Danish designer Svend Aage Holm Sørensen (1913 – 2004) is known for his self-produced lighting designs dating from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. As a licensed ornamental metalworker, Holm-Sørensen possessed an experimental, yet balanced understanding of materials. His passion for lighting design was evident wherever he was, he would sketch ideas on everything: envelopes, theatre programmes, even tram tickets.
Thanks to a combination of imagination, talent and vision, Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen played an important role in Danish lamp design
Warm Nordic 'Beak Birds'
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In the 1950s Holm Sørensen started his own successful lighting company to produce and distribute his designs. His style varies greatly, with work from the 1950s reflecting the mid-century modern lighting style, with clear international influences but a distinctly Nordic look. From the 1960s onwards, Holm Sørensen embraced the raw Brutalist style producing lighting in unfinished brass and copper surfaces.
Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen ‘Silhouette’ Table Lamp