Norm 69

Why it is renowned

Norm 69 was named best item at the imm cologne furniture fair in 2003, a year after it won the Formland prize in Denmark.¹² In May 2014 the design magazine Frame gave a Norm 69 to every new subscriber to Frame and Mark.³

Recognition

• imm cologne¹2003Best Item
• Formlandprisen, Denmark¹2002Formland prize
• Frame, Amsterdam³2014Norm 69 given to new Frame and Mark subscribers

The story

Simon Karkov, an architect trained at the Danish Academy of Architecture, designed the lamp in 1969; he says flowers and cones gave him the shape.¹² The design lay unused in a loft for many years, until an acquaintance brought Karkov together with the people starting Normann Copenhagen in 2001.¹ The shade had to bend many times without breaking, and several materials and ways of making it were tried before the version launched in 2002.¹² It comes flat as 69 pieces of a non-flammable plastic foil, which the owner folds and slots together by hand without tools or glue; the finished shade screens the bulb and does not glare.¹² It is sold in white, in a large and an XX-large size.¹²