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Oil lamp by Tom Chung for Mjölk

A little over a year ago Tom Chung mentioned that he was participating in the second installment of the much beloved and critically received exhibition”bread and butter” which first opened during

3daysofdesign last year. For this new show they were exploring both bathing and sauna cultures and Tom thought we would be a good partner to produce the product.

There were a few ideas floating around, but there was something really appealing about making an oil lamp in particular. We’ve been carrying oil lamps since we opened the store and have experienced both very function driven design and novel designs which were poetic but not very useful.

We encouraged a more practical approach where we could lean on impeccably crafted German flu systems which are easy for wick adjusting and wick replacing. Basically the function of the oil lamp is traditional and intuitive while the form is completely modern and new.

The oil lamp has a machine like appearance but this prototype is 100% hand made. The body is turned brass, the cage is entirely hand bent and formed and the opaline glass shade was mouth blown and individually shaped to fit the body perfectly. There’s something so inspiring by making a prototype by hand, although it’s expensive to do you have the benefit of breaking down every element to really understand how they will come together.

The oil lamp can stand alone on a dining table or can be hung on the wall using its very minimal bracket. The shape is crisp and the glass glows so magically. Tom Chung did a wonderful job with the design and Tom Harnisch did a masterful job on the fabrication.

This sentiment is thoughtfully written by Tom here:

”Growing up in Vancouver, Canada and now living in Northern Europe, open water swimming has always been part of my life.

Bathing is a cross-cultural phenomenon, which is why Mjölk became a natural collaborator. Based in Toronto, Mjölk operates as a retailer, editor, and gallery, and has helped shape a dialogue between two of the world’s most established bathing cultures: Scandinavia and Japan.

As bathing rituals extend into the evening, light becomes essential. The Oil Lamp is designed to feel at home on a dock, in a sauna, or beside an outdoor tub. It pairs a glass globe with a blackened brass body, suited to stand freely or mount on the wall and never running out of battery.

The lamp is fabricated in Toronto by Harnisch Lamps, a company founded in Denmark in 1842 that later relocated to Canada in the 1970’s. The design started with a contemporary study of their historical catalogue, including designs by Hans-Agne Jakobsson.
The project brings together Mjölk and Harnisch, completing a dialogue between Canada, Denmark, and my own practice.”

A hand crafted prototype will be on exhibition at “bread and butter” curated by Jung Pyeori and

Ae Offices during 3daysofdesign from June 10-12 at

Noura Residency: Sankt Peders Stræde 35A, 1453

Studio Photography by Peter Vinther

Our customers have been missing Frama’s presence here and so have we. We finally received a fresh stock of your favourites: the Frama hand-wash along with the St. Pauls cologne.

For something new and exciting we brought in this special essential oil diffuser set containing 9 red spheres made from Korean Soil. These spheres are wrapped with rice straw made by Master weaver: Seokbong Choi.

Here it is arranged with one of my favourite flowers, baptisia (also known as wild indigo), which we grow at the farm. Ours however have the more common blue flowers.