The enduring allure of mid-century Space Age architecture continues to inspire contemporary product design, finding new life in everyday objects that celebrate futuristic optimism. The latest manifestation of this design philosophy is the WOLOLOW Night Lamp Ver 2.0, a miniature tabletop luminaire conceived by designers Arthur Koshatahyan and Kostya Trunov. Translating the distinct architectural language of Matti Suuronen’s legendary 1968 Futuro House into a domestic lighting fixture, the lamp offers design enthusiasts a tangible piece of architectural history scaled down for the home.
Originally designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen as a portable, prefabricated ski chalet, the Futuro House remains one of the most recognizable icons of 1960s utopian design. Characterized by its flying saucer-like elliptical hull and lightweight fiberglass construction, the structure represented a radical departure from traditional building methods, embodying an era captivated by space exploration and futuristic living. In their translation of this architectural typology into the WOLOLOW 2.0, designers Arthur Koshatahyan and Kostya Trunov have meticulously captured the proportions and defining features of Suuronen’s original creation, transforming a building designed to house people into a compact decorative object that illuminates a room.
WOLOLOW Reinterprets 1968 Futuro House as Tabletop Lamp
At the core of the WOLOLOW Night Lamp Ver 2.0 is a careful commitment to architectural accuracy scaled for tabletop display. The lamp features a distinct elliptical, disc-shaped housing that faithfully echoes the iconic fiberglass shell of Suuronen’s original prefabricated structure. This smooth, futuristic hull is punctuated by a characteristic ring of oval portholes, a detail that breaks up the solid form and allows light to filter through or around the body in a way that recalls the original building’s luminous presence at night.
Elevating this saucer-like form is a slender, angled steel tripod base. The three-legged wire structure mimics the original Futuro House’s capability to be installed on varied or uneven terrain using a minimal footprint, while providing a stable, elegant foundation for the tabletop fixture. By pairing the organic curves of the upper shell with the industrial geometry of the metal legs, the designers maintain the structural tension and visual lightness that made the 1960s architectural marvel so striking when it first debuted.
The launch of the second-generation iteration comes via a Kickstarter campaign, inviting backers and mid-century modern design aficionados to bring a piece of architectural heritage into their living spaces, bedrooms, or offices. While the initial version of the lamp established the aesthetic concept, the newly refined 2.0 edition introduces several functional enhancements designed to improve everyday usability and integration within modern smart-home environments.
Elliptical Housing Launches Across Five Chromed Finishes
While the updated WOLOLOW 2.0 edition carefully preserves the fiberglass-inspired silhouette and overall proportions of its predecessor, it brings significant upgrades to its internal illumination hardware. In a departure from the previous generation’s reliance on an integrated battery system, the revised model incorporates a hardwired power connection, ensuring a steady and reliable power supply for continuous operation without the need for periodic recharging.
To offer greater versatility and longevity, the fixture adopts a standard, user-replaceable 12V MR16 LED bulb configuration utilizing a GU5.3 base. This engineering choice moves away from proprietary, sealed lighting components, making it easier for users to maintain the lamp over time. The hardware accommodates standard warm-white modules that cast a cozy, inviting glow reminiscent of vintage interiors, as well as aftermarket smart LED bulbs. The compatibility with smart bulbs enables seamless integration with contemporary wireless home automation protocols, granting users the ability to control dimming levels and adjust RGB color outputs directly from their smartphones or smart-home ecosystems.
To complement diverse interior design schemes, the WOLOLOW Night Lamp Ver 2.0 is manufactured in five distinct shell finishes. Buyers can choose from a classic, clean white that stays true to the original Finnish prototype, vibrant shades of yellow and orange that lean heavily into the bold color palette of the 1960s, a calming sky blue, and a reflective mirror chrome finish that amplifies the futuristic, space-age aesthetic by capturing and distorting the surrounding environment. Through this combination of historic architectural reverence and modern lighting technology, the WOLOLOW 2.0 bridges past and present, offering a functional sculptural object that honors one of the most daring experiments in prefabricated residential design.
