Norwegian studio Snøhetta has teamed up with lighting brand Ateljé Lyktan to create Superdupertube, an office lamp made from extruded hemp and sugarcane bioplastic.
The design is a contemporary update of Ateljé Lyktan's Supertube ? an office light from the 1970s made from extruded aluminium.
The Superdupertube is a modern take on the Supertube lamp
"[The Supertube] had finished production in 2010 or something like that, so it was iconic but sort of forgotten," Snøhetta partner Jenny B Osuldsen told Dezeen. "And it's a tube. It's not rocket science but it is what you need for a smart lamp in an office."
"We really loved it and think it has a lot of possibilities, so we wanted to upgrade it to a new level," she added. It is made from hemp and can be industrially composted. Photo by Ateljé Lyktan
The extrusion technique for the original lamp was developed in the 1960s, and Snøhetta and Ateljé Lyktan decided to create a lamp that would nod to the original design.
However, the aim was to lower the carbon footprint of the lamp by choosing the most sustainable material possible.
Snøhetta and Ateljé Lyktan chose to use hemp as the material is renewable and durable
The studios played around with multiple different materials before settling on the hemp bioplastic, which was used to form Snøhetta's first office lighting design.
Snøhetta and Ateljé Lyktan first worked together on The 7th Room, a charred-timber cabin suspended among the treetop...