Kaia Lighting

kaia is timeless elegance and purity wrought in geometric perfection and rigorous design. the design process is a continuous journey with no beginnings and no endings, a circle: with the light off, you respond to it as an aesthetic object, with the light on, you value its function. kaia honours the construction of its products. where a screw is required, it is openly displayed; design created with the presence of each element in mind – objects of harmony, born out of function and honesty. from the process to its form to the openly displayed fixings that bind it together. peter straka is both the founder of kaia and the design mastermind behind the company’s lighting objects. he is a graduate of industrial design at the viennese university of applied arts, but also has a background as a trained metalworker and engineer. the lighting objects he designs for kaia are a masterful blend of art, technology and craftsmanship – all combined with a clear vision of what is essential in life.