On 16 October 2026, Byredo and Iittala released the complete LJUS collection worldwide. The collaboration brings together glass objects for candles, incense and fragrance, alongside a piece designed to refract light. Its shared territory is the domestic ritual: the small action that marks a transition in the day and changes the atmosphere of a room. 1
The objects are made at Iittala’s factory in Finland. The company describes a process involving mouth-blown glass and accepts small bubbles and variations in shape as characteristics of the handwork. Its Japanese product announcement identifies lead-free glass as the main material, with stainless steel used for the incense holder’s supporting component. 2
That material specificity gives the collection a useful point of focus. Glass carries its manufacturing history in qualities that may only become visible at close range. An object can therefore reward two kinds of attention: its outline seen across a room, and the details encountered when it is picked up, filled or placed on a shelf.
The range includes a candle stand, candle ornament, light refractor, incense holder and fragrance-diffuser vessel. In the launch material, Iittala creative director Janni Vepsäläinen describes light as something shaped through craft. The collection brings that proposition down to a small scale, where a single object can alter a table setting or a shelf. 1
Placement becomes part of the design. The same glass form can belong to a group on a dining table or stand alone near the edge of a room. The surrounding surfaces, available light and viewing distance contribute to the encounter. Those relationships give the objects a role in an interior that extends beyond their dimensions.
Ritual also introduces duration. Lighting a candle or preparing incense is an action with a beginning and an end, while the vessel remains available for the next occasion. This difference between a lasting object and a temporary use offers an appealing way to think about domestic collections: their meaning accumulates through repeated acts.
LJUS was announced earlier in the year; October marks the global release of the full range. 1 The collection places the glassmaker’s work within familiar activities at home. A candle is lit, the light changes, and the same object is seen again under different conditions. Its place in a room develops through that repeated use.
