Oro Lamp Series by Nicole Lawrence Studio.

With a background in lighting and jewellery design, Melbourne creative Nicole Lawrence has carved out a niche for fabricating free-flowing home essentials—fluid shelving, totem-esque lighting and sleek tables. She draws on her technical expertise from over a decade of working with metals and her love of all things practical to create contemporary, collectible pieces.

The designer’s latest, the Oro Lamp Series, takes her process-led design practice to new heights. Strikingly curvaceous, the playful light takes compositional inspiration from the iconic Ouroboros snake symbol. Intending to marry form and function, Oro offers a delicate form to compliment the graphic shapes.

Sculptural Vases by Nicole Lawrence Studio & Hattie Molloy.

Born from a year-long collaboration, this vase collection explores classics shapes found throughout history in a contemporary silhouette...

Three years in development, the series draws on both old and new technologies and processes to create a contemporary silhouette. As with all Nicole’s pieces, Oro is made entirely in Melbourne in collaboration with experts—in this case an artisanal glass blower to create striking hand-blown glass shades designed to cast a warm and calming light.

Nicole’s meticulous manipulation of metal transmutes rigidity into fluidity—shaping metal into pieces that beckon interaction. The interplay of solidity and motion is central to her creations, inviting viewers to ponder the equilibrium between strength & delicacy.

With the launch of her eponymous studio in Melbourne at the start of 2020, the designer has gone from strength to strength with a studio collection, creative collaborations and notable commissions.

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[Images courtesy of Nicole Lawrence Studio. Photography by Phillip Huynh.]