Ljuset ska vara vitt och lysa fritt – historien om ateljé Lyktan

Language: Swedish
Author: Johan Jansson, Staffan Bengtsson
Graphic design: Jesper Öberg
No. of pages: 264
Format: 275x225 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in October 2009
ISBN: 978-91-85689-25-5
Retail price ca.: 345 SEK / 36 EURO

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Some lights are visible, others illuminate.

Ateljé Lyktan has always been as interested in a luminaire’s inside as its outer form. Since its founding in 1934, the firm’s development has been driven by lighting for public spaces. But it is the modern classics such as Struten, Bumlingen and Supertuben that have given Ateljé Lyktan its unique standing among Swedish lighting companies.
In this book, Johan Jansson and Staffan Bengtsson tell the story of Ateljé Lyktan’s road to success in Sweden and internationally. It is the story of how a few extraordinarily gifted individuals such as Hans Bergström, Anders Pehrson and Per Sundstedt succeeded in developing the company’s products and lighting philosophy to continually capture the attention of both the design world and the end-user. It is, quite simply, the illuminating story of how a little company from the village of Åhus in southern Sweden year after year brought global metropolises like New York, Milan, and Munich to their knees.