Followers of Danish lighting producer Louis Poulsen might be delighted (pun meant) with the 304-page monograph “Louis Poulsen: First Home of Gentle”, revealed by Phaidon and written by former Wallpaper* Editor TF Chan, celebrating the model’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. The monograph delves into the wealthy historical past and enduring legacy of Louis Poulsen, from its founding to its modern-day improvements.
Louis Poulsen: First Home of Gentle, revealed by Phaidon
Louis Poulsen: First Home of Gentle by TF Chan is revealed by Phaidon, £59.95, accessible at Waterstones
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For this design e-book, Chan was granted full entry to the corporate’s archives, its intensive library of previous catalogues and different publications, and a protracted listing of each previous and current workers as a part of his analysis for the e-book. ‘It was fairly superb to be given such entry and being allowed to dig so deep in a single single firm,’ Chan says.
Poul Henningsen at dwelling with a PH 5 lamp. The 1962 Distinction lamp seems within the background.
(Picture credit score: Image credit score: Courtesy and copyright © Louis Poulsen (pages 46-47))
The e-book uncovers and brings to the fore many fantastic tales from Louis Poulsen’s design historical past. Who knew, as an illustration, that the unique petals of the Artichoke designed by Poul Henningsen in 1958 for the Langelinie Pavilion in Copenhagen had been painted pale pink on the within to provide the sunshine ‘a rosier glow that might complement the pores and skin tones of the Langeline Pavilion’s friends’? Or that Henningsen developed a blackout lamp for the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen throughout the Second World Battle, that solely received approval of town’s authorities after they had been invited to see the lamp from the 105m tall tower of town corridor subsequent to the park?
Louis Poulsen marketing campaign picture from 2020, displaying the newly launched black model of the PH Artichoke in 4 sizes.
(Picture credit score: Courtesy and copyright © Louis Poulsen (web page 115))
After trying again on the 150 years historical past and the significance of Poul Henningsen in defining the model, the e-book explores the up to date manufacturing of Louis Poulsen’s merchandise. About 85% of all lamps are nonetheless manufactured or lastly assembled in Vejen, Denmark and whereas the corporate embraces the most recent expertise, there may be nonetheless a eager concentrate on holding the human contact.
A 2012 {photograph} of the eating corridor at St Catherine’s School, Oxford, UK, with the AJ Oxford desk lamp (custom-made by Louis Poulsen) constructed into the lengthy oak tables.
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‘Embracing superior manufacturing applied sciences whereas nonetheless using extremely expert craftspeople, and certainly coaching new generations of them, distinguishes Louis Poulsen as a number one lighting firm,’ writes Chan within the e-book.
Lastly, the tome appears at how Louis Poulsen is utilizing the legacy of Poul Henningsen’s and Verner Panton’s design to have interaction a brand new technology of designers, reminiscent of Louise Campbell, Øivind Slaatto, Nendo and GamFratesi, and the way the corporate has been promoted each regionally and overseas via publications, catalogues and exhibitions.
An in depth-up of the unique PH Artichoke at Langelinie Pavilion. Its copper leaves had been frivolously brushed and lacquered on the surface, and coated with a reflective layer of pale pink paint on the within, to realize a rosier glow that might complement the pores and skin tones of Langelinie Pavilion’s friends.
(Picture credit score: Image credit score: © Langelinie Pavillonen / Picture: Kjeld Helmer Petersen (web page 116))
Superbly designed by Studio Claus Due and that includes the pale pink color from the unique Artichoke each on the duvet and as chapter dividers, the publication options greater than 300 illustrations and images. This actually is a treasure trove of knowledge, shedding mild on certainly one of Denmark’s most iconic design manufacturers.
Louis Poulsen: First Home of Gentle by TF Chan is revealed by Phaidon, £59.95, accessible at Waterstones
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The unique PH Septima in white, with alternating clear and frosted stripes radiating from the centre of every shade. Frosted stripes all the time cowl clear stripes beneath to be able to higher diffuse the sunshine and reduce glare.
(Picture credit score: Image credit score: © Picture: Bent Ryberg (web page 108))
SAGA House Architects’ LUNARK in Moriusaq, far north Greenland, the place founders Sebastian Aristotelis and Karl-Johan Sørensen spent sixty days for a behavioural examine.
(Picture credit score: Image credit score: © SAGA House Architects (web page 94))
Vilhelm Lauritzen’s VL45 Radiohus pendant, reintroduced into Louis Poulsen’s catalogue in 2016 and photographed on the Radio Home, for which it was initially designed. Beneath is the VLA75 Lobby bench, additionally by the architect.
(Picture credit score: Image credit score: Courtesy and copyright © Louis Poulsen (web page 146))
Louis Poulsen: First Home of Gentle by TF Chan is revealed by Phaidon, £59.95 (Phaidon.com)
(Picture credit score: Courtesy of Phaidon)
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