By 2013, they each ran their own studios in Oslo and Washington DC respectively and began discussing potential for collaboration while lamenting the difficulties of managing and running their fledgling design studios.

While they shared similar aesthetic ideas and thoughts on design more broadly, the collaboration sprang from a very practical consideration.

At some point, they found themselves lamenting the fact that many of the American design labels as well as brands championing Nordic or Scandinavian were a bit insular. It was hard for an American designer to work with with brands in Northern Europe and equally hard for a Norwegian to work with American brands.

Hallgeir and Jonah decided that by working together they could pitch ideas and proposals to both European and American brands through our respective contacts.

In 2014, working remotely via Skype and Dropbox from from opposite corners of the world; they began soliciting briefs and submitting proposals.

Takagi & Homstvedt

The Lamella pendant is available in 3 sizes that you can use alone or in groups. It diffuses a soft and non-dazzling light. Lamella evokes the lower part of a mushroom cap – the lamellas – from which it takes its name.

The designers Takagi and Homstvedt used the famous PLICA technique, dear to Le Klint, for the realisation of their new lamp.