Paavo Tynell was the first Finnish designer to work solely with lighting. He trained as a sheet metal worker and worked as such until 1918 when he, together with a few others, started Taito Oy. As a designer at Taito and in his own projects Tynell used his knowledge and skill in metalwork to get the material to manipulate the light. He developed new ways of aiming the light to create indirect lighting to achieve a softer, more atmospheric light. This kind of lighting made Tynell's lamps popular in restaurants and other spaces where the atmosphere is more important than bright lighting.