The whole SNOWMAN family

SNOWMAN began as a single table lamp in 2021. There are now nineteen of them.

The shape comes from two rounded glass orbs, gently flattened and set one on the other. The shade is blown as a single piece with no seam, and the LED inside is designed to scatter its light without casting a shadow. In daylight, switched off, the silhouette still reads.

The number is the size

The number in the name is the width of the shade in centimetres: SNOWMAN8 is 8 cm across, SNOWMAN22 is 22, and the series runs up to SNOWMAN70 at 70. It spans every kind of lamp ILKW make — portable, table, floor, pendant, and ceiling and wall.

SNOWMAN22 Table is the one the rest came from

ILKW call it the foundational model. Its glass shade is blown by hand rather than mass-produced, which is where the gloss comes from, and why no two are quite identical. Inside sits an integrated LED of 48 chips for the colour temperatures, with a heat-dissipation system. The switch is built with parts from Japan's ALPS ALPINE — ILKW compare the feel to good audio equipment.

SNOWMAN8 Portable is the smallest

Its shade is not blown glass but plastic, made the way a PET bottle is made. That brings it down to 85 grams, with a battery inside. A magnet in the base pairs it with eight docking stations — a magnet strap, a floor stand, a wood tray, a pendant, a wall mount, an idea plate, a lantern and a mirror.

Who designed it

The SNOWMAN family was designed by the studio zerosixfour, with Sunman Kwon as creative director, and carries US design patent D1,038,494 S.

ILKW describe the aim of the series in their own words: not to create an art piece that hangs in a gallery, but to craft lighting that brings warmth and affection into the depths of users' daily lives. That sentence is the maker's, not DAMDA's.

In Thailand, DAMDA opens with Snowman 8 and Snowman 12. The rest of the family is on the product pages.