VL Studio Wall Lamp

Overview

Vilhelm Lauritzen designed the VL Studio Wall Lamp, and Louis Poulsen makes it. A glossy white opal glass shade sits in a metal housing on a round wall plate, and the shade can be tilted 90 degrees to the right or left.

Construction

• Mouth-blown, three-layered opal glass shade, glossy
• Deep drawn aluminum or brass for the housing
• Wall box of die-cast aluminum or forged brass
• Matt black, wet painted, or brushed brass with fine hairlines, untreated
• Glass can be unscrewed to change the light source

Specifications

• G9 light source, not included; 165 lumen; 120 V; cULus for dry locations
• Fixes straight onto the wall surface through a 4 in octagonal junction box
• Weight 1.9 lbs

From Radiohuset to the wall

Vilhelm Lauritzen designed the first Studio lamp for Radiohuset, the Copenhagen headquarters of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, inaugurated in 1945. Lamps of this kind were used outside the recording studios, where a red or green light signalled whether a recording was under way, and that is where the Studio name comes from. Louis Poulsen produced the original lamps, and the VL Studio Wall Lamp returned to the range in 2022 with minor modifications.

Opal glass for diffused light

The wall lamp gives a glare-free, diffused light, and its triple-layered opal glass lights the area around the fixture evenly. The matte-black version has a clean, graphic expression, while the polished brass version has a soft, warm look.