Hallgeir Holmstvedt & Jonah Takagi Designs

Hallgeir Holmstvedt and Jonah Takagi first met while exhibiting at Salone Satellite in 2011. By 2013, they each ran their own studios in Oslo and Washington DC respectively and began discussing potential for collaboration that would allow for them to pitch design ideas to both an American and European audience.

In 2014, working remotely via Skype and Dropbox from from opposite corners of the world; they began soliciting briefs and submitting proposals. Lamella for Le Klint is the second product to have launched and marks their first collaboration with a European brand.