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The story of Fog & Mørup, Danish modern lighting’s superstar
Fog & Mørup Data Pendant Lamp
Materials: Round mat orange polyurethane plastic mushroom lampshade with 4 air-holes, painted white inside. White painted Bakelite E27 socket.
Cord Length: 60 cm / 23.62”
Height: 16 cm / 6.29”
Width: ∅ 40 cm / 15.74”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 75 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Bjarne Bo around 1972.
Manufacturer: Fog & Mørup A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Other versions: The Fog & Mørup Data pendant lamp (Data 1) exists in 2 versions, several colours and two sizes. The bigger version (Data 2) is 48 cm / 18.89” wide and uses a light bulb of maximum 100 watt.
Bjarne Bo
Bjarne Bo, born in 1947, is a Danish architect and designer. He designed many household and kitchen stuff. Salad servers, rasps, piggy banks and so on. For the moment it is unknown whether he designed any other lamps besides this one.
Fog & Mørup
Ansgar Fog (1880–1930) and Erik Mørup (1879–1972) founded their business in 1904 as a metalwork wholesaler. Two years later they moved to Copenhagen, shifted their focus to lighting production, and over time acquired several electrical and lighting companies. Fog & Mørup emerged as a key force in lighting design in the early 1960s, following the appointment of Jo Hammerborg as head of design in 1957.
Notable designers and architects who worked with the company include: Claus Bonderup, Torsten Thorup, Sidse Werner, Sophus Frandsen, Jørgen Bo, E. Balslev, Peter Avondoglio, Karen Clemmensen, Ebbe Clemmensen, Hans Due, and of course Jo Hammerborg.
Lyfa
In the late 1970s, Fog & Mørup merged with Lyfa, another leading Danish lighting producer. In 1980 Jo Hammerborg retired. A few years later, Lyfa–Fog & Mørup was taken over by Lyskær, and the name changed to Lyskaer–Lyfa.
Lyskaer–Lyfa produced lights until 1991, when it was incorporated into Horn Belysning A/S of Aalstrup, Denmark, which was itself taken over in 2005 by Nordlux of Ålborg and, to a large extent, dismantled.
Horn Belysning
Horn Belysning A/S was founded in 1952 as a family business, initially named E.S. Horn. In 1963 it became Horn Belysning (Horn Lighting).
The company produced lighting for IKEA and several other European retail chains. It designed products and also imported lighting from China. In the 1980s Horn was the second-largest lighting company in Denmark.
In 2005 the name changed to Lightyears, which today is owned by Republic of Fritz Hansen.
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