Danish Luxury Design

Danish lighting: the lamps and makers to know

Louis Poulsen, founded in 1874 and based in Copenhagen, makes the PH lamps of Poul Henningsen and lamps by Arne Jacobsen. Its main markets are Scandinavia, the rest of Europe, Japan and the United States.

Start with Bestlite BL1

Bestlite BL1 Robert Dudley Best, 1930 Robert Dudley Best's adjustable table lamp of 1930, with a hinged arm and a bell-shaped shade, now made by GUBI.
Louis Poulsen Founded 1874, Copenhagen A Copenhagen lighting maker founded in 1874 that makes Poul Henningsen's PH lamps.
Works: PH lamp, PH 5, PH Artichoke, AJ lamp
Rope Trick Stefan Diez, 2013, discontinued An LED floor lamp Stefan Diez designed for HAY in 2013, its shade held up by a stiffened rope; no longer made.
Gräshoppa Floor Lamp Greta M. Grossman, 1947 Greta M. Grossman's floor lamp of 1947 on a backward-tilted tripod, with a long conical shade that turns, reissued by GUBI.
Le Klint Founded 1943, Odense A lamp maker founded in Odense in 1943 that folds cross-pleated lampshades by hand, to a technique the Klint family worked out around 1900.
Works: Model 101, Model 172, Sax, Model 368, Model 1
Multi-Lite Louis Weisdorf, 1972 Louis Weisdorf's lamp of 1972, with two quarter-sphere shades that turn inside a metal ring, made by GUBI.
Semi Pendant Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup, 1968 A pendant lamp of two quarter-circles set back to back, drawn by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup in 1968 and made by GUBI.
LYFA Founded 1903 A Danish lamp maker founded in Copenhagen in 1903, closed in 1998 and relaunched in 2020, that reissues lamps by Bent Karlby, Simon P. Henningsen and Jørn Utzon and adds new designs by GamFratesi.
Works: Ninotchka, Mosaik, Peanut, Sundowner, Divan 2
Nuura Founded 2017, Copenhagen A Copenhagen lighting company founded in 2017 that builds its collections around the chandelier, with shades of hand-blown glass.
Works: Miira, Blossi, Apiales, Petalii Floor
Flowerpot Verner Panton, 1968 A lamp of two facing half-spheres designed by Verner Panton in 1968, made today by &Tradition as pendants, table and floor lamps in many colours.
Strand Benjamin Hubert, 2019 A family of pendant and table lamps by Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer for Muuto, with shades of a sprayed fibre material over a thin steel frame.
Norm 69 Simon Karkov, 2002 A self-assembly pendant lamp of 69 folded plastic pieces, drawn by the architect Simon Karkov in 1969 and made by Normann Copenhagen since 2002.
Formakami Jaime Hayon, 2015 A series of paper lantern lamps by the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon for &Tradition, in ivory white paper with black stained oak.