From golden to fiery red, lush or withered, the rustle of autumn leaves is the whisper of life. In this season, even the leaves falling from the branches give people a poetic beauty that everything will eventually return to the original. Inspired by nature, Larose Guyon, a design studio in Quebec, Canada, injects the light, shadow and color of autumn into handmade lighting installations, integrating natural elements with design, art and functionality, creating a resonance of nature's eternal beauty and luxury . They seem to be calling out to the busy people who are used to city life: "Go to nature, where you will find a long-lost tranquility."
The founders of the studio, Audrée L. Larose and Félix Guyon, draw inspiration from the natural environment far away from the hustle and bustle and the strong cultural atmosphere of the Verchères area where they are located. Through unique design, high-quality materials and craftsmanship, they reinterpret the ever-changing surroundings. The landscape, using art and design to record the four seasons they observed. Larose Guyon uses design works such as lighting installations as a medium to further seek the connection between people and their own roots and spaces. Automne, which means autumn in French, is a series of limited edition lighting design works launched by the studio, each of which is handmade by Verchères artisans. The brass leaves wrapped in 24kt pure gold show lifelike textures, and the Automne series lamps bring autumn-like warmth and ever-changing light to the space, which is Larose Guyon's hymn to autumn.
Duvet des Chardons uses a total of 350 meters of golden metal chains to imitate the organic form of thistles in the family Asteraceae. The use of metal materials shows the lightness of plant corymbs. Fleur de Velours draws inspiration from the common staghorn sumac tree in North America. Under the light, the handmade copper narrow leaflets show different hues, echoing the variety of colors of staghorn sumac leaves in different seasons. Valse au Crepuscule, the delicate metal leaves look like golden ginkgo leaves from a distance, and they look like hundreds of butterflies and moths waltzing in the twilight.
Draw inspiration from nature and give back to nature. Studio Larose Guyon has partnered with non-profit organization One Tree Planted to use a portion of the profits from each Automne collection to plant 1,000 trees for each piece sold. This means that once the series is sold out, nearly 50,000 trees will be added to the planet we live on, and customers who buy Automne series lamps will be able to choose the area where the trees are planted. Life has an end, but human creativity will always be endless because of the inexhaustible inspiration in nature. The fleeting scene and the quick flash of inspiration will last forever.
