Milk Lamp - Scandinavian Lighting

The Milk lamp belongs to the &Tradition collection and was created by the Danish multidisciplinary design studio NORM. It's made of white translucent glass, acrylic and oak and it was inspired by the traditional stools Nordic farmers use for milking (thus it's name). The legs can be of untreated oak or black. And the cord can be either white or black.

photos 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | by NORM photography

all images via &Tradition 

Bulb fiction - Scandinavian Lighting

Because I love their lamps and also their catalogue's styling, today's Scandinavian Lightning is, once again, from the Danish company Lightyears.

Bulb Fiction by the Danish design atelier KiBiSi. 

all images via Lightyears

It wins me over by being all white...and I really like to see several of them clustered at different heights.

Calabash - Scandinavian Lighting

To continue with my series of posts on Scandinavian lighting, I give you the Calabash pendant by the Danish atelier Komplot Design for Lightyears in 2010.

all images via Lightyears

Caravaggio - Scandinavian Lighting

The Caravaggio by Danish designer Cecilie Manz in 2005 for Lightyears.

Quickly became a favourite of lighting design, and it remains so by frequently changing it's look when adding new finishes to it's timeless design.

Caravaggio BlackBlack

Caravaggio Opal

Caravaggio Matt

all images via Lightyears

Orient - Scandinavian Lighting

The Orient pendant, created by Danish designer Jo Hammerborg in 1963 and relaunched  now by Lightyears. Beautiful design and sheer elegance in copper and rosewood.

all images via Lightyears

Night Stand Inspiration

Reading in bed, before falling asleep, is a ritual I have since I first learned how to read. I have some problems with sleep, actually, and reading helps me to shut my brain down and slowly pass into the land of dreams. If I skip that step I seriously risk being awake all night (mostly thinking about ideas for new posts!). My ideal bedroom is white (grey is also acceptable) and empty but two things must be present: a place to put my book down when I close it half asleep, and a soft light I can turn of without having to get out of bed. 

Today's post is inspired by this reading ritual and I focused on some great ideas for an original night stand combined with working place type lamps. 

photo by Paul Massey   .   via House to Home

photo by Nina Holst   .   via Stylizimo blog

photo by Nina Holst   .   via Stylizimo blog

photo by Netta-Natalia   .   via Likainen Parketti

photo by Jenny Brandt   .   via Emmas Desingblogg

photo by Martin Löf

photo by Milka Alanen   .   via Kotivinkki

Scandinavian style - Doo-Wop

The Doop-Wop is the re-launch of a lamp that was produced and sold by Louis Poulsen from the 1950's until the early 80's, when it was removed from their catalogues. It's original name was "Søværnspendlen" or " The Navy Pendant" because it was developed in a cooperation between the Navy Buildings Department and Louis Poulsen. The newer version is very similar to the original product but the colour palette has been update to our times. I think it's gorgeous and very flexible, because it works in any space: from an elegant living room to a child's bedroom.

all images via Louis Poulsen

Scandinavian style - Tenka Gammelgaard's home

via Idha Lindhag

Today I'm making a "2 in 1" post. After posting here René Redzepi's home pictures, taken by Idha Lindhag, I continued to explore her portfolio and came across some pictures of a home I had seen spreading all over the "blogosphere". It is the home of Danish artist Tenka Gammelgaard (on tumblr) photographed for Casa Vogue. She expresses herself, in her home like in her art, in black and white, and that is a marvellous thing to see. 

More or less at the same time, I got in my mailbox the 2012 catalogue from Louis Poulsen - "Louis Home". And, for my surprise, there it was Tenka's home again. Only this time it was featured as the perfect scenario for Louis Poulsen's lamps. They chose black and white examples of the most emblematic and wonderfully designed lamps they produce (like the AJ lamp, the PH artichoke, the PH 50, the Panthella and the Wohlert) and placed it in Tenka's home like they have always belonged there. 

I thought it would be interesting to take a look at pictures from both sources.

                      via Idha Lindhag                                                        via Louis Poulsen

via Idha Lindhag

via Idha Lindhag

via Louis Poulsen

via Louis Poulsen

via Louis Poulsen

via Louis Poulsen

via Louis Poulsen

via Louis Poulsen

via Louis Poulsen

via Idha Lindhag

via Idha Lindhag