The lights of Louis Weisdorf: Multi-Lite (1974)
The economic downturn of the 1970s brought new challenges for the designers of high-end lamps and other luxury goods, as producers' support for the experiments [more]
The lights of Louis Weisdorf: Ekko (1968)
The Ekko is another of Louis Weisdorf's designs based on repeating – or echoing – elements, though in this case the angular metallic sections take [more]
The lights of Louis Weisdorf: Turbo (1967)
Louis Weisdorf created the design for his Turbo pendant light in 1965, and in 1967 Lyfa was ready to start production. Consisting of 12 uniform [more]
The lights of Louis Weisdorf: Facet (1966) and Facet-Pop (1970)
In the Facet pendant light, designed by Louis Weisdorf in 1963 and produced by Lyfa from 1966, the particular art of Weisdorf's lighting designs is [more]
The lights of Louis Weisdorf: Konkylie (1964/65)
In 1963 when Danish architect Louis Weisdorf made the drawings for Konkylie, the first of his light designs, nine years had passed since (aged 22) [more]
More on the origins of the Søvaernspendel
A Danish reader, Harry Møller Nielsen, left a most interesting comment yesterday on our blog entry Jørn Utzon and the Søvaernspendel, one of two we [more]
Your favourite Louis Weisdorf light design
It's been some time since our last blog post, but we haven't been idle in the meantime, and our main project has been to give [more]
In memory of Claus Bolby (1944-2011)
Today we heard the sad news that veteran Danish lighting designer and producer Claus Bolby, founder of Cebo Industri and creator of the popular acrylic [more]
A tale of two Topans: the Pendant & the Spot
Verner Panton's futuristic 1959 Topan light design for Louis Poulsen has rarely been out of the limelight in its more than 50 years of existence. [more]
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