”The simplicity is important. It shouldn’t feel too high-tech”, says designer Mårten Cyrén as he reflects on the shape of Tipi, a light that he designed with his brother, the architect Gustav Cyrén, for ateljé Lyktan. Tipi is a floorlight for both outdoor and indoor use, made from slats of heat-treated ash. The arrangement of the wooden slats around a stainless steel circular structure is reminiscent of the Native American teepee as well as the Swedish Samis “kåta”. Hence the name. Tipi comes in two versions: a heat-treated natural wood, which goes greyer with time and a white lacquer that lets...

Photographed in ateljé Lyktan Light Lab, Åhus, 2011.

”A portable camp fire”

Technical details

Tipi Material Connection Standard colour Size 1 488 527 488 527 Other Handle and top part in die-cast aluminium. Tube and circular structure in stainless steel. Wooden slats in heat-treated ash wood. Delivered with black rubber cable 3x0.75mm², 5m long with earthed plug. Natural ash wood with details in aluminium and stainless steel or ash wood and details lacquered in white RAL9003. Recommended light source LED-bulb with E27 fitting, to be ordered separately. Design by Mårten and Gustav Cyrén 488 527 460 460 Description HxØ (mm) Socket Item.No Colour Tipi 530 530x488 E27 204310 Ash Tipi 530...

There is a choice of three sizes: 530, 740 and 950 mm high. The round handle on top, in die-cast aluminium, makes it easy to move around. The electric cord is concealed in one of the three legs, which raises the Tipi off the ground. “There is something about its height and glow that reminds me of a camp fire”, says Cyrén. “A portable camp fire”. Originally Cyrén & Cyrén designed the light for the custom-made division of ateljé Lyktan, simply called Ateljén, or “the Studio”. It was especially commissioned for the Treehotel in Norrbotten, in northern Sweden — a new type of hotel made up of tree...