Louis Poulsen AJ Wall Lamp
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Description
The AJ Wall Lamp was designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1957 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The shade adjusts approximately 90 degrees up and down and 60 degrees to each side (more range than the floor or table versions) making it suitable for bedside and task use. The white-painted shade interior produces soft, even light directed downward. Part of the AJ family designed as a complete lighting system for the hotel. Available in multiple finishes. Designed by Arne Jacobsen; produced by Louis Poulsen.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Height: 24.6 cm / 9.7 inch
- Depth: 33.5 cm / 13.2 inch
- Base Diameter: 12.1 cm / 4.8 inch
MATERIALS:
- Shade: Spun Steel
- Base: Spun Aluminum
- Arm: Steel
HELPFUL NOTES:
- 10W LED G16.5 IF Candelabra
- Surface: Mounted directly to finished surface over a 4" octagonal junction-box
- Damp location
- cULus Listed
Designer
Arne Jacobsen
Denmark, 1902 - 1971
“The fundamental factor is proportion. Proportion is precisely what makes the old Greek temples beautiful...And when we look at some of the most admired buildings of the Renaissance or the Baroque, we notice that they are all well proportioned. That is the essential thing.” - Arne Jacobsen
As an architect and an industrial designer, Jacobsen always strove to achieve grace and coherence. In the process, he emerged as the single most influential Danish architect of the 20th century and the designer of such modernist classics as the Swan, Egg and Ant chairs as well as the stainless steel, abstract-shaped cutlery which the director Stanley Kubrick chose as futuristic props for his film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Born in Copenhagen in 1902, Arne Jacobsen studied architecture at the Royal Academy of the Arts. As a student, Jacobsen travelled to Paris for the groundbreaking 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, where he won a silver medal for a chair design. Architectural commissions dwindled during World War II and being Jewish, Jacobsen was threatened by the Nazi occupation of Denmark. In 1943, he left Denmark for two years of wartime exile in Sweden, where he was inspired by Scandinavia’s rich cultural heritage and natural beauty. When he returned to Denmark in 1945, the country urgently needed new housing and public buildings. Jacobsen’s late 1940s houses and apartment blocks were fairly spartan in design and intended to be built at speed.
During the 1950s, Jacobsen became increasingly interested in product design inspired by the work of the US furniture designers, Charles and Ray Eames. In 1951, Jacobsen completed work on the Ant Chair, an intricately molded plywood seat on three thin steel legs. This was followed by the simpler hourglass form of the 1955 Model 3107 - Series 7 Chair. Like the Ant, the Series 7 was perfect for modern living being light, compact and easily stackable. In 1957 Jacobsen also created another pair of classic 20th century chairs, the Swan and the Egg, with organically shaped upholstered seats on slender metal bases. The Ant, Series 7, Swan and Egg chairs have all been produced by Fritz Hansen since their introduction.
Jacobsen was responsible for another 20th century classic, the Cylinda Line stainless steel cocktail kit and tableware, which he designed in the late 1960s for Stelton.
Jacobsen also designed a complete lighting scheme for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen in 1957, creating the AJ Floor, Table and Wall lamps as part of the hotel’s total design concept. The series has been in continuous production by Louis Poulsen since its introduction and is considered among the most significant Danish lighting designs of the 20th century.
Brand
Louis Poulsen: PH 5, Artichoke, Panthella, AJ and the Science of Glare-Free Light
Louis Poulsen has produced functional lighting in Denmark since 1874. The company's design direction was set in 1924 by Poul Henningsen, whose PH system was built on one principle: the light source must never be directly visible. Every shade and reflector in the PH family exists to eliminate glare while delivering even, comfortable light. The collection extends to Arne Jacobsen's AJ series (1957), Verner Panton's Panthella (1971), and Oki Sato's NJP task lamps (2015).
ModernPlanet by Gabriel Ross is an authorized Louis Poulsen retailer with nationwide delivery across the US.
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