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Solae is dimmable in three modes, ranging from full power for reading or dining to a gentle, sunset-warm light. The height and proportions are carefully calibrated to ensure you don’t see the light source and the oval shape fits naturally in your hand. “I paid a lot of attention to functionality, to the light itself and how it illuminates,” says Cecilie Manz. “It was critical that it did more than provide ambient light. Solae should be something you can rely on, a proper light source. I wanted it to work in the centre of a table so you can see what you are eating, feel comfortable and not be blinded by the light.”

The award-winning Danish designer Cecilie Manz is a master of modern minimalism. Manz is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal in 2011, the Bruno Mathsson Prize in 2009, the Kunstpreis Berlin in 2008, and the Finn Juhl Architectural Prize and the Furniture Prize, both in 2007. Her designs can be found in the permanent collections of such landmark institutions as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Design Museum Danmark. In 2014, Manz also received the Crown Prince Couple’s Culture Prize in Denmark, earning praise as a talent who never seems to stop creating outstanding design and who continues to surprise us with designs in new shapes and materials.