Sputnik Sweetheart: A French Designer's Handwoven Lights - Remodelista
“As a child I was totally crazy about Spirograph,” says French designer Julie Lansom. The daughter of an art dealer, Julie grew up in the countryside near Montpellier, France, surrounded by antiques and objets d’art. Photographs by Amandine Paulandré for Julie Lansom. Julie Lansom’s Sputnik Lamps range in price from €230 to €700, depending on the dimensions, and can be ordered directly from the designer. It takes Julie four days to create a single Sputnik Lamp–and about eight hours alone are devoted to weaving the yarn. The lamps are cotton yarn on an MDF frame. Julie works with a carpenter in Paris to design and build the structures, and each is customizable: Clients get to choose the shape, color of wood, and yarn palette. Named after the first orbiting satellites, the lamps are infused with “the retro-futuristic spirit of those ships,” Julie says. Julie often asks clients to send her photos of her lights in their homes. Are your rooms right for one of Julie’s designs? And for hundreds of other options, browse the Pendant Lights in our photo gallery.