Live under the stars with Starfall
Light! With this brand-new
constellation, you can go to sleep or
dine under the stars every night.
INSPIRED BY NATURE
The best ideas come forth when the
mind is totally at peace. And the most
beautiful way to quiet the mind is to be
in nature and gaze at a star-studded
night sky. Anna Lindgren and Sofia
Lagerkvist spent a lot of time outdoors
in the Swedish forests at night. With the
low population density in the Nordic
country, it wasn’t hard for them to
find a spot in the forest where it was
completely dark, void from any light
pollution. The idea for Starfall came to
them when looking at the stars in one
of those dark places. They wondered
if they could create something
that would give you that feeling of
sitting underneath a starry sky. They
eventually created the Starfall Light.
DERIVED FROM SCIENCE
Front first worked on an installation
for the Science Museum in London.
Collaborating with the European
Space Agency, they created a gigantic
installation of the 800 closest stars
to earth. They were given a map with
the distance of each star, and hung
light sources from different heights,
to simulate a dimensional installation
of those 800 stars. The installation
would become the first technical step
for the Starfall Light. Front created an
upside-down chandelier comprising
multiple ‘stars’, hanging from different
lengths that create that same three-
dimensional effect, as if you’re really
stargazing. With the Starfall Light,
you can always live under the stars!
Front, designers of Starfall Light (photograph by Christopher Hunt).
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