Louis Poulsen AJ Royal Pendant

AJ Royal is among the Arne Jacobsen designs developed in 1957 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen (Radisson Collection). Here it could be found in a copper version above the tables in the snack bar behind the atrium, in the lounge on the 1st floor and in the Panorama Lounge on the 21st floor. The hotel opened in 1960 and with its 22 floors it gave Copenhagen its first real high-rise building heavily inspired by New York skyscrapers. In those days, the lamp was simply called the AJ Pendant.

The lamps are probably the most well-known globally, including the AJ Lamp from 1957. The AJ Royal retains its classic, graphic look as sharp as ever – irrespective of whether it lights up a dining table, is used in an office, or a showroom, where it ensures an even and flawless downward light and generates ambience with its softened upward light.

The pendant comes in three sizes and is characterized by the ridges on top that allow a gentle light to exude upwards. In the new, energy-saving LED version, all three sizes come with a diffuser, which offers a smoother, 100% glare-free lighting.