https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com Everything about vintage Danish modern lighting Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:16:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/did-iittala-make-glass-for-nordisk-solar https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/did-iittala-make-glass-for-nordisk-solar#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:18:07 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2804 ID Your Vintage Danish Lights site, she had identified as a Nordisk Solar Compagni P278g glass pendant light. Interestingly, however, ]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/did-iittala-make-glass-for-nordisk-solar/feed 3 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hammerborgs-on-film https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hammerborgs-on-film#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:53:34 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2762 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hammerborgs-on-film/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/why-a-hammerborg-orient-is-incomplete-without-its-louvre https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/why-a-hammerborg-orient-is-incomplete-without-its-louvre#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:38:31 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2738 in our poll by correctly predicting that the chosen model would be the Orient.]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/why-a-hammerborg-orient-is-incomplete-without-its-louvre/feed 3 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/changes-ahead-in-the-market-for-jo-hammerborg-lights https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/changes-ahead-in-the-market-for-jo-hammerborg-lights#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:48:45 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2477 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/changes-ahead-in-the-market-for-jo-hammerborg-lights/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-morup-did-not-produce-carl-thore-lights https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-morup-did-not-produce-carl-thore-lights#respond Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:01:14 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2504 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-morup-did-not-produce-carl-thore-lights/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborg-and-the-formland-lamp-series https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborg-and-the-formland-lamp-series#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:37:58 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2426 biography of Jo Hammerborg) has also provided interesting new perspectives on some of our previous Fog & Mørup blog posts.]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborg-and-the-formland-lamp-series/feed 2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/our-new-website-dedicated-to-jo-hammerborg https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/our-new-website-dedicated-to-jo-hammerborg#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:08:55 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2407 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/our-new-website-dedicated-to-jo-hammerborg/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/solved-the-danish-star-light-designer-mystery https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/solved-the-danish-star-light-designer-mystery#respond Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2379 here) about the fact that we had been unable to find reliable information about the origins of one of our favourite vintage Danish lights]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/solved-the-danish-star-light-designer-mystery/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/another-twist-in-the-jorn-utzon-sovaernspendel-debate https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/another-twist-in-the-jorn-utzon-sovaernspendel-debate#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:28:33 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2329 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/another-twist-in-the-jorn-utzon-sovaernspendel-debate/feed 4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-multi-lite-1974 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-multi-lite-1974#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:13 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2209 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-multi-lite-1974/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-ekko-1968 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-ekko-1968#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:24 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2136 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-ekko-1968/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-turbo-1967 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-turbo-1967#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:36 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=2053 Lyfa was ready to start production. Consisting of 12 uniform aluminium lamellae spiral-twisted to form a flower-like sphere]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-turbo-1967/feed 12 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-facet-1966-and-facet-pop-1970 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-facet-1966-and-facet-pop-1970#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:00:28 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1968 Lyfa from 1966, the particular art of Weisdorf's lighting designs is perhaps most clearly visible. Like a 3D jigsaw puzzle, ]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-facet-1966-and-facet-pop-1970/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-konkylie-196465 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-konkylie-196465#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:01:33 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1858 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-lights-of-louis-weisdorf-konkylie-196465/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-the-origins-of-the-sovaernspendel https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-the-origins-of-the-sovaernspendel#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:35:08 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1847 Jørn Utzon and the Søvaernspendel, one of two we wrote last December ]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-the-origins-of-the-sovaernspendel/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/your-favourite-louis-weisdorf-light-design-2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/your-favourite-louis-weisdorf-light-design-2#respond Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:04:11 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1824 Classic Modern a complete redesign and makeover. We've also been making progress on]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/your-favourite-louis-weisdorf-light-design-2/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/in-memory-of-claus-bolby-1944-2011 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/in-memory-of-claus-bolby-1944-2011#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:02:49 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1786 Claus Bolby, founder of Cebo Industri and creator of the popular acrylic light series Symfoni and Veega (pictured below), died last night after a long illness]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/in-memory-of-claus-bolby-1944-2011/feed 3 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/a-tale-of-two-topans-the-pendant-and-the-spot https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/a-tale-of-two-topans-the-pendant-and-the-spot#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:41:08 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1781 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/a-tale-of-two-topans-the-pendant-and-the-spot/feed 2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/finn-juhl-and-the-factors-behind-vintage-value https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/finn-juhl-and-the-factors-behind-vintage-value#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:09:24 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1738 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/finn-juhl-and-the-factors-behind-vintage-value/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/kastrup-holmegaards-havanna-series-for-fm https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/kastrup-holmegaards-havanna-series-for-fm#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 20:26:59 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1705 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/kastrup-holmegaards-havanna-series-for-fm/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/henningsen-panton-werent-just-good-friends https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/henningsen-panton-werent-just-good-friends#respond Wed, 11 May 2011 10:07:36 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1669 Simon Henningsen's work will almost certainly know that he was the the son of Poul Henningsen. But less well known is]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/henningsen-panton-werent-just-good-friends/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborg-a-man-in-the-shadows https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborg-a-man-in-the-shadows#respond Mon, 02 May 2011 10:20:24 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1638 Fog & Mørup as head of design in 1957 and retired in 1980, only a short time before both his own death and the demise of the company. The Hammerborg era was F&M's most successful period – both creatively and]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborg-a-man-in-the-shadows/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poulsen-panton-and-the-space-programme https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poulsen-panton-and-the-space-programme#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:41:02 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1614 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poulsen-panton-and-the-space-programme/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-price-of-a-24-carat-gold-plated-fog-morup-semi https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-price-of-a-24-carat-gold-plated-fog-morup-semi#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:09:58 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1450 Fog & Mørup's Golden Line, the range of 24-carat gold-plated versions of F&M's Semi, Sektor and Milieu pendant lights. "I have [a Semi], which I call a trumpet lamp, with a diameter of 60cm in 24 carat gold]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-price-of-a-24-carat-gold-plated-fog-morup-semi/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/end-of-an-era-the-divan-2-closes https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/end-of-an-era-the-divan-2-closes#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:19:54 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/?p=1408 Simon P Henningsen created the glitteringly multifacted Divan 2 light – will remain closed]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/end-of-an-era-the-divan-2-closes/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-ph-lighting-manifesto-part-2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-ph-lighting-manifesto-part-2#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:59:38 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1340 here, we continue our translation of Bo Bedre's November 1966 feature offering Poul Henningsen's thoughts on lighting the home ]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-ph-lighting-manifesto-part-2/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poul-henningsens-lighting-manifesto https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poul-henningsens-lighting-manifesto#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:49:15 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1312 Bo Bedre published a feature by Kirsten Bundgaard in which Poul Henningsen offered his thoughts on lighting in the home. We have translated these pearls of wisdom]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poul-henningsens-lighting-manifesto/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/danlite-inc-is-fog-morup-usa https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/danlite-inc-is-fog-morup-usa#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:06:33 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1292 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/danlite-inc-is-fog-morup-usa/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-senior-and-the-president https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-senior-and-the-president#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:28:53 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1287 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-senior-and-the-president/feed 7 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-morups-chrome-and-golden-lines https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-morups-chrome-and-golden-lines#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:36:42 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1278 which you can read here) about cross-model colour coordination at Fog & Morup under Jo Hammerborg's artistic direction through the 1960s and 1970s, which allowed the consumer to mix and match different models]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-morups-chrome-and-golden-lines/feed 11 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-rarest-fm-light https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-rarest-fm-light#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:06:53 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1269 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-rarest-fm-light/feed 13 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hammerborgs-tarok-the-schlegel-lamp https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hammerborgs-tarok-the-schlegel-lamp#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:00:44 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1250 Schlegel-lampe, designed in 1938, inspired a number of similar designs with which it is often confused]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hammerborgs-tarok-the-schlegel-lamp/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/another-diamond-shaped-preben-dal-gem https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/another-diamond-shaped-preben-dal-gem#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:00:23 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1232 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/another-diamond-shaped-preben-dal-gem/feed 4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-wall-lamp-is-helth-not-panton https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-wall-lamp-is-helth-not-panton#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:00:48 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1197 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-wall-lamp-is-helth-not-panton/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poulsens-it-lamp-and-the-ghost-of-ph https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poulsens-it-lamp-and-the-ghost-of-ph#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:00:04 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1172 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/poulsens-it-lamp-and-the-ghost-of-ph/feed 5 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrup-lights-in-brio-miniatures https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrup-lights-in-brio-miniatures#respond Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:00:07 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1161 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrup-lights-in-brio-miniatures/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-utzon-and-the-svrnspendel https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-utzon-and-the-svrnspendel#respond Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:00:30 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1143 here), we received an interesting email]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-utzon-and-the-svrnspendel/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hvidt-mlgaards-fm-light-design https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hvidt-mlgaards-fm-light-design#respond Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:00:59 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1130 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hvidt-mlgaards-fm-light-design/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jrn-utzon-and-the-svrnspendel https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jrn-utzon-and-the-svrnspendel#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:00:56 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1104 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jrn-utzon-and-the-svrnspendel/feed 6 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-birth-life-demise-of-fms-semi https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-birth-life-demise-of-fms-semi#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:00:15 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1075 Semi was an immensely popular light. An article in a 1973 edition of Mobilia magazine described the process by which]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-birth-life-demise-of-fms-semi/feed 4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/frandsens-fibonacci-needs-clear-bulbs https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/frandsens-fibonacci-needs-clear-bulbs#respond Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:00:08 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1048 Fibonacci light, his timeless classic for Fog & Mørup, in the early 1960s. Despite being one of the company's most expensive lights]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/frandsens-fibonacci-needs-clear-bulbs/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/nordisk-solar-v-anvia-star-lamps https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/nordisk-solar-v-anvia-star-lamps#respond Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:16:40 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=1040 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/nordisk-solar-v-anvia-star-lamps/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/colour-coordination-at-lp-and-fm https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/colour-coordination-at-lp-and-fm#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:00:50 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=969 Louis Poulsen and Fog & Morup launched lines of assorted lamp models in coordinated colours under unifying banners. In 1968 and 1969 Louis Poulsen's]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/colour-coordination-at-lp-and-fm/feed 3 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/ph-80-is-not-a-poul-henningsen-design https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/ph-80-is-not-a-poul-henningsen-design#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:00:04 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=992 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/ph-80-is-not-a-poul-henningsen-design/feed 5 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-forgotten-art-of-oluf-gravesen https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-forgotten-art-of-oluf-gravesen#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:00:08 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=999 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-forgotten-art-of-oluf-gravesen/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-karlebo-is-not-a-ph-series-light https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-karlebo-is-not-a-ph-series-light#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:31:23 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=955 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-karlebo-is-not-a-ph-series-light/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-heklas-fiery-icelandic-connection https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-heklas-fiery-icelandic-connection#respond Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:41:09 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=943 Hekla pendant light was created by two furniture designers from Iceland, Petur B Luthersson and Jon Olafsson. The prize-winning Hekla]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-heklas-fiery-icelandic-connection/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-coronell-v-hans-agne-jakobsson https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-coronell-v-hans-agne-jakobsson#respond Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:45:24 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=923 Coronell (which you can read here) was picked up]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/more-on-coronell-v-hans-agne-jakobsson/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hans-dues-optima-was-white-at-launch https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hans-dues-optima-was-white-at-launch#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:22:51 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=899 Tidsfasetter, a collation of vintage Scandinavian art and design news, includes an item that appeared in Denmark's Ekstra Bladet newspaper on 19 October 1972, reporting on the launch at Fog & Mørup's Copenhagen showroom of]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hans-dues-optima-was-white-at-launch/feed 8 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/how-fms-formland-avoids-dazzle https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/how-fms-formland-avoids-dazzle#respond Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:53:33 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=883 Design from Scandinavia reveals the material that architects Sidse Werner and Leif Alring used to create the light-transmitting but non-dazzling domed tops of their Formland lamp series for]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/how-fms-formland-avoids-dazzle/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/quality-system-back-from-obscurity https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/quality-system-back-from-obscurity#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:02:10 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=853 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/quality-system-back-from-obscurity/feed 2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-mysterious-danish-star-light https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-mysterious-danish-star-light#respond Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:54:15 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=838 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-mysterious-danish-star-light/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/weisdorfs-konkylie-was-made-for-trees https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/weisdorfs-konkylie-was-made-for-trees#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:50:23 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=824 Konkylie ("conch shell") light was originally designed for Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, where it hung from trees in glorious fiery clusters. Like Simon P Henningsen's]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/weisdorfs-konkylie-was-made-for-trees/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/piet-heins-1969-ra-lamp-for-lyfa https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/piet-heins-1969-ra-lamp-for-lyfa#respond Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:42:02 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=801 Tidsfasetter, a collation of historical art and design news items from Scandinavia, includes a 1969 clip entitled Piet and Lux and Lyfa, which reports on the innovation behind]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/piet-heins-1969-ra-lamp-for-lyfa/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/verner-pantons-panthella3-light https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/verner-pantons-panthella3-light#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:56:30 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=792 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/verner-pantons-panthella3-light/feed 4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-saturn-series https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-saturn-series#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:06:28 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=737 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-saturn-series/feed 2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/coronell-not-hans-agne-jakobsson https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/coronell-not-hans-agne-jakobsson#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:28:40 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=715 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/coronell-not-hans-agne-jakobsson/feed 2 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrups-1969-rainbow-line https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrups-1969-rainbow-line#respond Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:15:12 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=701 Juno, Zone and Equator – were brought together in]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrups-1969-rainbow-line/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/tivoli-wall-light-is-by-hs-not-sh https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/tivoli-wall-light-is-by-hs-not-sh#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:43:57 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=692 Simon P Henningsen. Both this raw metal version and another lacquered in black and white are, it is claimed]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/tivoli-wall-light-is-by-hs-not-sh/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-penta-is-not-a-ph-43 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-penta-is-not-a-ph-43#respond Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:45:48 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=688 Penta, pictured below, is a little-known Fog & Morup light designed by Jo Hammerborg and first appearing in the record in 1965. More traditional in form and ]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-penta-is-not-a-ph-43/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/13-of-100-great-danish-designs-of-1974 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/13-of-100-great-danish-designs-of-1974#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:46:42 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=676 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]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/13-of-100-great-danish-designs-of-1974/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/secret-treasure-in-the-fm-orient https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/secret-treasure-in-the-fm-orient#respond Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:00:57 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=643 Jo Hammerborg's Orient pendant light first appeared on the market in the early 1960s, the range included a version of the Orient Minor (far left in the picture below) made of solid]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/secret-treasure-in-the-fm-orient/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-spiral-that-isnt-a-lyfa-weisdorf https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-spiral-that-isnt-a-lyfa-weisdorf#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:21:50 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=639 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-spiral-that-isnt-a-lyfa-weisdorf/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-earliest-fm-designs https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-earliest-fm-designs#respond Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=620 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-earliest-fm-designs/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-uniquely-danish-concept-of-hygge https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-uniquely-danish-concept-of-hygge#respond Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:22:08 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=614 Claus Bolby's Veega (pictured below) – as "hygge", and]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-uniquely-danish-concept-of-hygge/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-sera-and-dano-lights https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-sera-and-dano-lights#respond Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:17 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=591 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-sera-and-dano-lights/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-fog-mrup-zero-light https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-fog-mrup-zero-light#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:56:44 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=568 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/jo-hammerborgs-fog-mrup-zero-light/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fms-1970s-collaboration-with-arabia https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fms-1970s-collaboration-with-arabia#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=531 roots in ironmongery when it embarked upon a collaboration with Finnish company Arabia which embraced several]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fms-1970s-collaboration-with-arabia/feed 4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/lyfas-if-product-design-awards https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/lyfas-if-product-design-awards#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:19:36 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=522 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/lyfas-if-product-design-awards/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-orient-lookalikes-from-the-uk https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-orient-lookalikes-from-the-uk#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:31:22 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=484 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fm-orient-lookalikes-from-the-uk/feed 3 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/zenith-is-hammerborg-not-henningsen https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/zenith-is-hammerborg-not-henningsen#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:00:39 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=475 Zenith, pictured below, whose designer is often given as Simon P Henningsen, son of]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/zenith-is-hammerborg-not-henningsen/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hillebrand-not-bent-karlby-for-lyfa https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hillebrand-not-bent-karlby-for-lyfa#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:00:41 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=464 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/hillebrand-not-bent-karlby-for-lyfa/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/ole-panton-and-the-seks-tre-pendel https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/ole-panton-and-the-seks-tre-pendel#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:00:21 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=434 Seks-tre-pendel (pictured below, left), an unorthodox creation by Ole Panton. Born in Fyn, Denmark in October 1938 when his brother Verner]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/ole-panton-and-the-seks-tre-pendel/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/louis-weisdorf-wiesdorf-or-weissdorf https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/louis-weisdorf-wiesdorf-or-weissdorf#respond Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:00:57 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=427 Turbo, the Facet-Pop, the Ekko, the Multi-Lite ]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/louis-weisdorf-wiesdorf-or-weissdorf/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/tips-for-buying-vintage-danish-lights https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/tips-for-buying-vintage-danish-lights#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:00:18 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=384 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/tips-for-buying-vintage-danish-lights/feed 8 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-louis-poulsen-bornholmpendel https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-louis-poulsen-bornholmpendel#respond Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:00:43 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=376 Bornholmpendel is rarely seen today, but in 1967 it was chosen by Louis Poulsen to feature on the front cover of its product catalogue (see below). The light was designed]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-louis-poulsen-bornholmpendel/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/simon-henningsen-ole-schwalbe-and-the-kassablanka https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/simon-henningsen-ole-schwalbe-and-the-kassablanka#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 07:00:19 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=361 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/simon-henningsen-ole-schwalbe-and-the-kassablanka/feed 7 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-1970-launch-of-fms-formland https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-1970-launch-of-fms-formland#respond Thu, 27 May 2010 07:00:58 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=339 Tidsfasetter, a collation of art and design news items from Scandinavia stretching back to the 1960s, includes an article on the launch party for Sidse Werner and Leif Alring's]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-1970-launch-of-fms-formland/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrups-if-product-design-awards https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrups-if-product-design-awards#respond Mon, 24 May 2010 07:00:27 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=315 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrups-if-product-design-awards/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/preben-dal-unknown-genius-of-lights https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/preben-dal-unknown-genius-of-lights#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 07:00:15 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=302 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/preben-dal-unknown-genius-of-lights/feed 13 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrup-led-by-design https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrup-led-by-design#respond Mon, 17 May 2010 07:00:43 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=289 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/fog-mrup-led-by-design/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/lyfa-and-the-sydney-opera-house-riddle https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/lyfa-and-the-sydney-opera-house-riddle#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 07:00:58 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=267 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/lyfa-and-the-sydney-opera-house-riddle/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-worst-time-in-a-lamps-life https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-worst-time-in-a-lamps-life#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 07:00:01 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=182 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-worst-time-in-a-lamps-life/feed 5 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/safari-is-by-hvidt-hvidt-mlgaard https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/safari-is-by-hvidt-hvidt-mlgaard#respond Fri, 07 May 2010 07:00:24 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=201 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/safari-is-by-hvidt-hvidt-mlgaard/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/kastor-is-hammerborg-not-weisdorf https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/kastor-is-hammerborg-not-weisdorf#respond Tue, 04 May 2010 07:00:58 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=142 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/kastor-is-hammerborg-not-weisdorf/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-danish-fascination-with-lighting https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-danish-fascination-with-lighting#respond Sat, 01 May 2010 07:00:05 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=109 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/the-danish-fascination-with-lighting/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/three-of-a-kind https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/three-of-a-kind#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:00:04 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=70 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/three-of-a-kind/feed 4 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/verner-panton-and-lampetit https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/verner-panton-and-lampetit#respond Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:02:48 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=62 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/verner-panton-and-lampetit/feed 0 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/a-bent-karlby-mystery https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/a-bent-karlby-mystery#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:31:25 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=34 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/a-bent-karlby-mystery/feed 1 https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/welcome-to-vintage-danish-lights https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/welcome-to-vintage-danish-lights#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:41:20 +0000 http://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/blog/?p=24 directory of vintage Danish lighting! We were inspired to create them by the many mistakes in attribution we see around the internet, and we hope]]> https://www.vintage-danish-lights.com/welcome-to-vintage-danish-lights/feed 1