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A tale of two Topans: the Pendant & the Spot
23 June 2011
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. Frequently copied and never out of style, the clipped sphere [read more...]
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PH & Panton weren’t just good friends
11 May 2011
The family connection between two of the great Danish lighting designers is widely known – indeed, anyone who is aware of Simon Henningsen's work will almost certainly know that he was the the son of Poul Henningsen. But less well known is [read more...]
Poulsen, Panton and the space programme
25 April 2011
On 26 September 1972 in the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, journalist Bengt Rooke reported that a 60-strong delegation of American architects and interior designers working on ideas for future space travel and astronauts living in space had consulted Louis Poulsen [read more...]
F&M wall lamp is Helth not Panton
14 January 2011
The owner of the pair of lights pictured below thought that they might be a rare wall-mounted version of Verner Panton's Flowerpot. The Fog & Mørup labels present on the lights, however, reveal that [read more...]
Poulsen’s IT lamp and the ghost of PH
7 January 2011
In view of their seminal influence both in Denmark and internationally, it is no surprise that Poul Henningsen's ideas on lighting design were guiding the in-house design department at Louis Poulsen even long after his death in 1967. His legacy [read more...]
Colour coordination in Danish lights
12 November 2010
In the late 1960s both Louis Poulsen and Fog & Morup launched lines of assorted lamp models in coordinated colours under unifying banners. In 1968 and 1969 Louis Poulsen's [read more...]
The forgotten art of Oluf Gravesen
29 October 2010
Danish advertising for items of domestic design in the 1960s and 1970s often followed a very specific format. The featured product would be photographed in a room setting together with items by other manufacturers that were generally considered to be amongst the most prestigious and desirable designs of the time. These secondary items [read more...]
Verner Panton’s Panthella/3-light
27 August 2010
When people come across a vintage Panthella for the first time they often think there's something wrong with the on/off switch. "It's not working properly", they say. "I have to step on it twice to bring the light on, and [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...]
Finn Juhl and the drivers of vintage value