Introducing the Sailing Lantern

LoveFrom and BALMUDA are proud to introduce the Sailing Lantern – a beautiful, functional light designed to last a lifetime. The collaboration celebrates shared values and the joyful belief in the power and value of simple creative partnership.

"It has been a considerable honour and enormously enjoyable creating our lantern with Gen and his wonderful team at Balmuda," said Jony Ive, founder of LoveFrom. "As a young boy, I adored sailing and spending my time on water."

Central to the design challenge was developing a luminary quality with the warmth and emotional resonance typically associated with flame and filament. The functional advantages of two LEDs, a rechargeable battery and digital control system make this both an emotionally compelling and practical light source. A single dial controls both brightness and color temperature, from cool to warm.

Sailing Lantern is designed to be easy to maintain, disassemble and repair, and to recycle at the end of a lifetime of use. Materials were chosen for integrity and longevity: flawless precision-ground and polished glass, and precision-machined stainless steel with a mirror polish, texture-blast or highly durable electroplated finish. The Sailing Lantern is available in polished stainless steel with gold lens guard and component details, and weighs 1.5kg.

The lantern can be freestanding, or suspended or carried using its lanyard. This soft yet structurally robust strap is made from textured polyester that resists salt, sun and oil, and is fixed in place with a corrosion-resistant stainless steel button.