Fog & Mørup - Jo Hammerborg - Lampa - Nova - Metall

First issued by Fog & Mørup in 1963, Jo Hammerborg's Nova pendel was produced in three versions – copper, brass and solid satin aluminium.
This item is aluminium.

Description:
No dents but some scratches. See pictures.
The lamp has a manufacturer's mark.
Sent without bulb.
The lamp is packed well with track and trace.


Jo Hammerborg grew up on the outskirts of Randers in an ordinary white-collar family. He trained as a silversmith, participated in Denmark's freedom struggle in 1940-45 as a saboteur, studied at the art academy and later worked as a silversmith at Georg Jensen. In 1957 he was employed as chief designer at the lamp manufacturer Fog & Mørup, where he worked until 1980.

He was a pronounced idea person and entrepreneur, who throughout his life initiated and developed the things he was passionate about. He was a major driving force for Fog & Mørup, and it was under his leadership that the company experienced its most creative and commercially successful period. With a clear design philosophy, great lighting technical insight and a pronounced understanding of form, function and aesthetics, he created over 180 lamps, several of which have received international awards. In 1980, Fog & Mørup went through a series of mergers, and at the end of the 90s production of his designs stopped.

In his private life, Jo Hammerborg was an active and very versatile sportsman who, alongside his career, i.a. was a pioneer in skydiving and flying. Tragically, it was his great passion for skydiving that cost him his life, when he died in an accident at the age of just 62.

After decades where his sought-after lamps have been traded at antique dealers, in 2013 it became possible again to buy a newly produced Jo Hammerborg lamp. Fritz Hansen decided, in collaboration with the Hammerborg family, to relaunch the Orient commuters. Jo Hammerborg's innovative contribution to Danish lamp design has a natural place in the 21st century.