THE FUNNY THING ABOUT CANDLES

We’ve been using them for about 2,000 years.

Most of that time the need was simple: Give us light.

Now we use them differently. For atmosphere. For fragrance. For the way they make a room feel.

But somewhere along the way, we accepted that when the wax runs out, we replace the whole thing.

Which is quite odd (when you think about it). 

Because the whole thing isn’t compostable or anything. 

Like a tissue box or a bag for crisps.

Refillable candles solve this by making the vessel permanent.

So that's good.

But it creates another problem.

You have to want to keep the vessel.

Not just through one fragrance, but as rooms change, homes change and tastes change.

What we’ve noticed is: objects which tend to survive all of that don’t depend on decoration or trendy colours.

We wanted something quieter: matte stoneware, a restrained palette and a shape interesting enough to stand on its own without decoration.

The staying power would come from material, form and proportion.

So that became our starting point.

FORM 01 is the result.

WHO IS 'WE'?

Amanda and Sunny. Mother and daughter.

Sunny is a photographer and interior designer. Amanda has spent thirty-one years working with interiors, largely by instinct.

Between us, we spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about proportion, material, light, and the way objects sit together.

Two things we don’t like:

1. Clutter.

2. The buying stuff/decluttering stuff/buying more stuff cycle.

Sunny says, “It takes up too much space and time”.

Amanda says, “It's messy and exhausting”.

The ideal, for us, is to find the right thing once and keep it.

For a candle, that means a vessel that can move with you, work in different spaces, and still feel right years from now.

We hope FORM 01 is that candle for you.

SHOP FORM 01