B-4 table lamp, Chianti red

GUBI’s B-4 table lamp, designed by Greta M. Grossman in 1945, has a cheerful, alternating character created by its colourful, movable visors. B-4 lamp gives the space a delightful touch of 1940s' modernism with influences from Grossman’s Swedish heritage as well as from American design of the mid-twentieth century.

Besides a designer, Grossman was also an architect, and the silhouette of the B-4 lamp has been compared to her architectural designs, such as the Southern Californian hill houses with cantilevered decks and glass walls. The movable angles and well-considered colour palettes of the classic luminaire freshen up also the interiors of the 21st century.

Greta Magnusson Grossman

Gubi Olsen and his wife Lisbeth Olsen founded GUBI in 1967. The company has been based since the beginning on product design and development. Over the years, the two designers have created a large collection of upholstered furniture and a furniture fabric, called Holmens Klæde.

Since 1967, GUBI’s core philosophy has been to create timeless designs, with aesthetics, innovation, functionality and quality as guiding principles. GUBI’s many new designs are developed partly in cooperation with designers who have previously left their mark on GUBI products and partly in association with a number of new designers who, in turn, will add new stories to the GUBI saga.