AJ floor lamp, pale petroleum – Louis Poulsen

Description

At the time, the AJ family included a table lamp, a small table lamp, a floor lamp, a wall lamp and a work lamp designed to be attached to the table.

Together with the AJ Royal suspension lamp, it formed part of the overall aesthetic concept Arne Jacobsen had imagined for the hotel.

Because Arne Jacobsen didn't just design the hotel: he also designed the furnishings - including the famous Egg and Swan armchairs - the decor and the lighting, right down to the smallest detail.

The profile of the AJ lamp, with its straight lines and combination of oblique and right angles, is a clear reference to the profile of the Serie 3300, as well as to the geometric lines of the architect's buildings.

Light source

Bulb : E27 20W (not included)

Class : IP20

Voltage : 230V

Designer

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen on February 11, 1902. Her father, Johan Jacobsen, was a wholesale dealer in safety pins and snap fasteners. Her mother, Pouline Jacobsen, a bank clerk, enjoyed painting flowers in her spare time. The family lives in a typically Victorian house, with a very busy decor. As a reaction, young Arne repaints his entire bedroom white.

He meets the Lassen brothers at Nærum boarding school. Flemming Lassen became his partner in a series of architectural projects. Arne was a restless pupil, always ready to play pranks, making a mockery of himself. From an early age, he showed extraordinary talent for drawing, and enjoyed depicting nature in a very realistic way. He wanted to be a painter, but his father thought that architect was a wiser choice (history will thank him for this).

He began traveling at the age of 20: a boat trip to New York. Then it was off to Germany to learn masonry, and Italy to observe architecture. There, he produced some of his finest watercolors, capturing atmospheres and materials with relish. Curiosity about foreign countries was to be a constant feature of his career, without abandoning Denmark and its traditions.

Jacobsen's personality is reflected in his work: a sharp modernist, a tireless perfectionist, but also a lover of nature and a jovial family man: like him, his work is precise and warmly Danish.