Louis Poulsen - AJ Eklipta ceiling lamp

AJ Eklipta was designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1959 for Rødovre Town Hall. Two different sizes were produced for this project – 350 mm and 450 mm. They were used indoors on stairways and outdoors as wall lamps. A 220 mm version was later designed for St. Catherine’s College in England. When Arne Jacobsen used the fixture himself on stairways he always preferred the largest model. The fixture is being used around the world today in a variety of architectural contexts.
The fixture emits soft comfortable light. The glass is designed to provide a uniformly lit surface. The three-layer mouth-blown opal glass shade has a transparent edge, providing a decorative halo of light around the fixture.

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1902 - 1971) was a major innovator in Danish architecture and the creator of some of the world's most famous and best-selling chairs. As an aspiring painter and apprentice bricklayer in his youth, he attended the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1927. The first period of his activity took place in his homeland, during which he won the first prize in the Akademisk Arkitektforeningen competition for a "house of the future" designed with F. Lassen (1929).  He later moved to Sweden, where he mainly worked on upholstery and fabric design. When he returned to Denmark and participated in numerous competitions, winning in 1961 the Grand Prix d'Architecture et d'Art. The most outstanding feature of Jacobsen's architecture consists of a perfect balance between the demands pursued by the avant-garde movements of the 1920s and the constructive and formal tradition of Danish architecture. Arne Jacobsen's work is exhibited in numerous international collections, including MoMA in New York, the Design Museum in London and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. When he died in 1971, his partners Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling, now the Copenhagen-based Dissing+Weitling, took over his legacy.

Louis Poulsen

Founded in 1874, Louis Poulsen is a Danish lighting company stemming from the Scandinavian design tradition where form follows function. The function and design of their products are tailored to reflect and support the rhythm of natural light. Every detail in the design has a purpose. Every design begins and ends with light. The company believes in passionate craftsmanship producing quality lighting and design products that are pleasing to look at and to use. In close partnership with designers, architects and other talents such as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Oki Sato and Louise Campbell, the company has established itself among the leading suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting. Beyond any traditional category, their products address the public and private lighting sectors with applications suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The aim of Louis Poulsen is created an atmosphere affecting on spaces and people. The design to shape light.