1967 Pendant
Design by Paavo TynellKnown to many as ‘the man who illuminated Finland’, the legendary designer and metalsmith Paavo Tynell is one of the leading lights of 20th-century industrial design . A classic 1950s Tynell design, the 1967 pendant expands on the design language developed in 1948 for the 1965 pendant. The 1967 is characterized by a conical canvas shade which exudes warm ambient light, with Tynell's signature brass hardware adding a subtle, premium expression. Below the bulb, a fabric diffuser modulates the light and, beneath this, a decorative brass detail gives each lamp a flourish of character, and subtly influences the play of light it generates.
Known to many as ‘the man who illuminated Finland’, the legendary designer Paavo Tynell is one of the leading lights of 20th-century industrial design. A classic 1950s Tynell design, the 1967 pendant expands on the design language developed in 1948 for the 1965 pendant. The 1967 is characterized by a conical canvas shade which exudes warm ambient light, with Tynell's signature brass hardware adding a subtle, premium expression. Below the bulb, a fabric diffuser modulates the light and, beneath this, a decorative brass detail gives each lamp a flourish of character, and subtly influences the play of light it generates.
Paavo Tynell
Paavo Tynell (1890-1973) was born in Helsinki 12 years after the invention of the domestic lightbulb - a time when Finland, like most of northern Europe, was yet to be electrified. Tynell came into the world at precisely the right time to become one of the pioneers of modern lighting; as the electric light spread across the world, so too did Tynell’s design visions. By the time he died in 1973, Tynell was known, fondly, as ‘the man who illuminated Finland’.