Poul Henningsen
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen to the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmark from 1911-14, and then at Technical College in Copenhagen from 1914-17.
He started practicing traditional functionalistic architecture, but over the years his professional interests changed to focus mainly on lighting which is what he is most famous for. He also expanded his field of occupation into areas of writing, becoming a journalist and an author. For a short period at the beginning of WWII, he was the head architect of the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. But like many other creative people, he was forced to flee Denmark during the German occupation but soon became a vital part of the Danish colony of artists living in Sweden.
His lifelong collaboration with Louis Poulsen Lighting began in 1925 and lasted until his death. To this day, Louis Poulsen Lighting still benefits from his genius. Poul Henningsen was also the first editor of the company magazine “NYT”. The CEO of Louis Poulsen at the time, Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen, gave the magazine to PH as a gift because he had been terminated from the Danish newspaper he worked for (his opinions were too radical).
Poul Henningsen's pioneering work concerning the relations between light structures, shadows, glare, and color reproduction—compared to man’s need for light remains the fondation of the lighting theories still practiced by Louis Poulsen Lighting.
Ø84 cm
from 11810 €
Ø84 cm
from 11810 €
Ø72 cm
from 10735 €
Ø72 cm
from 10735 €
Ø60 cm
from 9666 €
Ø60 cm
from 9666 €
Ø48 cm
7650 €
Ø48 cm
7650 €
polished stainless steel
stainless steel
polished stainless steel
stainless steel
polished stainless steel
stainless steel
Dimensions Ø84 x H72cm
Light source dimmable LED circuit (96W, 27 lumen/W) ou dimmable LED circuit 3000K (96W, 29 lumen/W)
Wiring The LED versions are available in DALI wired version and Bluetooth (maximum distance between external driver and lamp: 20m)
Dimensions Ø72 x H65cm
Light source dimmable LED circuit (96W, 27 lumen/W) ou dimmable LED circuit 3000K (96W, 29 lumen/W)
Wiring The LED versions are available in DALI wired version and Bluetooth (maximum distance between external driver and lamp: 20m)
Dimensions Ø60 x H58cm
Light source dimmable LED circuit (96W, 26 lumen/W) ou dimmable LED circuit 3000K (96W, 28 lumen/W)
Wiring The LED versions are available in DALI wired version and Bluetooth (maximum distance between external driver and lamp: 20m)
Dimensions Ø48 x H49.7cm
Light source 1 x E27
Material Leaves: Punched copper, laser cut stainless steel or punched steel. Top shade: White, spun steel. Frame: High lustre chrome plated, laser cut steel. Suspension: High lustre chrome plated, spun aluminium.
Weight Min: 4.8 kg Max: 27.8 kg
Class Ingress protection IP20. Electric shock protection I w. ground.
Over 50 years ago Poul Henningsen imagined the PH Artichoke and nowadays it is considered to be a classical masterpiece that has now its place in many interiors, private and public. The structure is made of twelve steel arches. On this structure PH placed 72 copper “leaves” in twelve circular rows with six blades in each row. Because each row is staggered from the previous, all 72 leaves are able to “cover for each other”. This design allows viewing the fixture from any angle without being able to see the light source located in the center of the PH Artichoke. The original PH Artichokes were developed for a restaurant in Copenhagen called the Langelinie Pavilion, and they are still hanging there today.
polished stainless steel
stainless steel
