Louise Campbell Collage 600 Pendant

About the Item

The Collage pendant was designed by Louise Campbell and launched in 2005. It was displayed for the first time at an exhibition at the Copenhagen furniture fair in 2004 along with the Campbell pendant and 14 other experimental light prototypes presenting new ways to interpret light. The Campbell pendant was the first fixture to be put into production. The Collage pendant was launched the following year, in part due to the considerable amount of attention it received at the fair. Louise Campbell has always been very preoccupied with daylight in her work with lighting. Her aim with the Collage pendant was therefore to imitate daylight. Louise Campbell: “The most obvious contrast between daylight and artificial light is that nature only has one light source, and you never look directly into it. Our perception of light is based on countless natural layers which filter and reflect the light.” These observations have been integrated into both the Campbell and Collage pendants. In the Collage pendant, the number of layers has been increased and the pattern, light and shadows more closely replicate the uncontrollable light seen in nature.

Creator:

Louis Poulsen (Manufacturer),Louise Campbell (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 14.2 in (36.07 cm)Diameter: 23.6 in (59.95 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Chrome,Plated

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

2021

Production Type:

New & Custom(Current Production)

Estimated Production Time:

8-9 weeks

Condition:

Seller Location:

Berkeley, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1353223358022

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Louis Poulsen is world-renowned as an innovator in modern Danish lighting, but this wasn’t the goal from the start. Founded in 1874 by Ludvig R. Poulsen as a wine importer, the business went through several incarnations before its first pendant lights came to fruition. Through its designs, the company helped establish the foundations of good lighting — function, comfort and ambience — that are now standard in modern furniture design.

In 1924, Danish architect Poul Henningsen partnered with Louis Poulsen & Co., then an electrical supply company, to create what’s now known as the Paris lamp. This design, which incorporated three layers of curved metal disks, created ambience with its indirect light instead of glare. Shown at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris — the exhibition that brought Art Deco design to worldwide attention — the Paris lamp was awarded a gold medal. This led to Poulsen and Henningsen working together on several lighting pieces, including the popular PH pendant light with its concentric shades for the Forum Building in Copenhagen. These high-profile projects helped make Louis Poulsen a go-to purveyor of innovative lighting design.

One of the company’s most well-known lamps is Henningsen’s PH Artichoke lamp (1958), with its 72 copper leaves artfully placed to conceal the light bulb, prevent glare and promote a warm, alluring glow in any room. Another is the steel and die-cast zinc AJ lamp (1960), which Arne Jacobsen designed with an adjustable angled shade for his commission for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The company has also worked with notables such as Verner Panton and Alfred Homann as well as, more recently, Louise Campbell and Oki Sato.

In 2010, the company was awarded the American Institute of Architects’ Honors in Collaborative Achievement Award; it was the first lighting manufacturer to receive this honor. In 2018, the company was acquired by an investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VI L.P. Still headquartered in Denmark, the brand continues to produce its high-end lighting for both indoor and outdoor use, manufacturing both classic icons as well as new designs. “We design to shape light,” states Louis Poulsen. In doing so, they have also shaped culture.

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