John Pawson designs minimalist oil lantern for Wästberg
Architect John Pawson has collaborated with Swedish lighting company Wästberg to design the fourth non-electric light in its Holocene collection.
The oil lantern, called Holocene no.4, is made from stainless steel and aluminium, with a matte exterior drum and a polished interior core to best reflect the light.
The name of the collection derives from the geological period of the same name. "The Holocene was a geological period, stretching from 11,700 to about 100 years ago," said Wästberg. "It can be described as the period when man lived in harmony with nature, was careful with resources, cherished fire."
The founder of the Helsingborg-based lighting company feels that our relationship with light has changed since the switch to electric lights from naked flames.
"Technical advancements are obviously mostly for the better, but as we started to regard electricity as an inexhaustible resource our relationship to light changed," he explained.
He feels that artificial light is now something that we are exposed to, rather than something that exists to benefit us: "Lighting solutions no longer light 'for' people but 'on' people," added Wästberg.
"I have a feeling that more and more people are interested in lighting and not only the technical aspects of lighting but also how it makes us feel and the atmospheres it creates. In addition, we can no longer see electricity as an inexhaustible resource. At least not for the time bein...
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