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SILVERBACK – connecting architecture and light

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The KiBiSi design group and Louis Poulsen are launching a different interpretation of the adaptation of lighting for architecture.

Morphing is a graphic technique whereby a picture makes a transition into another picture through a smooth movement.

 

The KiBiSi design group trio, Jens Martin Skibsted, Lars Larsen and Bjarke Ingels, have reinterpreted wall and ceiling lighting, drawing on the morphing design concept. In cooperation with Louis Poulsen, the result is the exciting new product –Silverback – now ready to be launched around the world.

 

No matter how much priority architects give to natural lighting in buildings, it is necessary to supplement this with artificial light to optimize working conditions and comfort for humans. This is the major challenge in all building projects and Louis Poulsen has worked with architects for years, striving to create a harmonic synergy between architecture and lighting.

 

Silverback is an example of a very innovative way of creating cohesion between spatial elements and light.

 

Silverback is a super minimalistic fixture. At first glance it may look familiar, but a closer look reveals it as the result of innovation.

 

Silverback has a soft harmonic shape which unites the silver coloured half with the opal white diffuser. A simple decorative line marks the join and highlights the circular shape in a distinct manner. A visual detail which is retained whether the light is on or off.

 

The silver effect and the depth of perception of the material is achieved by metal-lising the inner surface of one half of the shade. Not only does this conceal the light source, it also reflects the mounting surface and permits a certain amount of light to pass through, thereby illuminating the surface behind the product with a decorative halo. The mirror effect is retained even when the light is on, drawing the mounting surface into the fixture and abolishing the visual boundary between the product and wall or ceiling.

 

This effect offers a unique experience in relation to all aspects of the mounting surface – texture, colour or material. It simply has unlimited applications.

The rear half of Silverback also appears slightly transparent, giving the product a sense of lightness.

The opal diffuser provides soft and comfortable illumination of the space around the fixture and the simplistic design makes the fixture ideal for either solo placement or repetitive installations. The fixture has a discreet presence in every type of project, without losing its identity.

 

A fluorescent tube version of SILVERBACK is being launched in April and a LED version ready for autumn.

 

Louis Poulsen is looking forward to the launch with excitement. “It is a different way of integrating light and architecture. In the past we have had a major focus on the simplicity of design offering many possibilities, but SILVERBACK represents new ways of integrating architectural elements with the fixture itself,” notes Flemming Hald, Product and Design Director at Louis Poulsen.

KiBiSi is one of the most influential design groups in Scandinavia today, and works with a broad range of disciplines, designing everything from furniture and house-hold appliances to bicycles and aeroplanes. KiBiSi was founded in Copenhagen by Lars Larsen, Bjarke Ingels Group and Jens Martin Skibsted. Each partner contributes ideas and expertise from their special interest areas, giving KiBiSi valuable knowl-edge about architecture, design, furniture, electronics and contemporary culture and lifestyle.

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New bright ideas from Louise Campbell

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Louis Poulsen has again teamed up with Danish/English designer Louise Campbell to produce a lamp, LC Shutters, the fourth she has designed for LP – and again it reflects innovative thinking.

Louise Campbell’s creative side develops in step with the challenges, and this time she challenged both herself and Louis Poulsen. It is said that simplicity is difficult, and that has certainly been the case here. Her idea with the new lamp was to create a pendant with a minimum of processes, based on a single shade. The process has literally been cut down to three basic elements: turning the shade, stamping the pattern, and painting.

 

LC Shutters is very harmonious light. It is available in two versions – a completely white edition, and one with a pattern of various colours which helps create a completely different expression, when the light is on or off.

LC Shutters not only protects against glare, it is 100% glare-free, and the light source is protected by a diffuser which shields direct viewing and also prevents it from being touched. The diffuser can be easily removed and cleaned – yet another factor which makes the pendant very maintenance friendly, both in the home and the workplace.

 LC Shutters is a lamp which can be used in a wide range of settings. Many want to put it above their dining table at home. A logical choice, but the light has an amazing ability to blend into its surroundings in a natural way. Louis Poulsen often tests lamps in various settings and LC Shutters demonstrated a remarkable ability to add a decorative and tasteful softness to its surroundings, helping to make rooms more human and communicative. LC Shutters produces honest lighting. A soft and diffuse light which provides ideal illumination for faces, without distracting shadows so it ideal for meeting rooms, where communication should have the best possible conditions. 

Louis Poulsen excels at developing and producing very precise, identical metal shades. These skills hail from the days of Poul Henningsen, and the ongoing production of his lights keeps them sharp as a daily discipline at the factory in Vejen, Denmark.

All Louise Campbell’s lamps have multiple layers, and this one is no exception. However, the extra layer is created in the same shade, and this was the crux of the challenge. A completely new tool was necessary – a tool which can stamp with millimetre precision, on a curved surface.

Louise Campbell said about her new light: “I aimed to draw attention to the balance between glare reduction and spreading the light in the room. The shade and diffuser are integrated. A single unit with a clear function – protecting against glare, creating atmosphere, but also diligently spreading the light. Despite the dense, hard material, the design expression is soft and friendly.”

 

A Bright Idea in a Small Package

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Louis Poulsen is launching a new PH table lamp in September, it is part of 2/1 family, which also includes a chandelier, a pendant and a wall light.

 The PH 2/1 table lamp is the smallest of the PH three-shade range, ideal in rooms where one wants to create small points of light to add atmosphere or highlight the room dimensions.

PH 2/1 table is perfectly detailed and an excellent example of the precision Louis Poulsen invest in their products. The light source used also reflects the miniature size, but without compromising light quality. PH 2/1 table comes with a clear halogen bulb. In addition to its good colour reproduction, it has been further optimised using a matte glass screen to ensure soft comfortable lighting. The new table lamp can help improve lighting comfort in any room. The three opal glass shades have been hand blown and match the high quality three-layer glass shade that characterises Louis Poulsen’s PH products.

With the addition of PH 2/1 table, this beautiful table lamp is now available in three different sizes. The best-known is the extremely versatile PH 3/2 table lamp, with a top shade diameter of 30 cm. The grand PH 4½-3½ is the flagship of the table lamp series and has a top shade diameter of 45 cm.

 

PH 2/1 table comes with a high-gloss chrome frame and hand-blown three-layer white opal glass shade. The cord is black plastic with an integrated switch. The halogen lamp can be directly connected to 230V mains power. The lamp has a height of 355 mm and a shade diameter of 20 cm.

 The PH 2/1 retails at £465.00

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Modern Antique

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Mixture of new and old. Interest in and fascination for individual objects, coalescing in an organised, yet contrasting chaos. Lighting creates serenity and harmony, underpinning the overall impression. Louis Poulsen has a wide range of lamps that fits right in.

  

 

Small additions impact hugely on mixtures of new and old, creating a personal look.

                    

Enigma 425                     designed by Shoichi Utchiyama      retails at £421.00

Campbell 210                 designed by Louise Campbell          retails at  £421.00

PH 3/2  black/chrome  designed by  Poul Henningsen        retails at  £639.00

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Rubbie Wins Lighting Award

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The fixture awarded was the bollard, Rubbie, from Louis Poulsen designed by Peter Bysted. Both the LED solution, the design and not least the texture of the product was the reasons for the nomination and the price. The bollard is made of rubber.

This year, the introduction of Dragon’s Den-style judging for the product categories created a new level of difficulty for those companies brave enough to enter. And, as ever, all of the shortlisted entries in the project categories were judged in situ. As a result, the winner could be in no doubt how hard the competition was, and why their work achieved the highest honour.

Ben Cronin, Editor of Lighting commented:
“The Lighting Design awards continue to showcase the best of the lighting industry. This year the judges found it more difficult than ever to separate some extremely strong entries. We have been overwhelmed by the number and quality of the projects and products submitted this year, which speaks volumes for the health of the lighting industry”.

Louis Poulsen is very honoured by the price. Being a winner in such a strong competition means that the work is worth doing. All the small details that you have used endless numbers of hours to solve the right way seems now suddenly worth every minute. Also winning in UK is special for Louis Poulsen. We know that the competition on the UK market is extremely tough, and being able to put a product on the market with this response is the best start it can get.

 

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Timeless Lamps

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The term timeless is often used, but what does it mean? Something that lasts forever or something that does not belong to a specific era? 

Louis Poulsen lamps appear contemporary in all styles, cultures and architectural settings because they do not look for inspiration in trends but in their perception of lighting and aesthetics.  Nothing less.

ph 4 ½- 3 ½   retails at £1649.00  It has a  hand blown glass shade 

ph 3/2 black chrome  retails at  £639.00

AJ Floor Lamp   retails at £552.00  

Tolbod 155 glass pendant retails at £170.00

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Retro is back…and Panton’s Panthella fits right in

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Louis Poulsen is still producing one of Verner Panton’s greatest successes, Panthella – the lamp, which has achieved a cult-like status, fits right in with the retro trend.

Panthella is a reflection of the organic mode of expression, which is so characteristic for Verner Panton. The lamp, which is formed like a toadstool, is a sculpture in itself. The light source is hidden under a milky-white, hemispherical-formed acrylic shade and a white lacquered trumpet-like foot contributes to a beautiful distribution of the light. Panthella has a couple of unique details; a  chrome ball is placed on the top which must be removed when replacing the  bulb and at the base of the fixture up to 1.5m of cable can be stored so unused  wiring can be hidden away.

The Panthella comes in white only and is available as a floor or table lamp. The floor version retails at £508 and the table lamp is £388.00.

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Louis Poulsen Launches AJ 50 Wall – a design icon featuring a new lighting technology.

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of the AJ family, Louis Poulsen has developed an outdoor wall lamp that stays true to the design and lighting idea of Arne Jacobsen. On top of that, it is fitted with LED.

 For 50 years, Louis Poulsen has been marketing the AJ lamp, one of the design icons of Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. Its silhouette is instantly recognisable worldwide.

 The AJ family is characterised by simple geometry delivered in a compact design, where the shape relates directly to the light distribution. You can simply see how the light will distribute based on the design.

 As part of the anniversary year, Louis Poulsen has now developed an outdoor lamp based on the original  and providing the same lighting qualities as the rest of the AJ family, but this time using the highly topical and long-lasting LED light source. LED light sources light up immediately to full brightness, whereas most energy-saving light sources take a while to warm up. Besides, the LED light source is also ideal in areas with temperatures below freezing point as opposed to energy saving light sources where the light output drops at lower temperatures.   

 LED is widely considered to be the future of lighting. The light source offers excellent lighting, is relatively energy-friendly and not least long-lasting. 

 The AJ 50 Wall is fitted with 8W LED 3000 K.

 The AJ 50 Wall is made from flow-formed aluminium.

The design of the AJ 50 Wall will add an extra design element to contemporary architecture. Not only will the aesthetic design perfectly complement the architectural design, light distribution will also leave a functional and decorative effect on the building and adjacent areas.

 The surface is slightly textured, thus enabling it better to withstand challenging weather conditions and maintain its appearance. The wall lamp is powder coated and available in the colours grey, white or black. The white-painted inner shade reflects and diffuses comfortable lighting. The AJ 50 Wall creates glare-free and widespread downlight, providing decorative light on the wall.

 The AJ 50 Wall retails at £575.00.

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It’s a lamp…

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Danish designer Ole Jensen teamed up with Louis Poulsen to redefine the concept of a lamp

The result after many meetings and prototypes was not just one but three light fittings: a table lamp, a wall lamp and a floor lamp.   To make it simple they are all called OJ.

 

 In its design, the OJ family is very simple – almost an icon. While sharing the same idiom, all lamps have their own individual design. They are all made from steel and the white colour was specifically selected to offset the energy-efficient light sources, as the white nuance contributes to soften and warming the light colour. 

The table lamp has the largest shade of the trio. Its height ensures excellent illumination of table surfaces.  As a revolt against the necessary evil – cables from the base of the lamp, Ole Jensen has made the cable forms a part of the design.

The shape of the wall light’s shade gathers the light to ensure more focused light emission, which makes the lamp particularly suitable for reading whilst never annoying other people in the room.

The floor lamp also displays a shade that focuses the light, since it will primarily be used as a reading light. Its height of 130 cm correlates with the normal seating height of an easy chair.

“To create something simple, you need to focus on details …” says Ole Jensen.  Ole Jensen’s attitudes to lighting are revealed in his own words: “Lighting must be soft and comfortable.” In the context of Louis Poulsen’s lighting philosophy, the OJ family is an excellent example of how pure and simple a design can be. This does not mean that the process was easy – on the contrary. Energy-efficient light sources have no focal points, merely emitting light in all directions. For this reason, several attempts with varying shade angles and light-source heights were made, before the final versions were perfected. 

Retail prices are as follows:

OJ Table Lamp £455

OJ Floor Lamp £535

OJ Wall lamp £395

The OJ family is available for delivery as of mid-October 2010.

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Note to Editors:

Ole Jensen (born 1958).

Ole Jensen bases his work on the philosophy that objects must be simple and natural, and that designs cannot be forced but should, ideally, emerge on their own. However, his quest for pure idioms never translates into solemn designs – quite the contrary. They exude an immediate sense of humour and joy of life.

Ole Jensen has received several awards during his life, for instance: the Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal (2004), Torsten and Wanja Söderberg’s Prize, Gothenburg (2006), the Red Dot Award and the Design Plus Prize.

Ole Jensen’s designs are on display at several museums around Europe, such as

the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen, the Röhsska Museum of  Design and Decorative Arts in Gothenburg and the Habitare Collection, Design Museum in Helsinki.

Small is Beautiful

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Louise Campbell’s pendant Collage now has a little sister – Collage 450.  The large version changes its name to Collage 600.

The size is fine-tuned to maintain balance and harmony, and Collage 450 is perfect on its own or suspended in repetition in indoor environments. Collage 450 is not merely a smaller version of Collage 600. It is a newly designed version, having in many ways been optimised, so that, for instance, mounting is easier and simpler.

Collage 450 is suitable for energy-saving lamps and also available in a professional version with a HIT light source. It is available in the same colours as Collage 600: Snow White (white), Hot Lips (pink), Juicy Orange (orange), Lemon Yellow (yellow) and finally Smoke Screen (smoke-coloured).

Collage 450 pendant retails at £575.00 in white and £625.00 in colours 

Collage 600 pendant retails at £745.00 in white and £845.00 in colours

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Note to Editors

Louise Campbell is probably the Danish designer with the greatest range. Her long cooperation with Louis Poulsen has earned her international recognition as a lighting designer. Louise Campbell graduated as an industrial designer from the Danish Design School. She is known for her furniture, lighting fixtures, porcelain designs and interior design. Graduated from the Danish Design School, Industrial Design Programme in 1995. Bsc (Hons) of Furniture Manufacture & Innovation from the London College of Furniture in 1992.

Louise Campbell was chosen designer of the year in 2005 by the magazine Bo Bedre. She has also won the three-year scholarship of the Danish State Art Foundation and Finn Juhl’s Architectural Award.