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Plank

Plank is a light xture made out of pure, raw wood.

Frida Ottemo Frberg & MarieLouise Gustafsson (Designers)

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PLank: LiGht POPLar

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Plank (Design 2012)

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Plank is a light fixture made out of pure, raw wood. Plank
stems from a reference to the used and abused delivery
pallet. Plentiful in function, this thin, long and simplistic
pendant, wall and floor lamp series serves well to add
directed or guided light to a defined space in a room.
it further works well in providing a defined light strip
down towards for example a table or a desk area. the
dimmable LeD light is placed in between the two main
wooden planks, adding a high tech value to the object
and ensuring sustainability and eco-friendliness in all
of its character.
Play with Plank; place them together on a wall in a
pattern, put a whole stack on the floor or fill the air with
numerous repetitions of these wooden objects! and if
you would like to add some colour to it simply paint
the wood!
the lamp series is available with rough cut light coloured
poplar wood planks (type populus adenopoda) and
with a more brown surfaced kebony syP (southern
yellow pine) wood from the norwegian company kebony
as an alternative version. both wooden materials choices
have an unpolished expression with visible marks and
traces from the production processes.

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PLank: LiGht POPLar

Specifications
Pendant lamp, ceiling and wall lamp
shade material: Light poplar or dark kebony pine wood
body material: steel
screws: brass
Wire: Light brown silk, 300 cm
bulb: LeD diodes. 28 W. epistar sMD5050. 2484 LM.
Driver: Meanwell PCD-25-1050b
220v-240v 50hZ/12 v converted

net weight: 4.5 kg

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PLank: Dark kebOny

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PLank: Dark kebOny

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Designers: Frida Ottemo Frberg and Marie-Louise

Gustafsson
Plank is designed by the duo Frida Ottemo Frberg
and Marie-Louise Gustafsson from sweden. Frida and
Marie-Louise both create conceptually pragmatic designs,
often characterized by a combination of elements of
personal passion, playfulness, functionality and humour.
Frida Ottemo Frberg (born 1976) has a masters in
interior architecture & furniture design from konstfack
university College of arts, Crafts and Design in stockholm.
Frida was first acknowledged at salone satellit in Milan
2006. a design reporter described her as one of those
project hungry young designers who set out along her
own course. after gaining experience from various
assignments in cities such as London and new york and
numerous exhibitions around the world she set up the
design studio Love twice Design + architecture in
stockholm, where she is now the owner and manager.
examples of her previous works include the rocking stool
Limpan for the swedish design producer Materia.
Marie-Louise Gustafsson (1967) has a masters degree in
product design from the royal College of art in London.
besides that, she has studied design in Japan and
stockholm. Many of her designs have been exhibited
worldwide. One of Marie-Louises many previous
products that has received broad international attention
is the urban bicycle basket Carrie produced by Design
house stockholm. Other assignments of hers include work
for well-known players such as nola, eurobib and
Lammhults Library Design. she currently works as a
freelance designer in stockholm, both with selfinitiated
projects and commissioned work.