A modern take on Alexander Calder’s kinetic mobiles, Snow Mobile is a celebration of the ethereal properties of organic LEDs. Paper-thin and feather-light, the LED discs emit a perfectly even illumination, permitting a sculptural arrangement of light within a delicate, floating structure. Snow Mobile satisfies the low energy requirement and extended lifetime (100,000 hours) required for environmental sustainability, while simultaneously pushing the design language of lighting forward. The future is bright.
Snow Mobile explores the intersection of visionary design and emerging technology to address the ecological challenges of our time. Born from a materials-driven curiosity, the work engages the alchemy of light as both structure and atmosphere. A study in weightlessness, its illuminated discs are suspended in calibrated equilibrium; an aerial balance and luminous topography that invites the observer to linger within its quiet, ethereal glow.
A project by
Mary Wallis/Mary Wallis Studio
Mary Wallis is a New York-based designer who creates sculptural lighting at the intersection of material exploration and design history. Her lifelong fascination with the orderly beauty of nature would lead her to study biology, receiving her Ph.D. in genetics, before studying design at Parsons and at the Pratt Institute. Her materials-driven practice reflects the city’s lineage of design shaped by craftsmanship, experimentation, and cultural exchange. Her work appears in private residences, cultural institutions, and design exhibitions internationally, and sits comfortably within historic interiors and contemporary spaces alike.