Milan Design Week 2013: Pencil Light by Caroline Olsson at Salone Satellite

Back at Designers Open 2011 Norwegian designer Caroline Olsson caught our attention with “Curious”, a wooden lamp inspired by pencil cases.

At Salone Satellite 2013 Caroline has gone one better and is presenting a wooden lamp that is a pencil case.

Which seems like an obvious development.

Nothing more complicated than an oblong birch box, the beauty with Pencil Light is the metal mechanism that allows the lid to be raised, lowered and positioned.

The illumination is in the lid, set a little back to allow the lower section to be used for storage regardless if the lamp is open or closed.

A functionally and aesthetically minimal object, Pencil Light is perfect for all who want to remove all traces of work when retiring for the evening, or for use on a makeshift home office/telephone desk that shouldn’t be littered with writing tools and the like.

Or simply as a very pleasing, endearing lamp.

All in all very impressive.

Milan Design Week 2013: Pencil Light by Caroline Olsson at Salone Satellite

Milan Design Week 2013: Pencil Light by Caroline Olsson at Salone Satellite

Milan Design Week 2013: Pencil Light by Caroline Olsson at Salone Satellite