Jo Hammerborg

Jo Hammerborg (* 1920 , † 1982 ) was a Danish industrial designer , who with his 1957 to 1980 for the lighting manufacturer Fog & Mørup in Scandinavian design designed lighting fixtures became known.

Life

Jo Hammerborg grew up in a middle-class family on the outskirts of the Danish port city of Randers . He received training as a silversmith . Between 1940 and 1945 he was active in the Danish resistance as a saboteur against the German occupying forces in World War II. Hammerborg then studied at the Royal Danish Art Academy and worked as a silversmith for Georg Jensen . In 1957, the Danish lighting manufacturer Fog & Mørup hired him as chief designer, where he worked until 1980. Under Hammerborg's leadership, the company experienced its most creative and commercially successful period, to which he contributed with over 180 different lamp designs. Some of his designs have been awarded international prizes. Fog & Mørup went through a series of company mergers in 1980 and ceased production in the late 1990s.

Hammerborg was also a versatile athlete, aviator, and skydiver. In 1982 he was killed in a parachute jump.

Works (selection)

• Suspension lamp sector
• Juno lamp , 1960s
• Orient pendant lamp , 1960
• Table lamp Studio , 1963
• Suspension lamp Pompei , 1963
• Nova ceiling light , 1963
• Eiffel suspension lamp , 1963
• Wall lamp Alfa , 1963
• Lampadaire floor lamp , 1965
• Table lamp President , 1965
• Trombone II lamp , 1966
• Monolit lamp , 1966
• Kardinal floor lamp , 1966
• Flet floor lamp , 1967
• Vega pendant lamp , 1968
• Suspension lamp Hydra 1 , 1969
• Wall and suspension lamp Kastor , 1969
• Zone pendant lamp , 1969
• Corona pendant lamp , 1970
• Milieu Maxi suspension lamp , 1975
• Suspension lamp Silhuet 2 , 1977

literature

• Keith Stephenson, Mark Hampshire: Mid-Century Modern Living: The Mini Modern's Guide to Pattern and Style. Hachette UK, 2019, ISBN 0-85783-740-0 , p. 76.
• Judith Miller : Miller's Collectables Handbook & Price Guide. Hachette UK, 2016, ISBN 1-78472-249-9 , p. 254.
• Ella Moody: Decorative Art in Modern Interiors. Studio Vista, 1972, ISBN 0-28970-278-X , p. 104.
• Decorative Art. The Studio Year Book. 1967, p. 145.
• Dansk kunsthaandværk. Landsforeningen Dansk kunsthaandværk, 1964, p. 51.

Web links

• Jo Hammerborg (Danish, 1920-1982). In artnet , with pictures of Hammerborg's designs.
• Jo Hammerborg. In: danishvintage.design
• Fog & Mørup. In: danishvintage.design