Born from boyhood memories of adorning the family Christmas tree with “Lantern style” decorations that were somehow reminiscent of archetypal Asian paper lanterns; the Farolillo lamps evoke an universal fondness and familiarity from their elegant form. Th
e outer-shade is created with a slotted wood veneer cylinder that is secured circumferentially to an internal cylinder-diffuser. This arrangement allows the outershade to “billow-out” when compressed, achieving a “lantern shape” that can be played with an
d ordered, either in a subtle-shallow form or a dramatic-ballooned form