A bright idea

Do you ever think about the lights in your cupboards and wardrobes? Maybe not, but if you’ve ever tried rummaging around a dark closet or choosing clothes in the early hours without waking a sleeping partner, you’ll appreciate how important good storage lighting can be. Getting an electrician to install wired-in lighting into built-in wardrobes and cupboards can be costly, especially if you're renting your home. That’s why designer Lukas Bazle designed KÖLVATTEN; cable-free, affordable lighting to illuminate those dark spots around the home.

Lukas didn’t want to reinvent storage lighting – just make it even better. Battery-powered, rechargeable, easy installation and automatic motion sensors for improved energy efficiency are just some of the features of the KÖLVATTEN LED strip lights and spotlight.

Then of course, there’s their slim, minimal shapes. But beyond their deceptively simple forms, it took a large team of engineers and designers to perfect the technology. “It took one-and-a-half years to solve all the technical stuff,” recalls Lukas. “Normally, you design the outside, with some knowledge around what happens inside, but for KÖLVATTEN, we kind of started to work from the inside-out. I knew the angle of the motion sensor and the angle that the LED needed to have, so we put everything together, then built from the inside to the outside.” Just like the closets that are brought to life when the light goes on, it’s what’s inside that counts.