Tonone

Tonone is a Dutch lighting label based in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, founded by designer Anton de Groof. Its starting question was how to translate a fascination for traditional mechanics and craft tools into state-of-the-art design, and the answer became a family of lamps built around construction elements — bolts, wingnuts, tubes and profiles — used as both visual language and structure.

The label took shape in 2013 around the Bolt series, developed from a lamp De Groof had designed years earlier for a clothing brand’s headquarters; it now exists in 29 models and 11 colours. Atlas and Ella followed in hand-blown glass, then the robust Mr. Tubes, the LED Beads, the portable ONE and the linear Bridge in 2024. Sustainability, efficiency and logistics are considered across the whole life cycle, and the Bolt10 marked the brand’s tenth anniversary.