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PH80 floor lamp

Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen

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Louis Poulsen, Danish Design Lighting
Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen

The PH80 Floor lamp creates a soft and diffused light. The major part of the light is directed downward by the acrylic shades, allowing the light to be emitted horizontally and upward. The red colour of the top reflector creates a warm tone of light.Β 

Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen
Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen
Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen

PH80 Floor Lamp – White / White

PH80 Floor Lamp – White / Black

Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen

PH80 Floor Lamp – White / Chrome

Dimensions Ø55 x H131,5 cm

Light source E27

Material high pressure moulded white opal acrylic shades. High lustre chrome plated steel stem

Mounting Plastic cord with plug. Cable length: 2.6m. Dimmer or on/off switch on cord

Weight 7.5 kg

Class Ingress protection IP20. Electric shock protection II w/o ground

Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen
Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen
Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen
Lampadaire PH80 Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen

Poul Henningsen

Poul Henningsen

Born in Copenhagen, Poul Henningsen's mother was the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never qualified as an architect, but studied at the Technical School in Frederiksberg (Denmark) from 1911 to 1914, and then at the Technical College in Copenhagen (1914-1917).

He started out practising traditional functionalist architecture, but over the years his professional interests evolved to focus mainly on lighting, which is what he is most famous for. He also branched out into writing, becoming a journalist and author. For a brief period at the start of the Second World War, he was chief architect of Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. But like many other creative people, he was forced to flee Denmark during the German occupation, and soon became a vital part of the Danish colony of artists living in Sweden.

His long collaboration with Louis Poulsen began in 1925 and lasted until his death. To this day, Louis Poulsen still benefits from his genius. Poul Henningsen was also the first editor-in-chief of the business magazine "NYT". Louis Poulsen's CEO at the time, Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen, offered PH the magazine because he had been sacked from the Danish newspaper he was working for (his views were too radical).

Poul Henningsen's pioneering work on the relationship between light structures, shadows, glare and colour reproduction, compared with man's need for light, remains the foundation of the lighting theories still practised by Louis Poulsen.