Louis Poulsen: Philosophy Of Light

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Light is worth reflecting on Light means life, and good lighting appeals to our senses and makes us feel comfortable. Take your time when you are investing in new lighting facilities. Light should be bought with care.

At Louis Poulsen we work with a lighting philosophy encompassing function, comfort and ambience. We combine professional lighting technology with aesthetic designs to create optimum and comfortable lighting.

We make demands on ourselves – read more about these demands here.

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Light should seem natural Daylight is considered to be the best and most genuine light.

We use daylight to experience the world. Artificial lighting can only compensate for daylight, but we can achieve a good resemblance.

Designers can derive inspiration from nature to complete their idiom.

In her Collage series, Louise Campbell was inspired by how light refracts in tree foliage. The elliptical patterns simulate nature’s unique patterns. Collage fixtures are like small light spots in our homes, where we can cocoon, while the world passes by.

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Collage Louise Campbell found inspiration in nature’s own light source when she created Collage. The idea arose out of the image of sun rays finding their way through tree foliage, leaving a shimmering trace of light and shadow.

The three shades of differing, cut patterns form the delicate effect, where light and shadow comes to life, constantly changing.

The Collage series includes both a pendant and a floor lamp.

Design: Louise Campbell.

Collage Pendant & Floor. Light source: 100W A60 Frosted E27. Material: Laser cut acrylic in standard colour Snow White (white) or custom colours Hotlips (pink), Juicy Orange (orange), Lemon Yellow (yellow) and Smoke Screen (smoke-tinted). Base in die cast concrete. Dimensions: Pendant: Diameter 600mm, height 360mm. Floor: Diameter 600mm, height 1660mm.

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Collage Floor

Collage Pendant

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Louise Campbell (b. 1970) graduated from the industrial design line of the Danish School of Art and Design in 1995. Since then, she has made a name for herself as one of Denmark’s best and most sparkling young designers. Louise Campbell has exhibited in Denmark and other countries, including Japan, Italy and Britain, and has received a number of awards and grants, including the Finn Juhl Architecture Prize and the Danish State Art Foundation’s three-year work grant.

Campbell 275

Campbell 210

Campbell Campbell 210/275 is the first result of the partnership between the young designer Louise Campbell and Louis Poulsen. The Campbell pendant attracted attention throughout the world, in March 2005 receiving the prestigious gold iF Product Design Award.

Design: Louise Campbell.

Campbell 210/275. Light source: Ø 210: 40W Reflector R50 E14, Ø 275: 75W Reflector R80 E27. Material: Mouth-blown clear glass with sandblasted stripes. Dimensions: Ø 210: Diameter 210mm, height 284mm, Ø 275: Diameter 275mm, height 371mm.

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Light should delight the eye Light should help us find our way. It is a practical device, but should at the same time be decorative and pure. Fixtures should delight the eye – whether lit or unlit.

Arne Jacobsen’s design is highly praised among the world’s architects because of it’s precise idiom. It is simple, beautiful and extremely minimalist.

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AJ Floor, Table & Wall Arne Jacobsen created the lighting fixtures for the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen – one of the first design hotels in the world. AJ was not only the architect of the building; he also designed all fixtures and fittings, e.g. furniture, cutlery, textiles and lighting fixtures. All these products have become modern classics. The AJ series focuses light where it is needed and the shades provide efficient shading.

Design: Arne Jacobsen.

AJ Floor. Light source: 60W A60 Frosted E27.

Material: Black, white or graphite grey steel.

Dimensions: Depth 325mm, height 1300mm.

AJ Table. Light source: 60W A60 Frosted E27.

Material: Black, white or graphite grey steel.

Dimensions: Depth 350mm, height 560mm.

AJ Wall. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14.

Material: Black, white or graphite grey steel.

Dimensions: Depth 335mm, hight 180mm.

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AJ Floor

AJ Wall

AJ Table

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AJ Pendant The AJ Pendant was created for the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, completed in 1960. Emitting soft upward light, the top louvres add extra refinement to the simple fixture idiom.

Design: Arne Jacobsen.

AJ Pendant. Light source: Ø 370: 100W A60 Frosted E27, Ø 500: 1x100W A-CS60+3x100W A60 E27. Material: White aluminium and steel.

Dimensions: Ø 370: Diameter 370mm, height 181mm, Ø 500: Diameter 500mm, height 225mm.

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AJ Pendant

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AJ Discus Ø 220

AJ Discus AJ Discus is one of Arne Jacobsen’s most acclaimed fixtures. The mouthblown shade in three-layer opal glass displays a clear edge, spreading a halo of light around the fixture. The shade emits light directly into the room, a major part of the light also being directed towards the wall.

Design: Arne Jacobsen.

AJ Discus Ø 220. Light source: 40W QT ax-14 Frosted G9. Material: Mouth-blown white opal glass, wall fitting in white aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 220mm, depth 105mm.

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Art in 1927, two years later setting up his own drawing office.

He became world-famous for his functional, modernist design and showed his versatile talent in designing architecture and furniture.

He primarily created the Louis Poulsen fixtures in the 1950s-60s, but they remain as popular as ever.

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Light should create oases Our homes are the base of our lives. This is where we relax and recharge our batteries, so that we are ready for more experiences and challenges. Home lighting affects us more than most of us realise. In correct lighting, we relax and our eyes get a break. Of course, lighting must be correct. When at Louis Poulsen we create new fixtures, we always strive to uphold the balance between function, comfort and ambience. We aim to create products that will enhance your breaks – such as the transparent Flindt series.

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Flindt Pendant The Flindt series combines simple geometry with a high degree of visual complexity.

The dual shades encompass a cylinder and a truncated cone, both weaved in white, matt vinyl string. The weaving technique fashions a three-dimensional, transparent idiom and patterns interchange when viewed from different angles.

Design: Christian Flindt.

Flindt 220/475 Pendant. Light source: Ø 220: 60W A60 Frosted E27, Ø 475: 100W A60 Frosted E27. Material: String in white matt vinyl, wings in injection moulded acrylic. Dimensions: Ø 220 Pendant: Diameter 220mm, height 295mm, Ø 475 Pendant: Diameter 475mm, height 510mm.

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Flindt 220 Pendant

Flindt 475 Pendant

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Flindt Floor Design: Christian Flindt.

Flindt 220 Floor. Light source: 60W A60 Frosted E27. Material: String in white matt vinyl, wings in injection moulded acrylic. Dimensions: Diameter 220mm, height 1395mm.

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Flindt 220 Floor

Christian Flindt (b. 1972) is a graduate from the Aarhus School of Architecture. He set up his own company in 2003. Has designed a number of chairs, Luxus, Ripple and Orchid to name a few. In 2005, he received the Danish Design Award and in 2006, the magazine Bo Bedre’s Danish Designer of the Year Award. Christian Flindt’s ideas have been described as so innovative and visionary that they are almost art.

Light should fascinate Poul Henningsen is the master lighting designer. He created functional and idiomatic designs that went on to gain acceptance and be celebrated all over the world. PH Artichoke is one of Poul Henningsen’s icons, the breathtaking fixture emanating charisma and splendour. Whether in white, brushed steel or copper, PH Artichoke makes a statement in any room. PH Artichoke serves as an excellent example of what Louis Poulsen strives to achieve: creating fixtures you never tire of.

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PH Artichoke PH Artichoke is unique and has – deservedly – achieved status as a design icon. PH Artichoke consists of 12 x 6 leaves directing the light to illuminate the fixture itself while also emitting glare-free lighting.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH Artichoke. Light source: Ø 480: 200W A80 Clear E27, Ø 600: 500W A110 Clear E40.

Material: Leaves: Copper, stainless steel or white steel. Suspension in high lustre chrome plated steel. Dimensions: Ø 480: Diameter 480mm, height 497mm, Ø 600: Diameter 600mm, height 580mm.

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PH Artichoke Ă˜ 480

Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) was one of the giants of Danish cultural life in the 20th century. In addition to being a master lighting designer, he also wrote satirical songs and castigated society in general, in the 1930s becoming one of the frontrunners of cultural radicalism. His life-long partnership with Louis Poulsen started as early as 1925.

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PH Snowball

PH Snowball Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH Snowball. Light source: 300W A80 Clear E27. Material: White aluminium with frame in high lustre chrome plated aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 400mm, height 390mm.

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PH Hat Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH Hat. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14.

Material: White steel. Dimensions: Diameter 225mm, depth 145mm.

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PH Hat

PH 80 In 1974, Poul Henningsen would have celebrated his 80th anniversary – a milestone Louis Poulsen chose to mark by producing the PH 80.

Before he died in 1967, Poul Henningsen had started working with plastics. PH 80 floor has innumerable uses and emanates comfortable light.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 80. Light source: 100W A60 Frosted E27.

Material: Shades in white opal acrylic and polycarbonate, stem in high lustre chrome plated steel.

Dimensions: Diameter 550mm, height 1315mm.

PH 80

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PH 2/1 Stem Fitting

PH 2/1 PH 2/1 is the smallest series in the range of PH fixtures based on Poul Henningen’s three-shade principle.

The name is derived from the diameter of the largest glass shade.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 2/1 Stem Fitting. Light source: 3x40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with body in high lustre chrome plated brass and socket cover in high lustre chrome plated aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 596mm, height 551mm.

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PH 2/1 Wall

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PH 2/1 Pendant

PH 2/1 Table

PH 2/1 Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 2/1 Wall. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with suspension and arm in high lustre chrome plated aluminium and brass. Dimensions: Diameter 200mm, height 165mm, depth 296mm.

PH 2/1 Pendant. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with suspension in high lustre chrome plated aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 200mm, height 140mm.

PH 2/1 Table. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14.

Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with stem and suspension in high lustre chrome plated brass and aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 200mm, height 165mm, depth 410mm.

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PH 3/2 The PH 3/2 designation refers to the shading sizes, the digit 3 pointing to the diameter of the top glass shade.

Poul Henningsen’s inimitable lighting philosophy has at all times inspired the lighting sector. The fixture blends into all settings.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 3/2 Pendant

PH 3/2 Pendant. Light source: 75W A60 Frosted E27. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with suspension in high lustre chrome plated or black chrome plated brass. Dimensions: Diameter 290mm, height 242mm.

PH 3/2 Table. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with suspension and stem in high lustre chrome plated or black chrome plated brass.

Dimensions: Diameter 290 mm, height 472mm.

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PH 3/2 Table

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PH 3/2 Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 3/2 Academy. Light source: 3x40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with frame and suspension in high lustre chrome plated brass. Dimensions: Diameter 680mm, height 345mm.

PH 3/2 Wall. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with wall box and arm in high lustre chrome plated brass. Dimensions: Diameter 290 mm, height 235mm, depth 367mm.

PH 31/2-21/2 Floor. Light source: 100W A60 Frosted E27. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with stem and base in high lustre chrome plated brass and steel. Dimensions: Diameter 330mm, height 1300mm.

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PH 3/2 Academy

PH 3/2 Wall

PH 31/2 -21/2 Floor

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PH 41/2 -4 Glass Pendant

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PH 41/2 -31/2 Glass Floor

PH 41/2 -31/2 Glass Table

PH 4 1/2 -4 The elegant 4 1/2 -4 glass series is another example of the many classics from Poul Henningsen’s production.

The shades consist of three layers of mouth-blown opal glass, polished on the outside and sanded on the inner side, which softens and diffuses the light.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 4 1/2 -3 1/2 Glass Table & Floor. Light source: 150W A65 Frosted E27. Material: Shades in mouth-blown white opal glass with top plate and stem in high lustre chrome plated brass and steel.

Dimensions: Diameter 450mm, Table: height 550mm, Floor: height 1250mm.

PH 4 1/2 -4 Glass Pendant. Light source: 150W A65 Frosted E27. Material: Shades in mouthblown white opal glass with suspension in high lustre chrome plated aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 450mm, height 410mm.

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PH 4/3 Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 4/3 Pendant. Light source: 100W A60 Frosted E27. Material: White or brushed and coated aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 400mm, height 200mm.

PH 4/3 Table. Light source: 100W A60 Frosted E27. Material: Shades in white aluminium with stem and base in high lustre chrome plated brass and steel. Dimensions: Diameter 450mm, height 540mm.

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PH 4/3 Pendant

PH 4/3 Table

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PH 5

PH 5 The PH 5 pendant is one of the best known fixtures created by Poul Henningsen. It was designed for low suspension over a table and to emit controlled, comfortable light.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 5. Light source: 200W A80 Frosted E27/ 23W TC-TSE E27. Material: White or graphite grey aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 500mm, height 285mm.

PH 5-41/2 Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 5-41/2 . Light source: 200W A80 Clear E27.

Material: White aluminium. Dimensions: Diameter 466mm, height 318mm.

PH 5-41/2

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PH 3- 21/2 Bollard

PH 3-21/2 The classic PH fixture still enjoys widespread popularity – its light is quite simply incomparable, and on top of that the fixtures are beautiful with a harmonious idiom. The latest offspring of the PH fixture family is the PH 3-21/2 Bollard and Wall for outdoor use.

Design: Poul Henningsen.

PH 3-2 1/2 Wall. Light source: 60W A60 Frosted E27.

Material: Shades in black or copper plated steel. Dimensions: Diameter 283mm, depth 336mm, height 239mm.

PH 3-2 1/2 Bollard. Light source: 60W A60 Frosted E27. Material: Shades in black or copper plated steel.

Dimensions: Diameter 283mm, height 909mm.

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PH 3- 21/2 Wall

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Light should provide tranquillity Sometimes we need to calm down and concentrate. Our minds need a break. At Louis Poulsen, we will do our part to eliminate noise and unnecessary frills. We believe that all details should be justiďŹ ed by their lighting qualities. Unnecessary design aspects have been eliminated from our products. Enigma is an example of this working method. A light source, hovering shades and suddenly light becomes experienced, distributed and noticeable. Enigma hovers in a room, at once anonymous – almost invisible and stunningly decorative.

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Enigma 425

Enigma Japanese designer Shoichi Uchiyama is the creator of the sculptural Enigma pendant, a fixture of unique lighting qualities. It represents refined Japanese minimalism, suspended with ultra thin steel wires, the shades impart a light, hovering impression to the fixture.

Design: Shoichi Uchiyama.

Enigma 425/545. Light source: 50W QR GU10.

Material: Shades in matt coated acrylic aluminium, cone in brushed and coated aluminium.

Dimensions: 425: Diameter 422mm, height 740mm, 545: Diameter 545mm, height 970mm.

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Shoichi Uchiyama (b. 1947) graduated from YMCY, Institute of Design in Tokyo, in 1977 setting up his company Shoichi Uchiyama Design OďŹƒce specialised in lighting design. His idiom is strict and functional, springing from minimalist Japanese aesthetics.

Shoichi Uchiyama has won several awards, the German iF Design Award and the Japanese Good Design Award among them.

Enigma 545

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Light should create atmosphere Your eyes see, but the light determines what you actually see. The light source and its surrounding design may determine whether the colours of a bouquet of owers appear matt or clear, whether a face looks warm or cold.

A ďŹ xture should underline the atmosphere, and the best way to do that is to attach equal weight to design and function. At Louis Poulsen, the design is a key element of the function, and vice versa.

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Panthella Table

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Panthella Floor

Panthella Verner Panton’s table and floor Panthella has achieved an almost cult-like status.

Its organic, well-balanced shape makes the fixture a sculpture in itself.

Design: Verner Panton.

Panthella Table & Floor. Light source: 75W A60 Frosted E27, Floor: 150W A65 Frosted E27. Material: Shade in white opal acrylic, stem in white steel, base and housing in white plastic. Dimensions: Table: Diameter 400mm, height 580mm, Floor: Diameter 500mm, height 1305mm.

Verner Panton (1926-1998) was one of the most colourful figures of Danish architecture and design history. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, before establishing his own drawing office in 1955. He is known for his bright, organic designs and an exceptional preference for plastics. He won a multitude of awards for his unconventional designs, including several International Design Awards.

Moser

Anu Moser (b. 1945) Swedish ceramist and specialist in ceramics restoration – a subject she even teaches. Moser is the first fixture Anu Moser created, for which she found inspiration – like her other mouth-blown creations – in the original drop shape of glass when it is processed.

Anu Moser has exhibited throughout the world, including several times in Japan.

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The mouth-blown glass pendant was created by Swedish ceramist and designer Anu Moser. She was inspired by the organic drop shape and added the crude, striking suspension as an intriguing contrast. Moser emits soft, diffuse light.

Design: Anu Moser.

Moser. Light source: Ø 185: 7W TC-DSE E27, Ø 205: 20W TC-TSE E27, Ø 250: 23W TC-TSE E27.

Material: Mouth-blown matt white opal glass.

Suspension in polished aluminium. Dimensions: Ø 185: Diameter 185mm, height 255mm, Ø 205: Diameter 205mm, height 285mm, Ø 250: Diameter 250mm, height 360mm.

Moser

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Satellite

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Satellite Satellite displays an organic idiom, and its matt glass surface emanates uniform, diffuse light.

Design: Vilhelm Wohlert.

Satellite. Light source: 200W A80 Frosted E27.

Material: Mouth-blown matt white opal glass, pendant tube in brushed steel. Dimensions: Ø 250: Diameter 250mm, height 270mm, Ø 300: Diameter 300mm, height 320mm, Ø 350: Diameter 350mm, height 370mm.

Vilhelm Wohlert (1920-2007) was a Danish architect who designed the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk north of Copenhagen and the Danish Music Museum in Copenhagen.

In the period 1968-86, he was a professor of the Royal Danish Academy of Art , in 2001 being appointed honorary member of the Academy.

Vilhelm Wohlert has received a wide range of awards and has exhibited all over the world.

Toldbod Glass The Toldbod Glass pendant is characterised by its simple, logic idiom, which makes the fixture ideal for a wide range of settings, from kitchens to sitting rooms and offices. The shade consists of three-layer mouth-blown glass, which emits a soft, uniform light.

Design: Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S. Toldbod 155/220 Glass Pendant. Light source: Ø 155: 40W QT ax-14 Frosted G9, Ø 220: 60W QT ax-14 Frosted G9. Material: Mouth-blown white opal glass, pendant tube in brushed stainless steel. Dimensions: Ø 155: Diameter 155mm, height including pendant tube 260mm, Ø 220: Diameter 220mm, height including pendant tube 375mm.

Toldbod 155 Glass Pendant

Toldbod 220 Glass Pendant

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Toldbod 155 Wall

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Toldbod 155 Bollard

Toldbod Design: Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S. Toldbod 155 Wall. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Aluminium coloured or black with textured surface in aluminium.

Dimensions: Diameter 155mm, depth 267mm, height 158mm.

Toldbod 155 Bollard. Light source: 40W D45 Frosted E14. Material: Aluminium coloured or black with textured surface in aluminium.

Dimensions: Diameter 155mm, depth 267mm, height 900mm.

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Find energy-eďŹƒcient lightsource alternatives on www.louispoulsen.com

www.louispoulsen.com Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S. 09.2007. We make reservations for printing errors and changes implemented as a result of technological development and regulatory requirements from authorities. Item no.: 5701025185.

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