Jony Ive spent nearly three decades designing Apple’s most recognizable products before founding his own design firm, LoveFrom. Ive’s childhood love of sailing inspired him to build a superyacht. As he envisioned its aesthetic, he remembered the small Tokyo company Balmuda and their original flameless candle, The Lantern. He approached Balmuda directly, wanting a maritime version for the new boat. The result is a stainless steel light styled after old nautical lanterns and Fresnel lamps. It runs on two LEDs instead of a flame. A single dial controls both brightness and color temperature, sliding from cool to warm so the light can mimic fire without any of the upkeep flame would need at sea. The body is precision-machined stainless steel with a mirror-polished finish, a gold lens guard, and precision-ground glass. It hangs from a textured polyester lanyard built to resist salt, sun, and oil. Only 1,000 are being made.
