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10 Dec 2012
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The real story of the Carl Thore lights
There is an often-repeated urban myth that the multilayered pendant lamps usually known as Carl Tho..
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05 Dec 2012
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Jo Hammerborg and the Formland lamp series
The information that emerged from our correspondence with the Hammerborg family over the past 18 mo..
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21 Nov 2012
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The origins of the Danish star light
A couple of years ago we wrote about the fact that we had been unable to find reliable information ..
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23 Jun 2011
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A tale of two Topans: the Pendant & the Spot
Verner Panton’s futuristic 1959 Topan light design for Louis Poulsen has rarely been out of the lim..
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08 Jun 2011
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Finn Juhl and the drivers of vintage value
The perceived value (and so the price) of a vintage Danish light is usually fairly closely related t..
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Modern Classic
21 May 2011
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Kastrup-Holmegaard’s Havanna series for F&M
The Kastrup-Holmegaard glassworks produced many different individually mouth-blown glass lamps for ..
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11 May 2011
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Panton and PH weren't just good friends
The family connection between two of the great Danish lighting designers is widely known – indeed, ..
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25 Apr 2011
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Danish modern space stations?
In September 1972, journalist Bengt Rooke reported in Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet that a 60-stro..
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14 Apr 2011
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The price of a gold-plated Fog & Mørup Semi
Following the post we wrote recently about Fog & Mørup’s Golden Line, the range of 24-carat gold-pl..
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04 Apr 2011
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End of an era: Tivoli's Divan 2 closes
When Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens opens its gates on 14 April for the 2011 summer season, the doors ..
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18 Mar 2011
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Poul Henningsen’s lighting manifesto
In November 1966 Danish homestyle magazine Bo Bedre published a feature by Kirsten Bundgaard in whi..
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11 Mar 2011
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Danlite Inc is Fog & Mørup USA
Now and again it’s possible to find vintage lights by a New York-based company called Danlite Inc b..
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03 Mar 2011
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The Senior and the President
In the 1960s Jo Hammerborg designed two table lamps for Fog & Mørup which are easily and often conf..
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24 Feb 2011
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Fog & Morup’s Chrome and Golden Lines
We wrote in an earlier post about cross-model colour coordination at Fog & Morup under Jo Hammerbor..
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04 Feb 2011
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Jo Hammerborg’s smallest light?
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28 Jan 2011
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The Schlegel lamp and its Tarok lookalike
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21 Jan 2011
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A little-known light by Preben Dal
Featured in Danish homestyle magazine Bo Bedre in January 1962 when his celebrated Symfoni (penultim..
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14 Jan 2011
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A rare 1960s wall lamp from Fog & Mørup
At first glance the lights below, discovered in Finland, might be mistaken for a wall-mounted versi..
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07 Jan 2011
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Poulsen’s IT lamp and the ghost of PH
In view of their seminal influence both in Denmark and internationally, it is no surprise that Poul..
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31 Dec 2010
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Fog & Mørup lights in Brio miniatures
In the early 1970s Swedish toy manufacturer Brio Scanditoy Mobilia produced miniature versions of s..
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17 Dec 2010
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Hvidt & Mølgaard’s Fog & Mørup light design
Peter Hvidt (1916–1986) and his business partner Orla Mølgaard (aka Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen) (1907–19..
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26 Nov 2010
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Frandsen’s Fibonacci needs clear bulbs
Danish architect Sophus Frandsen created the Fibonacci light, his timeless classic for Fog & Mørup,..
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19 Nov 2010
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The difference between Nordisk Solar and Anvia star lamps
The star-shaped lacquered steel pendant light pictured below seems to embody the space-age style of..
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12 Nov 2010
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Colour coordination in Danish lights
In the late 1960s both Louis Poulsen and Fog & Mørup launched lines of assorted lamp models in coor..
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29 Oct 2010
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The forgotten art of Oluf Gravesen
Danish advertising for items of domestic design in the 1960s and 1970s often followed a very specif..
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22 Oct 2010
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Distinguishing the Karlebos from the Falcons
We have often seen the light pictured in the first image below described as a Falcon, designed by A..
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14 Oct 2010
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F&M Hekla’s fiery Icelandic connection
It is widely known that Fog & Mørup’s mid-1960s Hekla pendant light was created by two furniture de..
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30 Sep 2010
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Hans Due’s Optima was white at launch
Bengt Rooke’s Tidsfasetter, a collation of vintage Scandinavian art and design news, includes an it..
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24 Sep 2010
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How Fog & Mørup’s Formland avoids dazzle
An early 70s edition of Design from Scandinavia reveals the material that architects Sidse Werner a..
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16 Sep 2010
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Quality System – back from obscurity
From its inception in 1965 until its demise in 1985, Danish lighting company Quality System was hug..
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06 Sep 2010
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Weisdorf’s Konkylie was made for trees
Louis Weisdorf’s extraordinary Konkylie ("Conch Shell") light was originally designed for Copenhage..
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02 Sep 2010
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Piet Hein’s 1969 Ra lamp for Lyfa
Bengt Rooke’s Tidsfasetter, a collation of historical art and design news items from Scandinavia, i..
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27 Aug 2010
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Verner Panton’s Panthella 3-light
When people come across a vintage Panthella for the first time they often think there’s something w..
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24 Aug 2010
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Jo Hammerborg’s Saturn series
One particular group of Fog & Mørup lights by Jo Hammerborg – which for convenience here we will ca..
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20 Aug 2010
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1960s prism lights by Werner Schou for Coronell
The lights pictured below (reproduced from a February 1973 Coronell of Denmark catalogue in our pos..
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16 Aug 2010
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Fog & Mørup’s 1969 Rainbow Line
In 1969 four Fog & Mørup light models – Andreas Hansen’s Falcon and Jo Hammerborg’s Juno, Zone and ..
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12 Aug 2010
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A Tivoli tangle
The diamond-shaped raw metal wall light pictured below was produced in the 1970s by Holm Sørensen A..
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07 Aug 2010
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Looks like a PH 4/3 but isn't!
The Penta (below) is a little-known Fog & Morup light designed by Jo Hammerborg and first appearing..
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02 Aug 2010
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Five of 100 great Danish designs of 1974
In 1974 a special edition of Mobilia magazine was dedicated to showcasing, as the title of the issu..
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26 Jul 2010
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Hidden treasure in the F&M Orient
Few people know that when Jo Hammerborg‘s Orient pendant light first appeared on the market in the ..
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22 Jul 2010
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The spiral that's not a Lyfa Weisdorf
It's not uncommon to see one or other of the two spiral-structured lamps pictured below being attri..
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19 Jul 2010
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Jo Hammerborg’s earliest F&M designs
When Jo Hammerborg joined Fog & Mørup in 1957 he lost no time in transforming the company’s product..
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15 Jul 2010
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The uniquely Danish concept of hygge
From time to time we hear someone in Denmark describing a vintage light – usually one that gives ou..
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12 Jul 2010
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Jo Hammerborg’s Sera and Dano lights
One of several themes that ran through Jo Hammerborg’s work at Fog & Mørup during the 1960s was tha..
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06 Jul 2010
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Zero: probably Fog & Mørup's largest and rarest light
The multi-cylindrical Zero (pictured below), a classic Jo Hammerborg creation dating from late 1970..
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03 Jul 2010
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Fog & Mørup's 1970s collaboration with Arabia
In the mid-1970s Fog & Mørup made a brief return to its roots in ironmongery when it embarked upon ..
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28 Jun 2010
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Lyfa’s iF Product Design Awards
The International Forum (iF) Product Design Awards have been presented annually since 1953 to produ..
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21 Jun 2010
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Jo Hammerborg's Zenith pendant
One of the most frequently misattributed Fog & Mørup lights is the Zenith, pictured below, whose de..
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17 Jun 2010
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Looks like Bent Karlby for Lyfa, but isn't!
With its structure of concentric metal squares and the light effects produced by the overlapping la..
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14 Jun 2010
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Ole Panton's Seks-tre-pendel
One of the more elusive lights produced by Lyfa in the 1960s is the Seks-tre-pendel (pictured below..
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03 Jun 2010
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The Louis Poulsen Bornholmpendel
The Bornholmpendel is rarely seen today, but in 1967 it was chosen by Louis Poulsen to feature on t..
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31 May 2010
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Henningsen & Schwalbe’s Kassablanka
Constructed from four interlocking cubes with cutouts that allow only indirect light to emerge, Sim..
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27 May 2010
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The 1970 launch of F&M’s Formland
Bent Rooke’s fascinating Tidsfasetter, a collation of art and design news items from Scandinavia st..
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20 May 2010
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Fog & Mørup’s iF Product Design Awards
Initiated in 1953, the International Forum (iF) Product Design Awards are presented annually to pro..
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20 May 2010
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Preben Dal: the mystery man of lights
Who was Preben Dal? Nobody seems to know anything about the man who designed the wonderful Symfoni ..
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07 May 2010
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Hvidt, Hvidt & Mølgaard's Safari
Nordisk Solar Compagni’s Safari pendant light, pictured below, is often attributed to Jørgen Gammel..
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28 Apr 2010
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Three of a kind
Danish lighting companies Louis Poulsen, Lyfa and Nordisk Solar Compagni have all produced lamps wi..
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25 Apr 2010
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Verner Panton and Poulsen's LamPetit
Did Verner Panton design Louis Poulsen's versatile LamPetit? Certainly the compact little lamp is u..
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22 Apr 2010
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The precursor to Bent Karlby's Pan series for Lyfa
Most collectors of midcentury Danish lighting are aware of Bent Karlby's designs for Lyfa, which in..
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