UNIQUE RED SPY LAMP

Have been lucky to get the so far only known prototype Spy Lamp in red from 1972. If you compare this one and the serial produced version from Louis Poulsen you can see the shade is more transparant than the later serial produced. The lamp itself has a ”spacer” behind it wich makes it ”hoover” out from the wall or ceiling. When I first got the lamp, the parts was mounted the wrong way so it didn’t look like it should. Now the pieces are back in the correct places and the lamp looks fantastic!

Prototype Spy lamp from 1972
(Designed in 1971).
Pre-serie Spy lamp from 1972.
(Designed in 1971).
Prototype Spy lamp from 1972. Here you see how transparant the shade is compared to the later version below.
Serial produced Spy lamp from Louis Poulsen. This edition has a much more mirroring surface and the lamp is mounted exactly towards the wall.
Louis Poulsen / Fritz Hansen exhibition at Bella Center 1972. Photo copyright by Verner Panton Design.
Louis Poulsen / Fritz Hansen exhibition at Bella Center 1972. Photo copyright by Verner Panton Design.
Louis Poulsen / Fritz Hansen exhibition at Bella Center 1972. Photo copyright by Verner Panton Design.
Louis Poulsen / Fritz Hansen exhibition at Bella Center 1972. In the background you can see these prototype Spy lamps ”hoovers” a bit down from the ceiling. Photo copyright by Verner Panton Design.