JAKOBSSON Floor Lamp

Hans-Agne Jakobsson (1919-2009), was a Swedish interior and furniture designer. Born in Gotland, Sweden, he is known for his glare-free lighting fixtures inspired by the idea of “Organic Modern” of Poul Henningsen and Alvar Aalto. He started designing at the age of 18 and later he graduated as an architect in Göteborg. He began as an assistant to Carl Malmsten and Werner West known as the master of interior design.
After he gained experience as a designer in several companies including General Motors,
he founded his own lighting company “Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB” in Markaryd and started manufacturing lighting fixtures and furniture with his own design. “Here in Scandinavia we always have considered the Japanese interior decorating art
as a very excellent pattern of beautiful simplicity and good function. Our peoples’ way of life combined with hereditary traditions is of such heterogeneous character, that we more seldom can change each other’s ideas into practice in respectively country. I believe, however, that the pine veneer lamps which have been represented here have some of the warmth and soft intimacy which we Scandinavian are willing to associate with the atmosphere in Japanese creating of environments.” - Hans Agne Jakobsson

YAMAGIWA, founded in 1923, is the leading Japanese manufacturer of lighting with its Japanese precision and innovative design, by collaborating with acclaimed international designers and architects. Under the tagline of “The Art of Lighting,” YAMAGIWA has been manifesting beautiful living surroundings and providing unrivaled value to the society through lighting.