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Gantri’s 3D-Printed Lights by Chris Granneberg Feature a Simple Twist

02.28.23 | By
Gantri’s 3D-Printed Lights by Chris Granneberg Feature a Simple Twist

Graphic designer Paula Scher once attributed the importance of play in opening the doorways to creativity. “I play when I design.” Unencumbered by prescriptive expectations, possibilities, often simple and easily overlooked become obvious. It’s a sentiment similarly drummed up while reviewing industrial designer Chris Granneberg’s collection of lighting designed for Gantri, a joyfully fun collection of colorful cubes offering a literal twist in form in service of function.

Analog desk lamp in orange and yellow on white desk near computer screen.

Image: Chris Greeneberg

Wall mounted Analog desk lamp in orange and yellow on white desk situated to the left of a computer screen.

Image: Chris Greeneberg

The easiest way to add joy to someone’s life is through color.

Analog floor lamp in orange and yellow near modern arm chair and side table in the corner of a room with white walls.

Image: Chris Greeneberg

The childlike spirit effused by Granneberg’s design is rare in the task light category, where the proposition of serious work for serious people too often results in seriously staid designs. The simple, compact shapes of the Analog collection were inspired by the designer’s daughter’s LEGO collection, and whose propensity to anthropomorphize the IKEA FREKVENS inspired the “authentically playful” trio of lights. The result lands somewhere in-between the nexus of plaything, the ethos of Eames designs, and a Lightolier Lytegem.

Analog wall lamp in blue and yellow colorway.

Image: Chris Greeneberg

Analog desk lamp in orange and yellow on white circular mid-century storage unit with lamp head tilted at angle.

Image: Chris Greeneberg

“I stacked 10cm cubes into a directional task light, wall light, and floor light and rendered them in happy colors,” explains Granneberg, “I imagine the collection would be 3D printed.”

3D render of all three versions of the Analog lamp shown, including wall mounted, task/desk, and floor style staged in all white room, each with black base and colorful light heads.

Image: Chris Greeneberg

Occasionally wishes are granted. In this case Granneberg’s concept was brought to 3D-printed life by sustainable lighting brand Gantri in the form of a task light, floor light, and wall light, each design revolving around a 360-degrees rotating light cube feature capturing the playful spirit of the designer’s daughter, and now available for all of us to illuminate our inner child… even when attempting to complete the tasks of adulthood.

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Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.