MEEMO portable table lamp
Meemo is a versatile piece, ideal for calm and thoughtful environments. I see it in bedrooms, reading corners, intimate hotel rooms or restaurant tables – anywhere where soft, atmospheric light is needed to create a contemplative mood.
The starting point was a fascination with time – and the quiet poetry of an hourglass. Watching grains of sand fall slowly, steadily, to mark a moment passing. I wanted to translate this gesture into a design object: to let light behave like time, dissolving softly into space. But design is not art – and as the process evolved, the initial idea gave way to function. What remains is not the concept itself, but a formal echo of it: a shape that quietly remembers its origin.
Rather than solving a specific functional problem, Meemo offers something more atmospheric: a way of shaping space with soft, ambient light – helping to create moments of calm and quiet presence.
The process was organic and iterative. Started with a poetic idea and through reduction and many variations, the shape gradually emerged. Some early versions felt too minimal with lacking presence. The final form became a distilled abstraction of the original thought — not just restrained, but quietly echoing the idea it once tried to capture.
There is a longstanding relationship between my studio and Gejst, built on mutual respect and a shared aesthetic sensibility. Meemo perfectly fits within the values Gejst stands for: clarity, simplicity, and a quiet sense of presence.
The narrowing of the silhouette – the subtle indentation in the middle – is the most characteristic feature. It’s simple, but full of meaning. A formal gesture that suggests movement, direction, a before and after.
We selected etched marble – a material shaped by time itself. Its surface texture carries traces of erosion, of gentle resistance, not unlike sand passing through an hourglass. The natural veining adds another layer of visual depth, making each piece unique. This material choice ties the object back to its original inspiration: time, transformation, and the poetry of natural processes. The color palette remains quiet and muted, allowing the light and form to unfold in subtle ways.
Because there’s history. We started something together years ago, and many of those early pieces became long-term successes. We share a belief in a certain idea of design, and in the power of narrative. Working with Gejst is always a bit like coming home.
