Snøhetta's first lighting collection features black-dyed birch
Snøhetta has created a collection of hinged wooden lamps, which were originally designed for a treetop cabin at the Treehotel in Sweden.
Unveiled at this year's Stockholm Design Week, the Flik Flak collection comprises a wall-mounted lamp, a table lamp and a floor lamp.
It marks the first time Snøhetta ? primarily an architecture practice ? has designed a range of lighting, and it is being launched by Swedish brand Ateljé Lyktan.
The studio originally created the lamps as a series of prototypes for The 7th Room ? one of several treetop hotel rooms that make up the Treehotel. It features charred-timber cladding and a suspended net for observing the Northern Lights.
Keen to reflect the building's exterior, the Flik Flak lamps are made from an LED strip sandwiched between two pieces of black-coloured birch veneer. The planks are held together by a piano hinge, which allows the lamps to be opened and closed at a 180-degree angle.
When closed, the light is focused on one area, and when opened ? it disperses across the space.
"The lamps are inspired by the Snøhetta's design for the 7th Room at the Treehotel in Herads," designers Jenny Osuldsen and Stian Ekkernes Ross told Dezeen. "This is an area characterised by long winter months and lights summer days, and we wanted to design a lamp that would be flexible and could adapt to this Northern context."
"For this lamp, we have stayed true to the 7th Room aesthetic by using birch veneer. The dark exte...
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