Hans-Agne Jakobsson

HANS-AGNE JAKOBSSON (Sweden,1919-2009) for Markyard.
Suspension lamp with triple shade, ca. 1960.
Steel.
Measurements: 21 x 35 x 35 cm.

This pendant lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for AB Ellyset Markaryd, Sweden, was designed in the 1960s. It is a singular piece, basing its design on the superposition of shades. It consists of three steel cones arranged downward and joined together from a set of rivets. It is part of the set of lamps characterized by the original system of shades representative of Scandinavian designs, which provides a diffused, warm and pleasant light.

Hans-Agne Jakobsson was a Swedish interior and furniture designer, born in Gotland, Sweden. He is known for his anti-glare luminaires, inspired by the idea of "Organic Modern" by Poul Henningsen and Alvar Aalto. He began designing at the age of 18 and later graduated as an architect in Gothenburg. He began his career as an assistant to Carl Malmsten and Werner West, the latter known as a master of interior design.
After gaining experience as a designer at various companies, including General Motors, he founded his own lighting company, Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB, in Markaryd, where he began manufacturing luminaires and furniture of his own design. To understand the philosophy behind his works, it is interesting to turn to his own words: "Here in Scandinavia we have always regarded the art of Japanese interior decoration as an excellent model of simplicity and functionality. The way of life of our people, combined with our inherited traditions, has such a heterogeneous character that we can rarely implement the ideas of other countries in our own. However, I believe that the pine veneer lamps that have been depicted here have something of the warmth and soft intimacy that we Scandinavians are apt to associate with the atmosphere in Japanese room creation."