FROM FARM TO LIGHT. A fair, local and personal value chain. Every Lof wool pendant light is made in New Zealand through a local, circular supply chain that considers the whole life of each piece, from fibre to finished light. Our wool is grown at Palliser Ridge, a hill-country farm in South Wairarapa certified under the Responsible Wool Standard and the Savory Institute’s Land to Market regenerative programme. It is then scoured, spun and knitted by specialist makers across the North Island, and each light is hand-assembled by our team on Waiheke Island. This is a fibreshed approach: sourcing and processing wool as close to its origin as possible, supporting fair returns for growers and real land regeneration. Our aim is a transparent value chain that sets a new standard for New Zealand design.
Design and engineering
Slow design, R&D, and material experiments at our Waiheke Island textile design studio.
The wool grows.
Wool grows all year round on the land at Palliser Ridge sheep station in the Wairarapa, in the lower North Island. Single origin. Never blended, fully traceable. Farm-sourced.
Shearing.
Wool is shorn twice a year at the farm, every February and August.
Scouring.
Wool is sent to Napier, New Zealand, for scouring, washing the greasy lanolin off.
Spinning.
Wool travels to Wellington, New Zealand, for carding, aligning the fibres, and spinning the slivers into yarn.
Manufacture.
Manufacture by small family-run or independent businesses. Yarn is knitted into textile shapes using specialised low-waste knitting technology. Birch plywood frames are cut. The wool felt that protects each light is made from felted single-origin New Zealand strong wool. Cardboard boxes are made and cut, and stickers and postcards are printed.
Assembly, finishing and dyeing
A team of local women on Waiheke Island sands each piece of wood, cuts each piece of packaging felt, assembles the packaging boxes, and assembles each knit and light in its final form. Harakeke Gold is foraged here in February and March, after the tūī and the bees have fed, and each piece is dyed by hand in our studio, one at a time.
To you.
Your light arrives fully assembled, thanks to our flat-packed design. It is wrapped in reusable wool felt inside a cardboard box. We invite you to give the packaging another life, then return it to the earth. Reuse it at home as a trivet, a dishscrubber, a dog bed, a weed mat, or something of your own imagining. It is natural and biodegradable, and when it is finally worn out it can go in your garden compost.
First life and a circular approach.
The light lives its long life. It can be spot cleaned, washed by hand or vacuumed to keep itlooking great for longer. We have designed it so it separates easily, and parts can be repaired, washed or replaced over time. That’s an important part of how we think aboutcircular design. end of its first life, the product and its packaging can be repaired, upcycled, or repurposed. Once the complete life force has been exhausted, the fibre composts into soil, returning nutrients to the ground.
The Wool Grows.
The loop continues… New fleece grows all year round on the land at Palliser Ridge sheep station in the Wairarapa, ready to become the next light.
