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		<title>Divine lines are the hallmark of willowlamp’s heavenly new chandelier, The Halo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cast your eyes to the heavens and imagine a glorious chandelier illuminating the room, its form more of an art piece than a pendant lamp. willowlamp’s latest product release, The Halo, is a statement-making exploration of architectural lines and takes its starting point from the inspired work of Spanish modernist architect Antoni Gaudi. Gaudi is arguably most famous for the renowned Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, and it is this unforgettable cathedral with its soaring Neo-Gothic arches that lend The Halo its signature shape. Before completing the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi was sadly killed by a tram in 1926, but his masterpiece was completed posthumously, thanks to the numerous plans and three dimensional models that he left behind. Gaudi used inverted chain models to simulate the structural forces of compression because these force lines act the same while in tension. In the early half of the 20 th century, when he worked, there were no computers or any mathematical way to calculate these force vectors. Gaudi’s chain model method naturally captivated willowlamp Creative Director Adam Hoets, who trained and practiced as an architect, before founding willowlamp, a studio that makes creative use of ball chain. Speaking of the design process behind The Halo, Hoets comments: ‘I initially had some sort of Gothic-looking cathedral design [...]]]></description>
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