1. Sisters, Anne and Lisa Smith, both creatives and dreamers, have come together to create the
Orra Moor Laplander’s Song for The Ice Hotel.
The name, Orra Moor, comes from one of many versions of the Scandinavian folk tune/poem,
“The Laplander’s Song.” In the poem, Orra Moor is the name of the poet’s far away love. He sings
and asks his reindeer to carry him through the snowy forest under the night sky to reunite him with
his Orra Moor.
The reindeer in the poem, both a carrier of a message and a person, is also symbolic. For centu-
ries, reindeer have been a source of food, clothing, and shelter. Also considered a totem of force
and power, reindeer are often believed to act as a bridge or form of kinship between an individual
or group in the physical, natural world and with the dream or spirit world beyond.
We have created a physical interpretation of The Laplander’s Song, where guests will live, sleep,
and experience the folklore associated with reindeer and the yearning felt in The Laplander’s
Song. The vision will be translated through the rare beauty and strength of ice harvested from the
Torne River.
ICE HOTEL #26 - THE ORRA MOOR LAPLANDER’S SONG
ART SUITE
PRESENTED BY ANNE SMITH AND LISA SMITH
“A voice in the starlight – Away! Away!”E.A.S.

2. In your ICEHOTEL suite, named The Laplander’s Song, a warm and snug sleigh bed is filled with
furs and cozy bright covers. Every night your reindeer is ready to take you under a night sky lit by
1,000 stars along a drifting, snowy glacier path to the dream of your love. You sleep while journey-
ing through the night. You leave the swirling snow and icicle laden pine forests behind. You move
towards hidden mosses and flowers waiting under the snow for the return of the warm pink glow of
the sun after its long absence.
You are “outside” in the night flying over the snow under the moonlight while you sleep, but at the
same time you are “inside” the warmth of your dream.
A fully experiential/ sensual moment of “ The Laplander’s Song” will be felt by the hotel guests to
include smell, sound, touch, sight, and taste. A play on a modern/simple aesthetic will be com-
bined with a romantic/folklore sentiment in the combination of design elements.
ART WORK DESIGN CONCEPT DESCRIPTION

3. Interior Fixtures: A simple, rustic double sized “sleigh” bed piled with multiple layers of reindeer
furs to be sculpted from clear ice. Decorative flowers and hearts will be sculpted onto the head-
board and sides of the bed..
DESIGN ELEMENTS
Interior Fixtures: A full sized free standing reindeer sculpture “pulling” the sleigh bed, made from
clear ice with pale blue illumination to accent the natural blue of the Torne River ice.

4. Curved Ceiling: A starry overhead vault of 1,000 pin prick star lights imbedded into a snice ceil-
ing. (Web of LED lights possible)
Room Walls: Starry snice ceiling to down both room walls. One wall to contain a “lit” full moon
carved from clear ice. Base of walls at junction point where floor meets wall to be constructed of
sculpted ice and snice to represent a snowy glacial border. The gap between the boarder and wall
will to contain lighting on a timer to illuminate a pale pink glow upon sunrise.
DESIGN ELEMENTS

5. Opposing Arched Walls: Wall A, etched geometric, simple pine forest, ice over snice, projected
with “swirling snow” visual projected with the iTunes app SNOWDRIFT. Wall B: etched folkloric
flower detail, ice over snice.
Smell: Each guest receives a handmade sachet tucked under the pillows and furs filled with dried
wild flowers and pine needles, a special sensory keepsake for guests to keep. Each sachet will be
custom made and provided by “The Orra Moor Laplander’s Song Project.”
DESIGN ELEMENTS
Wall A: geometric forest Wall B: flowers
swirling snow projection
for forest wall
ICE HOTEL ice examplesnowDrift app

6. Sight: The reindeer will be highlighted by a pale blue light. 1,000 pin prick star lights will be im-
bedded into ceiling and wall sides. The “glacier edge” will be backlit changing from a cool evening
glow in the evening to a subtle pink light in the morning. The tree and flower walls will be backlit.
The room will be a magic visual memory.
Touch: Thick reindeer furs provide a soft pillowy bed for each guest, and a quick stroke of the
reindeer’s icy, cool muzzle before going to sleep connects the guest to their dream creature and
sends them on their way.
DESIGN ELEMENTS
Sound: A distant recording of a young woman
singing out to find her love in the winter’s night
plays through a localized sound system upon
request. The song is the poem, “The Lap-
lander’s Song,” It will be sung in Swedish and
English.
Taste: A silver-wrapped custom made
“sweet dreams” chocolate containing
dream herbs sits on each guest’s pil-
low for them to savor before sleep.
Chocolates will be provided by “The
Orra Moor Laplander’s Song Project.”

7. Lisa Smith
Owner, Designer, Manufacturer of POEM CROWN and Artist
Lisa is a textile designer and artist of both product and art inspired
by folklore and the natural world. All of her products and work
have a “dream” element to them …things too beautiful to exist in
reality but they do. Her products can be found via her website,
http://poemcrown.com. POEM CROWN products express the idea
that every person, object, and situation is continually surrounded
by and contains poems. She seeks to make objects which exist
like the French word chaleuruex, meaning warm, welcoming and
ardent. The products have also been sold through many retail
channels to include Barney’s New York, Tokyo and Browns, Lon-
don. She specializes in home furnishing and fashion textile design
with colorful patterns and print designs purchased worldwide by
The Gap, Oxbow, France etc. She will be the featured artist/de-
signer in 2017 for The Land of Nod where her textile designs will
be featured on children’s bed linen designs. She is also a gifted
fine artist with large scale oil paintings and photography as her
mediums of choice. The ICEHOTEL would provide a perfect venue
for her to apply her interest in folklore and the dream element with
a new tangible, temporal material.
Anne Smith
Global Visual Merchandising Manager and Retail Ownwer
Anne has specialized in visual merchandising within the outdoor
industry for the past 18 years with notable experience creating
retail interiors, furniture, and display programs and branded interi-
ors for the likes of Patagonia, Filson, and Smartwool, http://www.
smartwool.com. She has been involved in the design, construc-
tion, and physical set-up of over 25+ retail locations worldwide.
She also has created and managed her own personal branded
retail environment, STUDIO MONTAGNE, specializing in found
and repurposed items for individuals and their homes with a rustic/
Euro aesthetic. She has collaborated with artists on the design
and production of jewelry, home decoration, and personal acces-
sory products. Like her sister, she is also inspired by the dream
and natural, world along with a personal interest in mountain and
Nordic cultures and lifestyle. Her personal mission statement is:
“To bring beauty into the world and to work with like minded peo-
ple in creating products and spaces.” The ICEHOTEL would also
be a perfect venue for her to realize a new type of interior both
addressing the practical issues of a working hotel with the ability to
realize a magical visual interior in an actual Nordic environment.
EXPERIENCE
162 Cumberland Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina, 28801
USA
Lisa@poemcrown.com
instagram: #POEMCROWN
phone: 917-282-5677
B.A. major Economics
minor Art History
P.O. Box 775725
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
USA
studiomontagne@yahoo.com
phone: 970-819-9852
B.A. French and Political Science

8. PORTFOLIO - LISA SMITH
POEM CROWN™
POEM CROWN pillow case POEM CROWN felt bag
POEM CROWN pillow case POEM CROWN iPAD case POEM CROWN pattern
POEM CROWN embroidery
POEM CROWN pillow case

9. PORTFOLIO - ANNE SMITH
Smart Wool Catalog 2015
stylist and art director
Smart Wool Store
Vail, Colorado, USA
lighting and fixture design
Smart Wool Catalog 2015
stylist and art director
Smart Wool Store
Canyons, Utah, USA
lighting and store design
Patagonia
Chamonix, France
store design and art direction
STUDIO MONTAGNE
Seattle, Washington, USA
store design interior and exterior style and light sculpture design