Scandinavian lamps

Simple and clean design

Although the home environment in which you live is the most classic and not sprouting everywhere objects with the Nordic flavor, You can not find a place in which a Scandinavian lamp, is anable refine and make more modern at the same time every room.

Wooden and fabric lamps

Clean lines, basic and warm materials, such as natural wood, are the masters within the range dele lamps from Nordic design.

But not only. Just take a look at some products in circulation in the world of design, to their essence and their bill, they can instantly create little corners of North America.

It happens for example with Pull, the new floor lamp, created by the team of the study Whatswhat, for the Nordic brand Muuto.
A project born from a competition for young talents from 20 schools Scandinavian, which is characterized by a mix of materials perfect, with a light and delicate. The Ash wood, finished with a lampshade plastic covered with fabric, as is the case with the cable.

The direction of the light from the lamp can be changed, as well as the position of the shade, thanks to cable, partly visible and partly covered. Pull is affordable at just under 300 for example, on the site of Sitondesign .

wooden and wool lamps

Still on the subject of floor lamps, curious version is also in wood and wool, proposed by designer Christina Liljenberg, in the collection of Norr Arturo Alvarez.

The two materials at first sight already bring to mind simple and warm atmosphere of home. Available in multiple color versions, the lamp shade wool is composed of six different pieces, joined by original zip that allow the combination, and is supported by a wooden support with a practical handle, which allows you to easily move the lamp where you want.

Classic Scandinavian lamps

And now, a review of the classics. It plays it safe with Artek, the historic Finnish company, founded in 1935, began as a promoter of products and objects designed by Alvar Aalto, with a manifesto dictated by functionalism.

A catalog hundreds of Scandinavian furniture and accessories from the soul and sober and clean. Classical pieces, often in natural wood, lamps and suspensions are mixed with white and rounded shapes.

A little as is the case with the classic A331 Pendant Lamp, designed by Alvar Aalto, around the first half of the 50s.
Also known as the Beehive, is made with white painted aluminum, and is composed of perforated brass grilles, which at first glance resemble their hive. Also, just the use of this material allows light that filters through to take warm colors that create a relaxed and soft.

A331 is available for purchase online at a price of about 900 euro. You can go to sites like Finnish design shop, or directly to e-shop Artek, where the pendant lamp is also available in a version with rings completely white.

Staying on classical themes, could not miss a hint of Normann Copenhagen and its beautiful products. Between the lamps marked by Scandinavian design we find the historical Norm 69, an object with futuristic lines, precisely created in 1969 by designer Simon Kharkov, whose design has remained unknown until the beginning of 2000.

Not only the date refers to the name, in reality the lamp is composed of 69 different pieces and the material is flexible and easy to handle. Cylinder head several times, Norm 69 is the result of a careful study of the lighting and materials, which allow the object of create a soft light, filtered and pleasant, as well as a nice and pleasant game of shapes and shadows, even when the lamp is off.

Winner of numerous design awards, the lamp Norm 69 is made with white polypropylene and is available in more than 60 countries, but is also easily buy online, directly on the site Normann Copenhagen. Prices vary depending on the chosen diameter, ranging from 90 euro for one to 42 cm, up to 245 cm for the version to 78 cm in diameter.

Norm 69 is a perfect lamp for any room of the house. In the kitchen, perhaps in the extra large version, in the living room, double or triple, or in succession, or even in the bathroom. To give a touch of modernity and design.

The only drawback: cleaning. Arm yourself with a lot of patience.