Products We Love From Local Molo Design

The latest architectural offering from molo, Canada’s magicians of light (both natural and manufactured)—plus four of our favourite molo products.

PRICELESS | This little story has nothing to do with our ongoing conversation about saving money, time or energy, but it is about celebrating hometown design heroes—molo’s Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen—and visually devouring their latest creation, an activity that’s absolutely free.

Recently released images of molo’s Aomori Nebuta House in Aomori, Japan (CLICK HERE for more images), celebrate the cultural centre that opened in the fall of 2011, a building intended to elevate and draw national and international attention to Aomori’s fantastical Nebuta festival (CLICK HERE for highlights).

With its twisted ribbons of steel, molo’s design demonstrates yet again the duo’s ability to make construction materials perform in ways previously unimagined (molo’s softwall and cloud softlight are other examples) and to use light and transparency to conjure magic.

What do you think, Metro Vancouver, do we need our own molo building or what? —C. Rule

4 Favourite Products From Molo

green tea lantern

cloud softlight

cappello light

cork pegs

All of these products and more are available for purchase at molostore.com.

Photos: molo