Founded in 2019, Brajak Vitberg is an art and design studio led by architects from Ljubljana, Slovenia. They create timeless craft elements through innovative, experimental design. Their range includes limited small series and unique products, inspired by imperfect perfection in materials and forms. With exceptional craftsmanship, Brajak Vitberg has gained recognition in the art and design world. 

Brajak Vitberg has garnered recognition and appreciation from discerning enthusiasts and collectors alike. With exceptional craftsmanship and a distinct artistic vision, she has firmly established itself as a notable player in the ever-evolving realm of art and design.

A lamp cut from Podpeč limestone

Podpeški marble is not, strictly, a marble. It is a dark grey limestone quarried at Podpeč, a few kilometres south of Ljubljana, and it has gone into the city's buildings for centuries. Brajak Vitberg turns it into the base of the Pompeii Marble Table Lamp: a solid block, a brass tube, a cotton shade. Version 3 of the lamp swaps the brass for an aged finish and adds a dimmable LED source. The choice of stone says most of what needs saying about the studio. Founded in 2019 and run by architects, Brajak Vitberg works in short series and single pieces, and its declared interest is the imperfect perfection of a material (a vein that runs where it wants, a pore that stays open).

The other marble table lamps on this page follow the same construction with a different stone. The Athens series, of which the Athens Marble Table Lamp 1 is one variant, is carved in white Carrara and fitted with brass or polished stainless steel under a grey cotton shade. The Capri Travertine table lamp is the warm one: a beige, porous body with brass accents, the open texture of the travertine left as it comes out of the block. The Saint Laurent Marble Table Lamp pairs black marble with stainless steel. Because the stone is never filled or dyed, the veining differs between lamps, and two Athens lamps bought together will not match exactly. That is the point.

The Metal Floating Stainless Steel Table Lamp is the outlier. A square stainless steel shade appears to hover above its base, carried by a plexiglass support that disappears once the lamp is lit; the steel comes polished or matte. Where the stone lamps are heavy and read as small monoliths, this one is about the gap between two planes. Both come out of the same architectural habit: a plain base, a thin stem or support, a shade that diffuses rather than directs. In a room, the Brajak Vitberg stone lamps go on a console, a bedside or a desk, and their weight keeps them steady on low furniture. They sit well next to travertine and oak and inside the muted palettes of Southern European interiors; the black Saint Laurent holds a darker room on its own.

The Oblist lists Brajak Vitberg lamps for private clients and the trade in the United States and Europe; the pieces ship from Slovenia. Architects and interior designers who need several lamps in matched stone, or one metal finish across a whole project, can go through the Trade Program.