In an earlier blog, I mentioned how we love seeing all the unique lights in the homes that we ride our bikes passed at night. Well, I decided to write a post dedicated to the inventive and curious lighting that have made Denmark notorious for it's creative design. The picture above is called the Mexican style IQ Light. The IQ light was created by Holger Strøm in 1972 and was re-released in 1999. It is a self-assembled modular lighting system made up of interlocking pieces. You actually put the light together yourself.
Here is a picture of the more traditional IQ lights. It all started when Holger Strøm was asked to make spherical and cylindrical lamps for a Christmas display. "I constructed them from triangular modules, which I glued together, and by using an equal number of modules for the sphere and the cylinder, they did actually appear to be the same size. It was just a Christmas decoration, but I couldn't completely forget the idea. I wanted to make it with a mechanical assembly system, and with identical modules." -Holger Strøm
Another picture of the Mexican style IQ light. This style of lighting seems very popular here.
This is a picture of Holger Strøm amongst his IQ lights. I think it may be a picture from the 70's.
Poul Henningsen designed this light in 1924. It is from the PH series and is known as the PH Artichoke lamp. It is a 360 degree glare-free lamp made by 72 leaves that shade the light source, and reflect the light onto the underlying leaves, creating a unique illumination. Henningsen's inspiration for the design of this light was the scientific analysis of the function of a lamp shade.
Some quotes by Poul Henningsen...”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”..."Faith has never moved anything at all. It is doubt that moves"...."Future comes by itself, progress does not."
This light was designed by Le Klint, a business that was passed down from father to son. Le Klint is known for it's artistically folded lamp shades.
Hopefully this post didn't bore you too much. I personally am fascinated by unique and beautiful lighting. I thought I would share it with you.
With Love,
Becca
