Vaarnii's Pine Veneer Pendant Lamps
Finnish furniture brand Vaarnii makes everything out of locally-available pine. The majority of their work that we've looked at here have been chunky and Brutalist. But for the company's foray into lighting, they've taken a page from the portfolio of Hans-Agne Jakobsson, a Swedish industrial designer prominent in the mid-20th century. Jakobsson was a pioneer in using wood veneers in lighting, as with this table lamp: Vaarnii has borrowed the technique to produce their Hans Pendant series. "Pine is used efficiently," the company writes of Jakobsson's techniques. "Its tone and grain are employed to maximum effect in designs that project material mass but boast actual lightness. Vaarnii has re-engineered three of Jakobsson's pendant designs using solid Finnish pine to support circular strips of high-quality pine veneer, reintroducing these classic 20th century designs to the market after decades of absence." The company's Hans Pendant lamp series have their diameter in centimeters indicated in the model name. The 1001 Hans Pendant 38 features a beehive profile: The ovoid-profile 1002 Hans Pendant comes in two sizes, a 46 and an XL 70: Finally, the diamond-profile 1003 Hans Pendant comes in a 60 and XL 90 version. The company points out that not only is each light unique, due to variations in the veneer, but that the color of each lamp will change as it ages.
Finnish furniture brand Vaarnii makes everything out of locally-available pine. The majority of their work that we've looked at here have been chunky and Brutalist. But for the company's foray into lighting, they've taken a page from the portfolio of Hans-Agne Jakobsson, a Swedish industrial designer prominent in the mid-20th century.
Jakobsson was a pioneer in using wood veneers in lighting, as with this table lamp:
Vaarnii has borrowed the technique to produce their Hans Pendant series.
"Pine is used efficiently," the company writes of Jakobsson's techniques. "Its tone and grain are employed to maximum effect in designs that project material mass but boast actual lightness. Vaarnii has re-engineered three of Jakobsson's pendant designs using solid Finnish pine to support circular strips of high-quality pine veneer, reintroducing these classic 20th century designs to the market after decades of absence."
The company's Hans Pendant lamp series have their diameter in centimeters indicated in the model name. The 1001 Hans Pendant 38 features a beehive profile:
The ovoid-profile 1002 Hans Pendant comes in two sizes, a 46 and an XL 70:
Finally, the diamond-profile 1003 Hans Pendant comes in a 60 and XL 90 version.
The company points out that not only is each light unique, due to variations in the veneer, but that the color of each lamp will change as it ages.
