Holocene系列的前三款灯分别由Isle Crawford、David Chipperfield和Jasper Morrison设计，Wästberg品牌由Magnus Wästberg创建。在合作之前，虽然Magnus Wästberg和Pawson并不熟悉，但是Magnus Wästberg长期以来一直很欣赏Pawson的作品。
Wästberg告诉Dezeen的记者：“我非常熟悉John的作品，当我在20世纪90年代中后期第一次看到他的作品的时候，对我启示很多。它们触动了我的心弦，并且在我脑海中回荡20年之久。”
The previous three lights in the collection were designed by Isle Crawford, David Chipperfield and Jasper Morrison, who Magnus Wästberg, the founder of Wästberg approached personally. Although he didn't know Pawson before they worked together, he had long been an admirer of his work.
"I was fully aware of John's work; when I first came across it in the mid-to-late 1990s it was kind of a revelation to me. It struck a chord with me and has stayed that way for twenty years," Wästberg told Dezeen.
该系列的名称来自同名的地质周期，Wästberg说“‘Holocene’是一段地质年代，特指从11700年前到100年前这一时期。可以说这段时期是人类与自然和谐相处、对资源小心、珍惜的时期。”
总部位于赫尔辛堡的照明公司的创始人Wästberg认为，当人们从火转向到电灯后，人们与光的关系发生了变化。
他说：“技术的进步愈发成熟，但是，人们总是把电看作是取之不尽的资源，因此，人们与光的关系也发生了变化。”
Wästberg觉得人们现在可以接触到的东西，但却不是为了造福人们而存在，他说：“照明解决方案不再‘用于’人，而是‘针对’人。”
The name of the collection derives from the geological period of the same name. "The Holocene was a geological period, stretching from 11,700 to about 100 years ago," said Wästberg. "It can be described as the period when man lived in harmony with nature, was careful with resources, cherished fire."
The founder of the Helsingborg-based lighting company feels that our relationship with light has changed since the switch to electric lights from naked flames.
"Technical advancements are obviously mostly for the better, but as we started to regard electricity as an inexhaustible resource our relationship to light changed," he explained.
He feels that artificial light is now something that we are exposed to, rather than something that exists to benefit us: "Lighting solutions no longer light 'for' people but 'on' people," added Wästberg.
该系列通过提供一种设计精美且节能的替代品，旨在改变人们对非电灯的看法，这也是Pawson的梦想。
Pawson说：“照明是建筑的重要元素，它改变了人们对空间的看法。”
“我想创造一些它自己存在的东西，所以当你把它放下时，它就会产生自己的氛围。”
The collection aims to change our perception of the possibilities of non-electric lights, by offering a beautifully designed and energy efficient alternative, an ambition that Pawson agrees with.
"Lighting is the biggest element of architecture and completely changes one's perceptions of space," said Pawson.
"I wanted to create something that had its own presence, so that when you set it down it makes its own atmosphere."
