Copenhagen design company &Tradition launched German designer Kai Linke's 'Blasted' KL1 Lamp at the Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month; a piece inspired by the idea of flying branches.

Made of a single bar of Russian pine - so there’s no cutting or gluing the wood together - it's a clean and simple shape with a fascinating texture created through the process of glass-blasting.

This technique gives the light fitting its name and surface pattern, but Linke was also thinking about the physicality of the piece, and the idea of unexpected gravity.

"What a flying branch would look like if it could be suspended in the air?" was one of his questions, as well as "...can wood find a balance where normally no balance exists?" 

The result is a subtly sculptural asymmetrical pendant lamp which also handily functions equally well as a standing lamp.

According to Kai Linke:

“For me, being creative is being an explorative mind. I like to make experiments and test my ideas to figure out if they really work. To be creative is like a fascinating search for good solutions in the right form. I’m a hunter and gatherer of a lot of different things that I like.

Mainly things out of nature, like roots, barks or alga. But also books, everyday objects like spoons or clothes hangers and a lot of art, design or day life images. I like to have a mix of these things around me during the design process. That inspires me a lot."

Adding:

"And I like being on holiday. Very close to nature. I find it very fascinating to work with nature itself. I feel there is an endless potential in this field.”