MOTARASU • CHO
Floor lamp
Shade in translucent, white PVC, black powder coated steel base, black cord with built in dimmer. E14 socket for dimmable LED light bulbs. Designed by Ernst / Bartholin Jensen. Motarasu edition.
REF. 94495
W.31 x H.57 x D.60cm
In Stock
CHO lamps are the result of a study on shapes that appear when adding pressure to an oval piece of paper. A sheet with two curved pressings, gently wedged into a slim metal frame. As a wing catch carrying itself resiliently between two pylons. Here it unfolds into a poetic shade that spurs on creative interpretation of the beholder and changes at the point of view.
Cho means butterfly in Japanese which is how the shape speaks to the designers. The lightness of the shade meeting the solidity of the steel base, white meeting black.
The lamp comes in two sizes. The large version with the long legs is ideal as a floor lamp, slightly offset from the wall, while the little one is intended as a table lamp for the windowsill, dresser or desk. With its semi-matte translucent shade, CHO provides a diffused and calm light, and its sculptural silhouette appears elegant and glorious in the room.
Ernst / Bartholin Jensen strive to create furniture and lamps with a fine and glorious personality. Always based on the potential of materials and with a twist in functionality and expression.
Anne-Mette Bartholin Jensen and Morten Ernst met at The Royal Academy of Architecture where they graduated in 1998. Their studies cultivated "the furniture in a given space" as well as "the space within the furniture" as their approach to design. Early on they founded their design studio in Christianshavn, Copenhagen and have received several awards throughout their careers.
"CHO is our first lamp design that evolved from the playful study of the shapes of a piece of paper. We hope the sculptural quality will speak through the interaction with the end user.” - Anne-Mette Bartholin Jensen and Morten Ernst
MOTARASU was founded in Denmark in 2019 by Mikkel Zebitz. Like many other Danes before him, Mikkel was inspired by the distinct Japanese design and aesthetics. But where classic Danish design icons as well as contemporary designers to a wide extent merely have let Japan act as an inspiration, Mikkel wanted to change this – “motarasu” means “to change” in Japanese – by uniting the designers of the two nations to create contemporary design together.
Art and nature are the key elements in all of MOTARASU designs and the end-result are poetic, tactile and functional objects. MOTARASU works out of the showroom in Copenhagen with private clients, architects, galleries, and high-end retailers internationally.
“There is a clear common thread in the design style of Japan and Denmark, both nations focusing on the beauty of raw materials, quality and a simplistic philosophy. I wanted to establish a platform for designers from both countries to be able to inspire and be inspired by each other.” – Mikkel Zebitz
