The warm, filtered light housed within the Maija series is now with LED technology, in the new hanging lamp version based on the original 1955 design and re-editioned in two sizes. Its translucent white glass diffuser helps to both nuance and focus the light. In the language of Finnish functionalism, the Maija series conveys the feeling of Baltic light from the inside outwards, with a graceful, durable structure reminiscent of a honeycomb. An opaque body with a brass structure fragmented into superimposed plates, filters and directs the inner light. The Maija series is comprised of a floor, table top and hanging light.
The Maija collection is an expression of the feeling of light that is common in the cities of the Baltic, where public street lamps are few and far between and instead private homes and shop windows shine their beams of light towards the public street: outwards. In light of the circumstances, Tapiovaara conceived a column of small metal superimposed discs from which the light hangs out from a shimmering honeycomb, shrouded in warm life. The discs were originally in a nude rose colour, subsequently white was produced and nowadays Santa & Cole offers both alternatives.