Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for &tradition

Maritime gas lamps were used as a reference for these pendant lights created by Danish studio Space Copenhagen for design brand &tradition.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

To create the Copenhagen Pendant, Space Copenhagen modernised the form of the old lamps once used to illuminate the Danish capital’s piers.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

The studio’s design for Danish company &tradition consists of a lacquered metal shade, which is clamped to the cord with four arching plated steel tabs where the curving shape narrows at the top.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

“The starting point was to create a design that would allow us to use various metals, but also that the design works from a purely sculptural point of view, with a monochrome finish,” said Space Copenhagen founding partner Peter Bundgaard Rützou. “Depending on the purpose and space it’s used in, the lamp can do both.”

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

Light is directed downward through a wide hole in the base of the shade.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

“The pendant is widest in the middle and narrows at the open top and bottom to ensure that the lamp has a substantial body, while still protecting you from looking directly into the light,” said the studio’s second partner Signe Bindslev Henriksen.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

The lamps are available in three sizes and five matte colours. The two smaller designs are made from steel and the larger model is formed from aluminium.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

Copenhagen Pendant will be presented at imm Cologne next week, as well as at Maison & Objet in Paris at the end of this month and during Stockholm Design Week in February.

Here’s some more information for the designers:


&tradition launches the Copenhagen Pendant light by Space Copenhagen

In their second collaboration, following the success of the Fly lounge series, &tradition collaborates with Space Copenhagen on a new elegant pendant light.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

“We are very pleased to be working with Space Copenhagen again,” says Martin Kornbek Hansen, the Brand Manager of &tradition. “They have an exceptional eye for detail and surface texture, and a unique way of combining the classic with the contemporary.”

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

An exercise in contrasts, the Copenhagen Pendant combines the classic and the modern, the maritime and the industrial. Its matte lacquered metal lampshade disperses the light in a subtle but spectacular way resembling the classic gaslight feel of the bleak Copenhagen piers.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

“Over the years we have made several bespoke light pieces for our interior projects,” says Signe Bindslev Henriksen of Space Copenhagen. “So the biggest challenge in designing the Copenhagen Pendant was to meet our own expectations in making an equally sculptural and functional light.”

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

Originally, Space Copenhagen designed one version of the pendant, but it expanded into a series of three sizes: 200 millimetres, 350 millimetres and 600 millimetres in diameter, and five matte shades: blush, moss, slate, black and white. “The starting point was to create a design which would allow us to use various metals, but also that the design works from a purely sculptural point of view, with a monochrome finish. Depending on the purpose and space it’s used in, the lamp can do both,” says Space Copenhagen’s other founding partner, Peter Bundgaard Rützou.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition

The flexibility and attention to detail of the Copenhagen Pendant is a careful consideration inspired by Space Copenhagen’s experience as interior architects. Even the flow of light was carefully planned from the start. “The pendant is widest in the middle and narrows at the open top and bottom to ensure that the lamp has a substantial body, while still protecting you from looking directly into the light,” says Bindslev Henriksen. The downwards light is even and solid, while the subtle uplight is diffused, adding to the atmosphere of the ceiling.

Space Copenhagen creates nautical lamps for andtradition
Sketches of the lamps

“The Copenhagen Pendant is a perfect example of a classic typology of light reinvented in an innovative and contemporary way, qualities that we value highly at &tradition,” says Kornbek Hansen.

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Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

Danish studio Space Copenhagen has overhauled the interior of Copenhagen eatery Noma, which was this year named “World’s Best Restaurant” for the third time in a row (+ slideshow).

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

The designers have replaced the brown hues of the original interior with muted black and grey tones and have also swapped the tables and chairs with ones from the Ren collection they designed for furniture brand Stellar Works.

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

Fur cloaks hung over the the chairs before and the designers have added more over the new ones.

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

“We felt a great importance in protecting the honest, earthy feel of the restaurant and balancing it with refinement of detail and elegance,” explained designers Peter Bundgaard Rützou and Signe Bindslev Henriksen. “It was very much about using organic materials such as wood, stone, leather, brass and linen in a new way; materials that age beautifully over time.”

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

A new oak floor runs through the entire restaurant, while a new wall defines the space in the lounge and the bar is rebuilt using dark wood and brass.

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

“The most radical change has been the redesign of the lounge area,” said Bindslev Henriksen, before explaining how the renovation gives the restaurant a more cosy Nordic feel. Quoting the words of chef and owner Rene Redzepi, she said: ”It is as if the restaurant has moved 1000 kilometres north.”

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

Earlier this year architects 3XN transformed Noma’s warehouse into an experimental food laboratory.

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

We also featured Noma as part of our report into the cross-pollination between the worlds of food and design.

Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

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Noma Restaurant by Space Copenhagen

Here’s a statement from Peter Bundgaard Rützou and Signe Bindslev Henriksen:


“The complete renovation had to take place while the NOMA team was in London during the Olympics, leaving us a total work period of less than three weeks. Time was a challenge in itself, but also the fact that the NOMA is located in an old listed warehouse building presented a lot of restrictions.

Working with NOMA for so many years has created a mutual respect and understanding of both the space, but also the mindset, values and preferences of all the people involved. That makes dialogue and communication very easy, which is always very valuable for a creative process. But in the beginning we all thought that NOMA should be turned upside down, that we should do something completely new and unexpected. After quite a long initial sketching period, we all came to the conclusion that it seemed forced and pretentious for a place like NOMA to do something too conceptual or formally upscale — whether it was modern, nostalgic or a combination of the two. Rene Redzepi defined his vision: it is important that the space is not perceived as a superficial layer between the costumer and the actual food experience.

We decided to respect and protect the existing atmosphere of NOMA, but work carefully with the space and functional elements in terms of detailing, tactile surfaces, colours — more or less as a 1:1 mood board of samples, wood, stone, leather, textiles, furniture. a balance between the rough and the refined detail and elegance.

We built a brick wall in the lounge and changed the entire floor to a beautiful oak floor from Dinesen in falling width, which made a huge difference in atmosphere. Apart from not doing a lot of actual construction on site, we changed almost anything else.

All the furniture, surfaces, curtains, painted surfaces, toilets have been completely changed or renovated. Especially the lounge area involved quite a lot of construction. We build a long brick wall facing the rest of the building to get a more defined lounge space, and the long massive bar was replaced with spatial elements in grey wood and brass – mounted at the columns which creates a completely different flow and openness of the space.

The chairs and tables in the restaurant are the same design as in the original Noma, but we changed the surfaces and colors. The Chair is from J.L. Møller and the tables we designed ourselves. But in the lounge we changed all the furniture, and here we used the Ren Chair and Sofa which we recently designed. The Ren Chair is a part of a completely new collection we have made and launched in collaboration with Stellarworks. For NOMA we had a modified version made for the new lounge in a different lowered height and materials to accommodate lounge seating dimensions as well as designing a two-seater sofa to complete the area especially for this project.

The chair reflects values that we feel match and complement the aesthetics of Noma. It is a genuine honest chair with high detailed features in black solid wood, brass and black leather. The chair has an organic shaped body and fine detailing in brass, it picks up the tradition of classic Danish design, but also shows a curiosity towards other cultural points of reference, sampling Asian features into the design. The intention is through choice of materials and surface finishes that the chair patinates and builds character over time when being worn.”

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