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Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson was born in 1967. He grew up in both Denmark and
Iceland. In 1995, he graduated from Denmark’s Design School in
Copenhagen. Immediately afterwards, he moved to Berlin and set
up Studio Olafur Eliasson. Currently, a team of more than 90 people
work and assist Eliasson in creating artwork and projects all over the
world, such as The Weather Project (2013) in the Turbine Hall at the
Tate Modern in London, and Riverbed (2014) at Louisiana Museum
of Modern Art, in Denmark. Eliasson lives and works in Copenhagen
and Berlin.
The light emitted by the OE Quasi Light distinguishes itself by the
fact that the built-in LED light in the outer aluminium frame shines
onto the inner white frame, which then, in turn, reflects the light
softly and spherically.
Eliasson’s fascination with the complexity and beauty of nature, of
human beings and of life itself shines through in the pendant.
The pendant is composed of two contrasting yet interlinked
geometric shapes. The outer layer is a rigid aluminium frame in the
shape of an icosahedron with 20 triangular faces. Seemingly floating
within the frame, is the inner form, a white polycarbonate reflector in
the geometry of a dodecahedron with 12 pentagonal faces.
The OE Quasi Light has been created to be long-lasting in several
ways. All the materials that make up the lamp are 100% recyclable
with the exception of the aluminium, which is 90% recyclable – and
all parts can be replaced.
