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Block Lamp
The Block Lamp is a lightfitting designed by Finnish designer Harri Koskinen, and produced by Design House Stockholm. It is a seemingly simple design of a lightbulb held inside two shaped pieces of clear glass, measurements 10.2 x 15.9 x 8.9 cm (4" x 6.3" x 3.5"). After designing the lamp in 1996, Koskinen first went to Iittala, who turned him down.Svenska Dagbladet Kultur April 29, 2009; p.5 The Block Lamp has been part of MoMA's permanent collection since 2000, and has been showered with design awards including: Excellent Swedish Design in 1998, the Design Plus Award at the Ambiente Trade Fair in Frankfurt in 1999 as well as the Best New Product at the Accent Show in New York in 1999. References External links Block Lamp at the manufacturer Design House Stockholm’s official website on Harri Koskinen's website. Block Lamp{dead link, date=November 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes on Rakuten (Japan). (''Google cached English translation''). Block Lampat MoM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harri Koskinen
Harri Koskinen is a Finnish designer, born 1970 in Karstula, Finland. He has studied at the Institute of Art and Design in Helsinki. Career Koskinen is probably best known for his Block Lamp, a lightbulb held inside two shaped pieces of clear glass, which is exhibited in MoMA in New York City. Also very well known for the two variants of his '' Fatty'' container (models 7150 and 7100) designed in 1998 for Schmidinger; basically very expensive vinyl record carrying box and storage units respectively, made from Birch plywood with rounded corners as well as a well designed and finished construction. Koskinen has designed for many different labels and companies, across many types of article; from furniture to cookware, as well as commercial packaging. His designs are manufactured by companies including Iittala, Artek, Fiskars, Design House Stockholm and Muuto. Harri Koskinen signed a cooperation agreement with Iittala and was appointed Iittala's design director in 2011. Product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Design House Stockholm
Design House Stockholm is a design production and retail company, self described as a 'publisher of design,' for Scandinavian design, including Scandinavian modern. History Design House Stockholm was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig,http://www.dwell.com/interviews/article/anders-f%C3%A4rdig who had previously owned the brands Höganäs and Boda Nova. Using his vast knowledge in design management from prior experience managing Boda Nova and Höganäs, Färdig created a network of independent designers that remains the platform from which Design House Stockholm operates today. In 1997 the Design House Stockholm product collection was launched, starting with Harri Koskinen's Block Lamp that immediately became a worldwide success Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp designed in 1996 - which still remains among Design House Stockholm's best-selling products, and have won several awards. Design House Stockholm has distinguished itself as a publisher of design, similar to the way publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iittala
Iittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware. Iittala's official i-logo was designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1956. Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art glass which can be seen in, for example, the early designs of ''Aino Aalto'' glasses designed by Aino Aalto in 1932; Alvar Aalto’s ''Savoy Vase'' (''Aalto Vase'') from 1936; Oiva Toikka’s ''Birds by Toikka'' glass birds collection that has been made since 1962, his glassware set ''Kastehelmi'' from 1964 and Tapio Wirkkala’s glasses ''Tapio'' from 1952. and ''Ultima Thule'' from 1968. Over time, Iittala has expanded from glass to other materials, such as ceramics and metal while keeping with their key philosophy of progressive elegant and timeless design, such as Kaj Franck’s ''Teema'' ceramic tableware from 1952 and Timo Sarpaneva's cast iron pot ''Sarpaneva'' from 1960. Iittala focuses on timeless design which can be seen not only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MoMA
Moma may refer to: People * Moma Clarke (1869–1958), British journalist * Moma Marković (1912–1992), Serbian politician * Momčilo Rajin (born 1954), Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist and publisher Places ; Angola * Moma, Angola ; Mozambique * Moma District, Nampula ; Russia * Moma District, Russia, Sakha Republic * Moma Natural Park, a protected area in Moma District * Moma (river), a tributary of the Indigirka in Sakha Republic * Moma Range, in Sakha Republic Transport * Moma Airport, in Sakha Republic, Russia * Moma Airport (Democratic Republic of the Congo), in Kasai-Occidental Province Other uses * ''Moma'' (moth), an owlet moth genus * Mars Organic Molecule Analyser, an instrument aboard the ''Rosalind Franklin'' Mars rover * Mixed Groups of Reconstruction Machines, a Greek Army organization * Modern Hungary Movement ( hu, Modern Magyarország Mozgalom, link=no), a political party in Hungary * Moma language, spoken in Indonesia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
