Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life.
Occupation: Designer
Instagram: @mary_wallis_studio
Home Town: Melbourne, Australia
Studio Location: NYC
Describe what you make: Sculptural lighting
The most important thing you’ve designed to date: The Light Line table lamp in neon. I designed it while I was still a student at Parsons and Anthropologie picked it up. It started my studio.
Describe the problem your work solves: As LED technology evolves, we are moving beyond the constraints of the traditional A-type Edison bulb. I’m working on a new design vocabulary for these emerging technologies. I think we’re in a golden age of lighting design.
Share the project you are working on now: An organic LED mobile called Snow Mobile. The OLEDs are paper-thin and feather-light, which allows for such a delicate, floating structure.
What you absolutely have to have in your studio: A kettle for tea.
What you do when you’re not working: Sailing. In the summer I sail on New York Harbor after work.
Sources of creative envy (dead or alive): Mother nature
The distraction you want to eliminate: The Staten Island ferry. Just kidding! She’s the queen of New York Harbor and gives way to no-one.
Concrete or marble? Marble
High-Rise Or Townhouse? High-rise. I live on the 46th floor looking out over the water because I like to see the weather coming over the horizon.
Remember Or Forget? Remember
Aliens Or Ghosts? Ghosts
Dark Or Light? You need both. It’s all one.
