The original Birdy Table Lamp is a timeless piece of lighting design from Birger Dahl, originally produced and sold by the Norwegian electricity company Sonnico. Immediately recognised for its stylish, elegant expression, the Birdy won the highly coveted Golden Medal at the 1954 Milan Triennale.
This 70th-anniversary edition features a beautiful brushed aluminium shade, base, and handle, both wonderfully tactile and visually striking. Northern is only producing 500 Birdy lamps, each one individually numbered. The lamp retains its functionality and bold silhouette, with the characteristic tilting arm and conical shade.
Birger Dahl (1916–1998) was born in the city of Moss, Norway and is considered one of Scandinavia’s leading post–war interior architects. He was educated at the Norwegian National School of Arts and Crafts (SHKS) in Oslo and was one of the first students to be supervised and guided by Arne Korsmo.
In 1947 Dahl became teacher at SHKS and in the period from 1945 to 1957 he also worked as chief designer for Sønnico (Oslo). The key aspects of his work and design philosophy is the promotion of lighting as honest, logical and functional. The light object must always reach complete harmony with its surrounding humans and architecture.
