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Another diamond-shaped Preben Dal gem
21 January 2011
Featured in Danish homestyle magazine Bo Bedre in January 1962 when his Symfoni (final image below) was already on prominent display in Copenhagen's illustrious interior design store Illums Bolighus [read more...]
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Hvidt & Mølgaard’s F&M light design
17 December 2010
Peter Hvidt (1916–1986) and his business partner Orla Mølgaard (aka Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen) (1907–1993) are best known for their furniture – in particular the Ax chair, designed in 1950 for Fritz Hansen [read more...]
The birth and afterlife of F&M’s Semi
3 December 2010
Designed in 1967 by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup when they were still students and put into production by Fog & Mørup, the Semi was an immensely popular light. An article in a 1973 edition of Mobilia magazine described the process by which [read more...]
More on Coronell v Hans-Agne Jakobsson
6 October 2010
Our previous blog entry on the common but incorrect attribution to Hans-Agne Jakobsson of a range of prism lights which were actually produced by Danish company Coronell (which you can read here) was picked up [read more...]
Quality System – back from obscurity
16 September 2010
From its inception in 1965 until its demise in 1985, Danish lighting company Quality System was hugely successful, and its products, designed by artist Flemming Brylle and industrial designer Preben Jacobsen, sold in the millions [read more...]
Coronell, not Hans-Agne Jakobsson
20 August 2010
It has been brought to our attention that, in one of the misinformation feedback loops so common on the internet, sellers on Swedish auction site tradera.com have been in the habit of describing the lights pictured below as [read more...]
‘Tivoli’ wall light is by HS, not SH
12 August 2010
The designer of the diamond-shaped wall light pictured below is often said to be Simon P Henningsen. Both this raw metal version and another lacquered in black and white are, it is claimed [read more...]
13 of 100 great Danish designs of 1974
2 August 2010
In 1974 a special edition of Mobilia magazine was dedicated to showcasing, as the title of the issue announced, "One Hundred Great Danish Designs!" The 100 featured products were chosen as [read more...]
The uniquely Danish concept of hygge
15 July 2010
From time to time we hear someone in Denmark describing a vintage light – usually one that gives out a warm glow, such as Claus Bolby's Veega (pictured below) – as "hygge", and [read more...]
In memory of Claus Bolby (1944-2011)