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    Lighting the way: AYNO by MIDGARD

Lighting the way: AYNO by MIDGARD

Designed by Stefan Diez and winner of a German Sustainability Award for 2021, AYNO is the first draft of a new Midgard lamp since the 1950s, and spans an arc from the origins to the present of adjustable lighting – in the truest sense of the word.

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December 7, 2020 | 11:00 pm CUT

The AYNO lighting family is celebrating clean aesthetics and functional geometry. AYNO table S + Floor L. Photo: Peter Fehrentz

The AYNO lighting family is celebrating clean aesthetics and functional geometry. AYNO table S + Floor L. Photo: Peter Fehrentz

The design of the AYNO lighting family by Stefan Diez fits into Midgard‘s collection of adjustable lamps, but approaches Midgard's key theme in a new way: technical, formal, radically modern and sustainable.
The central features of the AYNO lighting family are on the one hand a fiberglass rod and on the other hand the textile cable that spans the rod to form an arch. The resulting internal tension of the rod ensures that it can be adjusted without joints. By moving the two adjustment rings at top and bottom, the fiberglass rod is bent into the desired position and the light is directed in the desired direction. The radius of the arch can also be varied as required using the adjustment rings. The fine adjustment is done by using the swiveling lampshade.
AYNO L + XL. With a maximum radius of up to 3 metres, AYNO floor lamp XL is able to highlight every spot in the room. Photo: Peter Fehrentz

AYNO L + XL. With a maximum radius of up to 3 metres, AYNO floor lamp XL is able to highlight every spot in the room. Photo: Peter Fehrentz

The AYNO family of lights consists of a table lamp (S) and two floor lamps (L & XL) and is optionally available with a neon orange or black textile cable.
As a lighting family, AYNO meets a wide variety of requirements. As a desklamp for home or office, as a reading light next to armchairs and sofas or to illuminate a dining or work table. In the largest version, AYNO (XL) reaches a maximum radius of almost three meters. Standing upright, all AYNO variants also function as freely adjustable indirect floodlights.
AYNO table S (top). AYNO, the flexible lighting family. Standing upright, all AYNO lamps also function as freely adjustable indirect lighting source. Photos: Peter Fehrentz

AYNO table S (top). AYNO, the flexible lighting family. Standing upright, all AYNO lamps also function as freely adjustable indirect lighting source. Photos: Peter Fehrentz

AYNO meets sustainability

Reduced to the essentials, AYNO not only meets today‘s demands in terms of sustainability, but positions itself as a pioneer. The design of the lighting family not only enables low resource consumption through minimalist construction, AYNO is also one of the first LED luminaires that can be assembled, disassembled and repaired by the user without tools: all components of AYNO, in particular the lampshade and transformer, can be exchanged by hand using plug connections.
AYNO is largely made from recycled materials. The completely recyclable primary materials of the lamp can be easily separated by hand for pure recycling without tools. The use of semi-finished products avoids transport routes as the materials are sourced locally.
AYNO table S. The AYNO lighting family is available with neon-orange or black textile cable (top). Photo: Peter Fehrentz. Experience AYNOs flexibility on Midgards 3D configurator or AR App. Photo: Jonathan Mauloubier

AYNO table S. The AYNO lighting family is available with neon-orange or black textile cable (top). Photo: Peter Fehrentz. Experience AYNOs flexibility on Midgards 3D configurator or AR App. Photo: Jonathan Mauloubier

Midgard - connecting tradition with the future

AYNO‘s arch is reminiscent of the elegantly curved arm of the Midgard TYP 113, the so-called 'Peitschenleuchte' – which was used in many instances at the Bauhaus – and thus, draws a bow to Midgard‘s oldest and initial design, in the truest sense of the word.
Midgard – founded in 1919 by Curt Fischer, the inventor of adjustable light – produces its lighting collections 'midgard modular', 'K831', 'TYP 113' and 'midgard federzug' exclusively and entirely in Germany using original tools. Midgard lamps are characterised by their functionality, quality and design – built to last a lifetime and longer.
AYNO table S + floor L (top). Photo: Peter Fehrentz. AYNO prototype next to the midgard TYP 113, the so called ‘Peitschenleuchte’, as used in the Bauhaus. AYNO Photo: Diez Office. TYP 113. Photo: Jenner Egberts

AYNO table S + floor L (top). Photo: Peter Fehrentz. AYNO prototype next to the midgard TYP 113, the so called ‘Peitschenleuchte’, as used in the Bauhaus. AYNO Photo: Diez Office. TYP 113. Photo: Jenner Egberts

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The AYNO lighting family is celebrating clean aesthetics and functional geometry. AYNO table S + Floor L. Photo: Peter FehrentzAYNO L + XL. With a maximum radius of up to 3 metres, AYNO floor lamp XL is able to highlight every spot in the room. Photo: Peter FehrentzAYNO table S (top). AYNO, the flexible lighting family. Standing upright, all AYNO lamps also function as freely adjustable indirect lighting source. Photos: Peter FehrentzAYNO table S. The AYNO lighting family is available with neon-orange or black textile cable (top). Photo: Peter Fehrentz. Experience AYNOs flexibility on Midgards 3D configurator or AR App. Photo: Jonathan MauloubierAYNO table S + floor L (top). Photo: Peter Fehrentz. AYNO prototype next to the midgard TYP 113, the so called ‘Peitschenleuchte’, as used in the Bauhaus. AYNO Photo: Diez Office. TYP 113. Photo: Jenner Egberts

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