This fall, Louis Poulsen will launch, in collaboration with Kilo Design, a refined suspension system for e-socket pendants. It is called Dependant, and it will enhance spaces with new possibilities for elegant constellations and individual clusters of lighting.
The Danish design studio Kilo Design has created the modular suspension system, which can be used and customized for different applications. The system is designed to complement and suspend various types of Louis Poulsen e-socket pendant designs, enabling everyone to create outstanding pendant lighting clusters.
“The design was inspired by the iconic pendants that will be suspended within the system. The system’s structures and transitions take cues from the design language you’ll find if you dive into the Louis Poulsen pendant collection. It was very important for us to create a system that would complement and feel familiar when used together with the pendants,” says Lars Larsen of Kilo Design.
Dependant allows for the custom configuration of multiple pendants to deliver great impact with minimal effort while accentuating the lighting in hospitality settings, office and commercial spaces, retail environments, and private residences.
Designed for flexible use in a variety of settings, the adaptable suspension system comes in a linear version, which holds three or five pendants. It also comes in a circular version that can hold four or six pendants. All of the versions allow for each pendant to be positioned at the preferred height. The fixtures can be installed horizontally, at the same level, or placed at different heights to create a more spherical shape.
“Flexibility has been crucial in the design of Dependant to enable users to create their own clusters or settings. It’s all about the lamps, and we’ve tried to create a framework for the Louis Poulsen pendants that’s basically an enabler for customization and creativity,” explains Larsen.
The Dependant system is available in a black, white, or metalized brass finish. Combined with the diversity of the pendant designs, the possible variations are almost endless and can match every interior. Regardless of whether a classic or a more modern expression is preferred, it is possible to create a system that will work perfectly in any given space.
All variants of the system can safely hold Louis Poulsen pendant favorites and classics weighing under 5 kg with an e-socket. These include the VL45, Above, Toldbod, Cirque, and Wohlert as well as the PH 2/1, PH 3/2, PH 5 Mini, VL Ring Crown 1, Doo-Wop, and Moser.
The Dependant series will be available from November.
About Kilo Design
Kilo Design is a Copenhagen-based and idea-driven design studio whose aim is to shape the future and create design for change. The award-winning Danish designer Lars Larsen founded Kilo in 2005. Kilo is renowned for its bold design innovation and holistic approach to future design solutions. Recognized as one of the most influential design studios in Scandinavia, Kilo has received a succession of international honors and awards.
In 2012, Kilo Design was part of the company KiBiSi, which in collaboration with Louis Poulsen, developed Silverback. KiBiSi was a partnership between three architects/designers. The company’s name is made up of the first letters from each of the companies that joined forces in the joint venture. Ki – Kilo Design, founded by architect and designer Lars Larsen, Bi – Bjarke Ingels Group, founded by the architect Bjarke Ingels, and Si – Skibsted Ideation, founded by designer and philosopher Jens Martin Skibsted.
About Louis Poulsen
Founded in 1874, the 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, architects, and other talents like Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Oki Sato, and Louise Campbell, Louis Poulsen has established itself as one of the world’s key suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting. Louis Poulsen has a global presence with showrooms in Copenhagen, Miami, Oslo, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Dusseldorf.