CHINESE NEW YEAR LANTERNS – KAREN MILLEN

The Karen Millen Chinese New Year Lanterns is the direct continuation of the Christmas Window Display on Regent Street. We designed, fabricated and assembled 24 Red Lanterns for Karen Millen stores in Macau, Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Beijing.

CHINESE NEW YEAR LANTERNS – KAREN MILLEN

Chinese New Year Origami Lanterns for Karen Millen – Hong Kong Shop ©Mamou-Mani
Chinese New Year Origami Lanterns for Karen Millen – Hong Kong Shop ©Mamou-Mani
LaserCut Origami Chinese Lanterns in the Karen Millen Singapore ©Mamou-Mani
LaserCut Origami Chinese Lanterns in the Karen Millen Singapore ©Mamou-Mani
The laser cut polypropelene Origami with the red cable ties – Double curvature was crucial for the lamps to work and is achieved through a modification of the Miura-Ori pattern ©Mamou-Mani
The laser cut polypropelene chinese lantern before being tied into a volume ©Mamou-Mani
The curvature of the component is created from the modification of the miura-ori pattern ©Mamou-Mani
John Konings assembling the final lanterns using cable ties ©Mamou-Mani
John Konings and Laetitia Sfez Folding the laser-cut Origami at Grymsdyke farm ©Mamou-Mani
The lanterns ready for the installation ©Mamou-Mani
A denser version of the modified Miura-Ori pattern lit from inside©Mamou-Mani
The modified Miura-Ori origami pattern with different pressure applied ©Mamou-Mani

DATE  2013

LOCATION MACAU, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, BEIJING, SINGAPORE

STATUS COMPLETED

CLIENT KAREN MILLEN

TEAM

Mamou-Mani – Arthur Mamou-Mani

Laetitia Sfez, John Konings, Ieva Ciocyte

Thanks – Guan Lee

The Miura-Ori Origami pattern was adapted to shape contemporary Chinese New Year Red Lanterns. A series of experiments were necessary to adapt the original pattern which formed saddle shaped geometry into a convex double curve surface.