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Mads Odgård
A SERIES TO LIGHT UP ANY SPACE
This MO300 - MO330 Lighting Series is a collection of four exquisitely minimalistic lamps designed to bring a sense of serenity and warmth into any interior space.
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Inspired by the comforting effect that light has on the human experience, especially during the dark days of winter, Danish designer Mads Odgård chose to focus on two simple and familiar shapes for the Lighting Series: the hemisphere and the cylinder, forms with clear, logical connections to natural light.
The Lighting Series consists of a wall lamp, floor lamp, table lamp, and a pendant lamp – each of which was designed to serve a specific function. Because the forms of the cylinder and hemisphere are featured in all four lamps, the individual models work together to create a sense of calm through repetition. With this in mind, all four lamps can be used in different ways within the same environment, or several of the same lamps can be used together to bring a sense of harmony and comfort to a space.
Born 1960
Award-winning designer Mads Odgård brings a deeply rational and minimalist approach to his work as an industrial and product designer. Whether developing a new lamp series, a piece of furniture, or a collection of cutlery, Odgård maintains a strict focus on efficiency and clarity of form.
Trained at the Danish School of Decorative Art, part of the School of Arts and Crafts (the alma mater of Hans J. Wegner, and Børge Mogensen among others), Odgård has also explored automotive design at ArtCenter Europe in Switzerland and worked as a designer and model builder for LEGO, where his love of geometric shapes, logic, and minimalism thrived. Mads Odgård is a recipient of a Red Dot Award, an America’s I.D. award, and a Design Plus prize (Germany). The new MO Lamp Series is the designer’s first collaboration with Carl Hansen & Søn. The series is based on simple shapes that symbolize light’s comforting effect on people throughout all four seasons. In a serene and subtle way, each of the MO330 Lightning Series is designed to complement Carl Hansen & Søn’s furniture collection while also reinforcing the story of Danish Design and the quest for a timeless aesthetic rooted in simplicity and quality.
MADS ODGÅRD
CLASSIC DESIGN
