MOTARASU • RON
Suspension lamp
Shade made with paper treated with coating to prevent from water and stains. Handmade bamboo top and bottom. Designed by Toshiyuki Tani. Motarasu edition. Light source (not included) is an incandescent E27 60W bulb or equivalent LED.
REF. 94625
Diam.46 x H.35cm
Electric wire 300cm
Ready to deliver in 2 a 3 months
The RON pendant combines the bamboo craftsmanship of the artist with the softness and warmth of the paper shade. The Japanese paper shade is made by the craftsmanship of Mito, which is one of Japan’s three largest lanterns makers. The paper is treated with coating to prevent from water and stains.
A unique feature is that the paper shade can be turned upside down and change the expression of the lamp.
Often paper lamps are constructed with bamboo or wire, but for the RON pendant the Japanese paper is instead wrapped around PET resin and starchy glue to let light through and reduce the shadow of the paper itself.
Toshiyuki Tani is the designer and crafter of unique lighting. He is a new generation of lighting designer and wishes to implement traditional woodcraft and bamboo-craft techniques into contemporary design. Tani has a degree from the Kobe Design University in Japan.
Toshiyuki Tani is noted for his approach of implementing traditional woodcraft and bamboo-craft techniques into contemporary design as well as his delicate sense of the interplay of light and shadow.
“I would like as many people as possible to play with the light, and feel the importance of passing down traditions.” - Toshiyuki Tani
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
