Still Light will take place at Officina 1 – Tortona Locations, Opificio 31, via Tortona 31, Zona Tortona on April 12th – 17th, 2011. Press preview April 11th
h: 3 – 7 pm.

All 100 pendants are examples of vivid Danish design demonstrating a diversity of shapes, materials and new, sustainable light sources.

Pendants ranging from Le Klint 101 by Kaare Klint (1944) and Flowerpot by Verner Panton (1968) to new releases from talents like Cecilie Manz, Salto & Sigsgaard and Refer & Staer are presented in a luminous lightscape, showcasing design from handmade lamp shades to high tech rubber production.

As natural light in Scandinavia is scarce and characterized by subtle softness, the pendant, as design object has always fascinated designers from the North, and each individual luminaire is telling a story about how artificial light has contributed in orchestrating our homes and lives interacting with design and architecture.

“Still Light conveys the richness and variety in Danish design, showing examples of objects that are timeless bestsellers whether they are designed at present or 50 years ago. Design is central to all industries and especially the Danish lighting-industry has been successful in creating new competitive products as well as re-launching icons”, says Christian Scherfig, CEO, Danish Design Centre.

Still Light structure
The exhibition structure is elevated in flexible GRID cubes 40x40x40 cm, produced in 12 mm pressure moulded nylon, fitted with slots to stack the cubes in many different ways.

The structure is developed for exhibition purposes, dividing and using space intelligently.
www.gridsystem.dk

Participating companies in Still Light include:
asger bc LYS, www.asgerbclys.dk
Christiansen Light, www.christiansen-light.dk
Design by us, www.design-by-us.com
GamFratesi, www.gamfratesi.com
GUBI, www.gubi.dk
KiBiSi, www.kibisi.com
Le Klint, www.leklint.dk
Lightyears, www.lightyears.dk
Louis Poulsen Lighting, www.louispoulsen.com
Luceplan, www.luceplan.dk
Muuto, www.muuto.com
Nemo Cassina, www.nemo.cassina.it
Newlight, www.newlight.dk
Normann Copenhagen, www.normann-copenhagen.dk
Refer + Staer, www.refer-staer.dk
Rosendahl www.rosendahl.dk
Tom Rossau, www.tomrossau.dk
&Tradition, www.andtradition.com
Verpan, www.verpan.dk

Still Light is developed by the Danish Design Centre in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Culture. The exhibition is curated by Tina Midtgaard and co-curater Karen Kjærgaard. The exhibition will also be part of Copenhagen Design Week 2011, which will take place in Sep. (1st- 6th) in Copenhagen.

For further information at the Danish Design Centre please contact:
Merete Brunander, Acting CEO DDC, phone +45 3369 3345, email: mbr@ddc.dk
Iben H. Hansen, Communications, phone +45 28114589, email: ihh@ddc.dk
Tina Midtgaard, Curator, phone +45 20950083, email: tmi@ddc.dk