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— Vol. 04 · The Story

The half hour before sleep — we believe it deserves better design.

We're a small studio that makes lamps, clocks, and small objects for the part of the day that everyone forgets to design for: the slow, low-lit hour between the lit world and the dark one.

Bedroom at low light
— Why we started

It started with one bad lamp.

"Our founder Astrid moved into a Copenhagen flat in 2017 and spent six months looking for a single bedside lamp. She couldn't find one that did all four things: warm enough, dim enough, beautiful enough, quiet enough. She decided to make one."

That lamp became the Linen Bedside (still our bestseller, eight years later). The studio grew into a small operation focused on a single, narrow brief: objects for the last room of the day. No overhead pendants. No work lights. No "smart" anything that pings.

Today we work with workshops in Tuscany, Kyoto, and Porto to make 42 objects, in small batches, twice a year. Every product passes through one of our four humans before it ships. We're a slow business by design — because the people who buy from us tend to like slow things.

— What we believe

Three principles. Every object follows them.

— 01

Warm light, always.

Nothing we sell exceeds 2700K. Most go warmer. We test every bulb against melatonin research, and we'd rather you sleep than have a bright bedroom.

— 02

Quiet by default.

Our clocks are silent or near-silent. Our alarms wake you with light, then sound. Our diffusers don't beep. Bedrooms shouldn't ping.

— 03

Made by humans.

Every object is made in workshops with under 30 employees. We know the names of the people who make our lamps. You can too — they're listed on every product page.

— Eight years in

A few quiet numbers.

42
Objects in our shop
9
Workshops we work with
28k
Lamps shipped
4.9
Avg. customer rating
— The studio

Four humans. One small studio.

— Founder · Designer

Astrid M.

Founded the studio in 2017 after a long search for a lamp that didn't exist. Trained at Royal Danish Academy.

— Production · Sourcing

Jonas R.

Travels to our workshops eight times a year. Knows every maker by their first name and their morning coffee order.

— Customer Care

Mei H.

Replies to every email. Often within an hour. Probably the reason for our 4.9 rating, honestly.

— Eight years, briefly

The studio so far.

2017

The first lamp

Astrid prototypes the Linen Bedside in her apartment over six weeks. Sells the first 30 units to friends.

2019

Tuscany workshop

Partners with Officina Pellizzari, the Italian workshop that still makes our brass lamps today.

2021

Sleep aids

Adds clocks, sleep masks, and diffusers. The shop becomes about the whole bedroom, not just the lamp.

2024

Kyoto partner

Begins working with a small Japanese ceramic studio for our Curve Lamp series.

2026

Vol. 04

Our fourth seasonal collection launches. 12 new objects, 30 returning. Same studio, same four people.

— Ready for a quieter bedroom?

Start with one warm light.

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