The clean, graphic shapes of Keglen Table, Keglen Floor, and Keglen Wall each have a unique personality. This new series of Keglen lamps is a natural addition to the existing pendant series, designed by BIG Ideas in collaboration with Louis Poulsen.
Each lampshade has a curved built-in diffuser to ensure a pleasant, glare-free, downward-directed light. In addition to the ambiance created by each fixture’s illumination, a discreet uniform opening in the top of the shade emits a gentle light.
“The geometric and metallic shades have an organic diffuser that resembles a drop of water. In the table and floor versions, the insert meets the lamp stem and flows organically around it like liquid exhibiting surface tension,” explains Jakob Lange—an architect and partner in BIG Ideas.
The table version of Keglen is based on the Ø175 pendant. It uses the corresponding shade but the stem morphs into the bottom diffuser, allowing a beautiful organic geometry to break the otherwise straight lines.
The table lamp comes with a base or a pin mounting, which makes it ideal for home offices as well as long, decorative row installations in large study or work environments. The on/off and dimming switch is located on the base or pin along with the cord, which is fed through the pin and comes out of the base. Subtle details like these add to the elegance of the fixture.
The Keglen Floor builds on the family relationship with the Ø400 pendant. Using the same shade size, the stem morphs into the bottom diffuser, folding it inward as with the table lamp. Like the conical shade, the stem and base are designed to be graphic and simple.
The Keglen Wall uses an equivalent shade to the Ø175 pendant but in an angled position that is parallel to the wall box and the wall, where it can be mounted to direct the light either downward or upward. The shade is adjustable, and it can rotate 45 degrees to either side for better glare-free light distribution. The on/off and dimmer switch is positioned on the wall box.
These new members of the Keglen family are particularly well-suited to public spaces, hotel rooms, education facilities, and offices as well as social environments like restaurants and
cafés. These latest Keglen fixtures are also a great choice when optimizing lighting in homes—for example, in hallways, entrance areas, living rooms, and bedrooms.
The Keglen family was inspired by the Tirpitz Pendant, which was created by BIG Ideas and Louis Poulsen in their first collaboration for the Tirpitz Museum in Blåvand, Denmark, in 2017. The building was also designed by the firm. The Keglen series comes with energy-saving LED lights, and the lamps are available in matte black and matte white.
Keglen Table, Keglen Floor, and Keglen Wall will be available in the US from spring 2022.
About BIG Ideas
BIG Ideas, BIG’s technology-driven specialist product division, is managed by architect and partner Jacob Lange. BIG Ideas produces the practice’s lamps and other types of digital projects that underpin and emphasize BIG’s designs, buildings, and ideas. The division was established to gain further influence on the built environment. BIG is a renowned architectural practice that was founded by Bjarke Ingels in 2005. The firm has designed and completed award-winning buildings all over the world.
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.