GUBI PRESENTS

Semi Collection

The Semi Pendant was designed in 1968 and came out of the dynamic

creative partnership between Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup.

Reacting against the soft organic forms that dominated the so-called

‘cozy era’ in Denmark at the time, Bonderup and Thorup wanted to

create a lamp that incorporated sharp, clean lines and a geometric

shape. They submitted the Semi Pendant for a competition at the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture and won

first prize. In the 1980s, the pendant became Denmark’s best-selling

design and gained worldwide recognition.

Conceived by placing two crescent shapes back to back, the Semi

Pendant’s distinctive flared metal shade echoes and inverts the form

of a single-stem circular dining table. The new Semi Pendant Ø90

emphasizes the dramatic increase in the shade’s gauge – its striking

curves expanding effortlessly from the vertical line of the wire to the

suggested infinite horizon of the shade. The wide flare of the Semi

Pendant ensures light is cast broadly across a space, enabling it to

act as a primary light source over a kitchen surface, or even for very

large meeting rooms or workspaces.

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