Mary Wallis Debuts Springtide and Snow Mobile Lighting Collections
Award-winning contemporary lighting designer Mary Wallis debuted the Springtide and Snow Mobile collections during NYCxDesign. The collections feature geometric, sculptural hand-produced floor and hanging lights. The Snow Mobile is a nod to Alexander Calder and incorporates organic LED technology with paper-thin OLEDs. Wallis founded her eponymous studio in 2012 after studying design at Parsons and Pratt Institute, following a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Cambridge in 2006. Her Light Line table lamp in neon, designed as a student at Parsons, was picked up by Anthropologie and launched her studio. Wallis describes her work as sculptural lighting, aiming to create a new design vocabulary for emerging LED technologies. She sails on New York Harbor after work and lives on the 46th floor overlooking the water.
Key facts
- Mary Wallis debuted Springtide and Snow Mobile collections at NYCxDesign.
- Snow Mobile is a nod to Alexander Calder.
- Snow Mobile uses organic LEDs that are paper-thin and feather-light.
- Wallis founded her studio in 2012.
- She studied design at Parsons and Pratt Institute.
- She earned a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Cambridge in 2006.
- Her Light Line table lamp was picked up by Anthropologie.
- Wallis sails on New York Harbor after work.
Entities
Artists
- Mary Wallis
- Alexander Calder
Institutions
- Parsons School of Design
- Pratt Institute
- University of Cambridge
- Anthropologie
Locations
- New York City
- NYCxDesign
- New York Harbor
- Melbourne, Australia