‘Arkki’ Lights By Johan Kauppi For Blond Belysning (SE)

‘Arkki’ lights by Johan Kauppi for Blond Belysning

Johan Kauppi’s ‘Arkki’, the Finnish word for ark, was derived from the fixtures capacity to balance approach with soft shapes whilst somewhat resembling a craft or capsule.

‘Arkki’ lights by Johan Kauppi for Blond Belysning

“The shapes are also an expression of a restrained and functional design tradition from my background in northern Sweden.” says Kauppi.

‘Arkki’ lights by Johan Kauppi for Blond Belysning

Every Arkki lamp is constructed from a single, or two joined shells, of pressed felt. Surprisingly powerful, the shells efficiently assistance both light technologies and recessed diffusers in acrylic with only a couple of parts.

‘Arkki’ lights by Johan Kauppi for Blond Belysning

“By functioning with a sound absorbing material and efficient light technologies, a good acoustic- and light environment is ensured.”

The Arkki loved ones consists of ceiling fixtures and pendants, with a direct or direct – indirect light distribution. For the light source, each LEDs or fluorescents are standard choices. Regular colors are black, grey and white but a assortment of colors can be selected as an choice.

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Laval Table Lights By Hopf, Nordin (SE)

Laval table lights by Hopf, Nordin

Designers Andreas Hopf and Axel Nordin were inspired by the operating principle of kerosene lamps, an adjustable luminaire with clever routing of air through an adjustable burner and flue to maximise soot-less non-flickering illumination, for their Laval table lights.

Laval table lights by Hopf, Nordin

“Intent on decoding the kerosene lamp for the modern day age, we realised that a kerosene lamp’s airflow principle suits passive cooling of higher-efficiency LEDs rather properly.” says Hopf, Nordin. “An aluminium cylinder is capped on each ends with polished steel ventilation discs. The LED’s heat draws air from beneath, previous a passive heat sink, and exhausts it by way of a partially shot blasted borosilicate de Laval jet.”

Laval table lights by Hopf, Nordin

The table lights are named for Gustav de Laval, a Swedish engineer who, in 1893, received a patent for a steam turbine he created. Laval table lights are at the moment on display in the Greenhouse 2014 exhibition at the Stockholm Furniture Fair.

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