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Hymn
Hymn, by designer Hiroto Yoshizoe for the Japanese lighting brand Ambientec, is like a deconstructed candle flame.
![Ambientec Hymn lamp on small glass table](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hymn-on-Table-1024x693.jpeg)
Better said, it’s a contemporary capitulation of that flickering phenomena, one that achieves its luminescent incantations not through the element of fire, but rather through human ingenuity and inspiration.
![Ambientec Hymn lamp on window ledge](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hymn-on-window-ledge-1024x734.jpeg)
Yoshizoe was drawn to the flame one afternoon at a Florence church: “In a chapel illuminated by a thin beam of natural light from outdoors, I was captivated by a single luminous spot floating in space… the magic of that one candle casting its light all around.”
![Ambientec Hymn lamp two lamps side by side one black finish one gold](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Two-Hymn-lamps-side-by-side-1024x737.jpeg)
Hymn pays homage to the traditional candlestick holder with a series of mechanical innovations: magnets move the axis and stem at the base, provoking random vibrations and oscillations that make the illumined tip dance. And when Hymn is turned off, the light lingers for a brief moment before extinguishing itself in full, duplicating the wondrous moment of retinal imprint when an actual candle is blown out.
![Ambientec Hymn lamp detail of lens tip](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hymn-Detail-1-968x1024.jpeg)
Hymn is available in black or gold finish. The glass cover is removable, further recalling the iconography of a classic candle lantern.
![Ambientec Hymn lamp two lamps side by side in black and gold finish with white background](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hymn-light-background-1024x737.jpeg)
Hymn will be at supersalone, beginning September 5. To find our more, see Ambientec.
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