Nuura

Why it is renowned

Nuura won a German Design Award in 2019 for its Miira collection, in the category Excellent Product Design, Lighting; its Blossi collection received a special mention.¹ In 2024 its Petalii floor lamp was named best in class for lighting in the Style Awards of the British magazine Livingetc, and its Liila Muuse series was among Schöner Wohnen's Best of Design in Germany.²

The story

Sofie Refer, Nadia Lassen and Peter Østerberg founded Nuura in 2017; the name means light and honour.³ Refer, a Danish lighting designer, designed its Miira collection: a chandelier that grows into a full series of lamps.¹³ The collections start from the chandelier and use shades of glass blown by hand, each one slightly different, with LED light sources.³⁴ Its head office and showroom are in a historic building in Frederiksstaden in central Copenhagen, next to the Marble Church.³

What to know it by

• Miira¹Sofie ReferGlass globe chandelier and its family of lamps, German Design Award 2019
• Blossi¹Glass lamps lit by an LED disc, special mention 2019
• Petalii Floor²Floor lamp, Livingetc Style Awards 2024
• Apiales⁵Chandelier in brushed brass with opal glass globes