a lamp in linen and steel
Poliform Helga lamp
Helga is studioutte's 2025 lamp for Poliform, and it is the smallest thing in this catalog. It takes the lantern, a shape older than any furniture here, and rebuilds it in linen and steel with nothing added.
- Designer
- studioutte
- Years listed
- 2025
- Pieces
- 1
- Price
- on request
A lantern, with the decoration removed
A lantern is a light source with a shade around it and a handle above. Strip the ornament away and what remains is a proportion: the height of the shade against the width of the frame. Helga is that proportion, executed in linen over a steel structure, and there is nothing else on it to look at.
Linen matters for the light rather than for the look. A woven natural shade scatters light warmly and unevenly, so the room reads as lit rather than as illuminated. A moulded plastic shade does the opposite.
studioutte designed it by imagining a house where every object is Poliform, which explains the restraint: it is drawn to stand beside furniture, not to compete with it. On a Nara block or a Mondrian console it is exactly right.
It is also the cheapest way into this catalog, and the one people buy first. A lamp is a low risk introduction to a house whose sofas are priced on request.
Linen scatters light unevenly, so the room reads as lit rather than as illuminated.
- Linen
- Steel
What is in the Helga family
Poliform Helga: pieces, types and materials as listed by the factory. Every price on request.
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Poliform Helga lamp
- Type
- Lamps
- Made of
- Linen shade, steel structure
- Notes
- In the catalog since 2025
studioutte
studioutte drew Helga for an imagined house where every detail is Poliform, then took everything decorative off it.
- HelgaLamps · 2025
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