O&G Studio has built its reputation on reimagining traditional furniture forms like the humble Windsor chair into livable modern heirlooms. In an industry that measures newness by how much design pushes the envelope, O&G stays close to the fundamentals, iterating and refining ideas through a studied and direct process. The studio’s new table lamp collection, Andromeda, morphs the core motif of the sphere into seven distinct fixtures. Employing a set of parameters around materiality and size, Andromeda argues that constraints drive creativity. From single spheres to clusters of up to 10 melded together, the collection of seven table lamps varies in size, use, and aesthetics while exploring different visual aspects of a singular design origin. 

Andromeda reflects an approach that has shaped O&G Creative Director Jonathan Glatt’s work both as a designer and educator. Drawing on his experience teaching furniture design at the Rhode Island School of Design, Andromeda embraces the idea that creative breakthroughs emerge naturally from deep engagement with design and craft fundamentals rather than through the deliberate search for novelty. Like the starting point for many O&G collections, the constraints Jonathan set out for the Andromeda become a framework for exploration rather than a limitation.

“When creating a new design, I like to use the limitations of my tools, talents, and resources as the parameters,” says Jonathan. “the restraints guide and drive creative thinking and innovation.”

When Jonathan and his team began designing this collection, they set out with a simple set of rules:  Each lamp would begin with a sphere, be made from solid ash wood, be no more than 8.5 inches in diameter, and maintain axial symmetry.  These guidelines were a mix of Jonathan’s design interests and limitations of production and material. Through a hands-on process of turning and carving, seven forms would emerge to become a collection of designs, varied in scale, intended use, and complexity.

Although each lamp shares a common origin, each possesses a distinct character. Through subtle shifts in proportion, composition, and orientation, the collection moves from playful and animated, like the anthropomorphic Mora, to the calm, architectural, and contemplative form of the Orion.

Crafted entirely from ash, a hardwood with a pronounced grain texture, Andromeda balances geometric clarity with natural warmth. Within Andromeda, and all O&G designs, careful attention is paid to grain orientation and scale. This step highlights the design’s sculptural form and takes advantage of the material’s natural strength. Andromeda’s spherical grain patterns add a layer of depth and organic texture that complements the crisp geometry of each design, creating the idea of complexity across scale that Jonathan learned in his former career as a jeweler.

“Complexity across scale is the idea that at every distance from 40 feet away to 4 inches away reveals another layer of visual impact,” says Jonathan. “In a lamp, that can mean everything from considering the overall profile, down to the carefully finished wood and metal fittings that you see and feel when you switch it on.”

For O&G, Andromeda represents both a continuation and an evolution of the studio’s work. While the company first introduced table lamps more than a decade ago, the collection shifts focus away from singular forms that have characterized earlier designs and toward the expressive potential of shape itself. The result is a family of lamps that are playful, contemplative, and distinctly O&G.