The Danish-Italian design duo GamFratesi’s design from 2017 has re-emerged in a softer Scandinavian style. Louis Poulsen presents a new Yuh, with a brass stem and a black or white marble base that is sure to add a touch of sophistication to all kinds of interior.
“The functionality is the same, but where the first models are more minimal and rigorous in defined colours, the new Yuhs offer a warm feeling and the stones give each lamp a unique touch“, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi explains.
Yuh has been designed to adapt fully to everyday life with light that moves up and down and around, as required. It provides a glare-free downward light, but the fold of the shade leaves a slim opening at the top for a soft and diffused upward glow.
With their appreciation of indirect light, GamFratesi have incorporated a diffuser into Yuh. Built-in LED technology provides high-quality light, with dimming from 15 to 100%. A timer can automatically turn off the light after 4 or 8 hours, and the light can be set at a fixed level for whenever the lamp is switched on.
As well as Yuh table lamp, the Danish-Italian design duo also introduced Yuh floor lamp and Yuh wall lamp as their first Louis Poulsen designs in 2017. The designs are available in an all-black as well as in an all-white version. Now, however, it is time for something new.
“Nature meets technology in the new Yuhs. It is a very tactile and natural product,” GamFratesi says.
Where the classic black or white Yuh complements most modern interiors, the new Yuh delivers something extra with its authentic feel of high-quality Italian marble and brass – perfect for emphasising a softer Scandinavian style.
The new Yuh in brass and marble will be available in stores from September 2019.
About GamFratesi
GamFratesi’s design take their creative drive from a fusion of tradition and innovation in an experimental approach to their chosen materials and techniques. Each with their own traditional background, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi draw on classic Danish furniture and craftsmanship as well as a classic Italian intellectual and conceptual approach. Understanding a tradition and addressing it actively in the workshop makes it possible to expand on it. From this cross-cultural substrate they create design that respectfully reflects tradition while also featuring unique embedded stories, symbols and associations, often expressed through minimalism.
GamFratesi was founded in 2006 by Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi. They met at the Department of Architecture at the University of Ferrara in Northern Italy in 2004 and have since studied together at the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. GamFratesi have a studio in Copenhagen.
About Louis Poulsen
Founded in 1874, Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen creates products that encompass the duality of design and light. Every detail in the design has a purpose. Every design starts and ends with light. Louis Poulsen offers a range of lighting aimed at the commercial and domestic lighting markets, with lighting fixtures and solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. In close partnership with designers and architects like Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Oki Sato, and GamFratesi, Louis Poulsen has established itself as one of the world's key suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting and has a global presence with dedicated showrooms in Copenhagen, Singapore, Stockholm, Miami, Oslo, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Dusseldorf.
Press release, August 2019