098 ON SHOW | MILAN DESIGN WEEK
During Milan Design Week, darc sat down
with designers Thomas Lykke and Anne-
Marie Buemann from OEO Studios, to talk
about their latest collaboration with Stellar
Works and their first lighting range.
Founded in 2003, Copenhagen-based OEO
Studio is a multidisciplinary design studio
that focuses on interior architecture,
product design and brand innovation.
Head of Design and Founder Thomas Lykke
and Managing Partner Anne-Marie Buemann
are strong believers in “reason for being”.
They share an ardent drive and passion for
creating products and experiences that
harbour an inner sense of necessity and
sacrifice enduring quality.
They also share a common love for
craftsmanship, tactile natural materials
and a lived-in sensibility when creating
meaningful products and spaces. Their
profound understanding of the personality
of a brand, their human approach and theirinsatiable curiosity has given them their
reputation and success in the industry.
OEO Studio has been a long-standing design
partner with Stellar Works, a contemporary
furniture design brand from Asia that was
established as a partnership between
Yuichiro Hori and French manufacturer,
Laval.
Lykke explained their collaboration further:
“Stellar Works started as a brand back in
2012 and we worked closely with them
to create the brand vision, name and
philosophy of Stellar Works, with the aim of
being the first internationally acknowledged
brand from China.”
The idea to create a lighting collection
began this time last year at Salone Del
Mobile 2018. “Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu,
the Creative Directors of Stellar Works,
asked us if we wanted to venture more
into lighting. We hadn’t done much lighting
before - we did a fixture called Kyoto Lampfor Stellar Works, but it had a very different
typology and was very low tech,” explained
Lykke.
Hotaru is the first lighting collection to be
created for Stellar Works and embodies
the design ethos of old and new together.
“We feel it sits really well within the
wider collection of Stellar Works, bridging
the gap between the vintage and new
collections, with a nod to the analogue but
contemporary aesthetic,” described Lykke.
“We wanted to create something that didn’t
look like other lamps - this collection looks
very simple, especially the desk and floor
lamps. We wanted them to have a strong
character of their own.
“It is also a good balance of being inspired
by an industrial process with very analogue
functions. We were very inspired by old
record players with the arm and needle that
comes up and swings over to the record. As
well as this, I love taking pictures with aHotaru by OEO Studios
Stellar Works