Light touch: Daniel Rybakken’s new lamps

15 : 04 : 2011 Industrial : Design : Milan

Milan – The new lights Daniel Rybakken is presenting at the Salone Satellite and Spazio Rosanna Orlandi in Milan this week reflect his approach: to simplify the lights we use and improve the way we experience them.

Light Tray by Daniel Rybakken Light Tray by Daniel Rybakken
Light Tray by Daniel Rybakken Light Tray by Daniel Rybakken
Counterbalance by Daniel Rybakken Counterbalance by Daniel Rybakken
Counterbalance by Daniel Rybakken Counterbalance by Daniel Rybakken

The Light Tray is a series of white powder-coated aluminium trays with bulbs, covered by hand-blown cones of translucent grey-green and amber glass. These are moveable, so the user can easily manage the colour and intensity of light from their Light Tray.

The Counterbalance is a wall-mounted, counterbalanced light with a 2m reach, whose lamp revolves 360-degrees thanks to its original neodymium magnet hinge, designed by Rybakken. The Counterbalance’s simplicity owes its roots to Rybakken’s appreciation of graphic design and 2D perspective.

‘It’s not a tube, it’s a line,’ he tells LS:N Global. ‘It’s not a counterweight, it’s a circle.’

For more considered lights, buy LS:N Global’s comprehensive and considered report of the Milan design fair, on sale next week.

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