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A lamp by Finnish designer Tuomas Auvinen that fits neatly into the edges of a room has won this year’s Muuto Talent Award for students.

Tuomas Auvinen‘s 45° lamp is designed to utilise the often wasted space where a wall and ceiling meet.

“One day when entering an empty apartment, I wondered why the corners and angles were not better exploited, and then I came up with the idea for 45°,” said Auvinen.

The back of the lamp is shaped into a 90-degree angle so it can nestle between two perpendicular surfaces. The circular diffuser on the front is always at a 45 degree angle to the flat planes.

“Through its shape and versatility the lamp can be placed everywhere in the room and no matter how it is installed, it will cast the light in an angle of 45 degrees,” said Auvinen.

The lamp could be fixed into the upper corners of a space, suspended from a cord or left to rest on the floor.

The Muuto Talent Award competition is organised annually by Danish brand Muuto and is open to all design students studying at Nordic institutions.

This year’s first place winner Auvinen is currently enrolled at the Lahti University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

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Maison&Objet 2013: Swedish designer Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF has created an uplighter for Danish brand Muuto that can be adjusted by rotating the shade.

Called Up, the product features a funnel-shaped shade that is lower at one side than the other and sits on a baring, allowing it to be rotated freely to alter the amount of light blocked.

“Up lamp mixes light and shadow to create a cosy and warm atmosphere anywhere it is placed,” says Ståhlbom. “Through the profile of the lamp shade, Up elegantly interacts with the surrounding walls and ceiling.”

The lamp features a replaceable warm LED bulb with a dimmer function. It’s made of cast aluminium with a rubber switch at the back, above the flex, and comes in white, grey or green.

Up was launched at homeware and gift fair Maison&Objet in Paris last week. See other new products launched at Maison&Objet here, including ice-cream coloured poufs and rugs by Patricia Urquiola, and colourful glassware by Scholten & Baijings for Hay.

TAF is based in Stockholm and the studio’s other recent projects include a table with an upside-down underframe and silicone storage pots shaped like birds. See all our stories about design by TAF.

A previous project by TAF for Muuto is the Adaptable table made of oak and powder-coated steel. See all our stories about Nordic design brand Muuto.

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Copenhagen designers KiBiSi have designed a set of wooden cooking tools and salad servers for Danish design brand Muuto.

Called Hang Around, the cooking tools have a groove in the back so they can balance on the edge of pans and bowls.

The salad servers are also made of beech wood and are called Toss Around.

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Muuto’s new cooking set and salad servers combine form, function and craftsmanship. The elegant wooden tools are precisely designed and crafted for a sleek modern look and improved functionality.

The innovative extrusion cut in the back of the cooking set HANG AROUND lets you work freely in the kitchen, while your utensils hang out on your pots or pans. TOSS AROUND, the salad servers, tell the same story of craftsmanship, materials and processes used for centuries. But in Muuto and KiBiSi’s interpretation, the wooden tools have an essential contemporary look and functional ergonomics.

These are the first Muuto products by KiBiSi – a Copenhagen based idea-driven industrial design firm founded by Kilo Design / Lars Holme Larsen, BIG Architects / Bjarke Ingels and Skibsted Ideation / Jens Martin Skibsted. The recently founded design studio has numerous International awards between them and we are proud to add them to Muuto’s team of leading Scandinavian designers.

KiBiSi partner Jens Martin Skibsted explains the idea behind Hang Around and Toss Around: “We were originally inspired by Bhutanese crafts. Their wooden everyday tools seem to have layers of stories and thoughts. We combined that with our Scandinavian design heritage and our idea-lead, no fluff design philosophy – and this little invention was bread. ”

MUUTO is a Scandinavian design company that joins forces with the leading contemporary Scandinavian designers to create original products with new perspectives. The result is an innovative collection of Scandinavian furniture, lamps and accessories for modern homes all over the world.

HANG AROUND & TOSS AROUND designed by KiBiSi for Muuto
MATERIAL white beech wood
DIMENSIONS length 28,4 cm
PRICE £29 (Set of 2 pieces)

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