VL
38
The VL38 table lamp was originally designed in the late 1930s by Vilhelm Lauritzen
in partnership with Louis Poulsen for the construction of the Radiohuset building
(the Danish broadcasting house) in Copenhagen (today the Royal Danish Academy
of Music). Vilhelm Lauritzen’s lamp design, VL38 and the pendant VL45 both designed
for Radiohuset, started to appear in Louis Poulsen catalogues after World War 2 in the
middle of the 1940s. VL38 in white/brass was relaunched in fall 2016. To accommodate
contemporary advances in light technology and energy efficiency the fixtures have been
fitted with LED. The black edition of the VL38 introduced fall 2017 has a stronger outline
than the original white version, though maintaining the loved retro look and the soft, curvy
expression of the original design.
