for the 2026 show’s theme: Alien.
While the paper floor lamp features simple, restrained geometries - Paper Lamp 03 explores more organic shapes that nod to the iconic ribbed cocoon lamps of midcentury designers like George Nelson and the Castiglioni brothers. However, because the paper form is self-supporting, no internal skeleton remains inside the finished lamp.
To emphasize this, the design uses a chunky, rounded framework during the molding process to further draw attention to the lack of shadow lines in the finished lamp.