i have no interest in making something that already exists: in conversation with lukas peet

A-N-D, a Canadian lighting brand founded in Vancouver fourteen years ago, is opening its first permanent showroom outside Canada in Copenhagen during 3 Days of Design. The showroom will be located in a listed courtyard building that previously printed paper, and it will soon hold light. The space spans three floors, with three distinct functions. The design philosophy centers on iteration rather than repetition, emphasizing refinement, measured growth, and considered proportions. The palette uses grounded, dark, non-flashy color choices, and the objects carry a physical weight that photographs do not fully convey. The brand’s approach reflects a shared vision formed by three founders coming to lighting from different backgrounds.

"At some point in the conversation, words stop being enough. Lukas Peet has been talking for twenty minutes - about refinement, about the measured pace of fourteen years, about a building in Copenhagen that used to print paper and will soon hold light - and then he says: let me just show you. The screen shares. The renders open. And what language had been circling around becomes, suddenly, visible. Grounded in color. Generous in proportion. Not loud. There is a darkness to the palette that feels considered rather than fashionable, and a weight to the objects that the photographs had not quite prepared you for."

"Canadian lighting brand A-N-D opens its first permanent showroom outside Canada this June, during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. At some point in the conversation, words stop being enough. Lukas Peet has been talking for twenty minutes - about refinement, about the measured pace of fourteen years, about a building in Copenhagen that used to print paper and will soon hold light - and then he says: let me just show you. The screen shares. The renders open. And what language had been circling around becomes, suddenly, visible."

"A-N-D was founded in Vancouver fourteen years ago by three people who came to lighting from different directions and recognized, when they met, that they were looking for the same thing. Lukas Peet, a Design Academy Eindhoven alumnus and winner of Canada's Emerging Designer Award, brought an almost restless curiosity about objects, materials and production: a desire"

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