I have an old ceiling lamp in my kitchen. It has followed me for many years as I love it and is rather timeless. I bought it at IKEA in September 1984 for SEK 595. When I moved to my present flat I changed the electric fittings and cords (they were old and not very safe) but kept the metal lampshade.
At the time when I bought it, this lamp was a copy of a design lamp called SEMI.
Last year (?) production of the original SEMI lamp was again taken up. The original lamp is now sold again in design shops both in Sweden and in Europe. The Ambient Direct webshop – which sells all kinds of design items and furniture on the Internet – is one place which now sells it again. In Sweden you can find it at R.O.O.M and lamp-shops with design-lamps. It is now available in three sizes, 30, 47, and 60 cm diameter, and several colors. My IKEA version is 60 cm in diameter and white. I don’t remember if IKEA had it in other colors. The 60 cm model costs €399 at Ambient Direct. That is about SEK 3500 today….
Can you see the difference between my lamp and the “real thing”? I cannot. But I know mine is from IKEA. I could of course have pretended that it is the original…
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