Poul Henningsen Snowball Light

Poul henningsen snowball light.

Poul henningsen snowball light.

Throughout his life ph sought to create glare free light direct light where it was most needed and create soft shadows using incandescent bulbs as a light source. In 1925 one of these fixtures won first prize for modern lighting at the international exposition of decorative arts in paris. Like his mother henningsen became a gifted penman and a sharp social critic. Matte painted undersides and glossy top.

Poul henningsen artichoke lamp medium copper. Poul henningsen designed his first lights back in 1925 1926 for an exhibition in paris. Poul henningsen artichoke lamp small white. His work with louis poulsen continued right up until his death in 1967.

Matt painted undersurfaces and glossy top surfaces result in an attractive reflection of the diffused light creating uniform light distribution around the fixture. The ph snowball pendant light received no particular attention at that occasion and was only re launched and manufactured in 1983. Aiming to direct light where it was most needed and creating soft shadows while using incandescen. White painted metal lamellas form the lamp body which because of its spherical shape was named after a snowball by poul henningsen and which can be operated according to the manufacturer with a bulb of up to 70 watts.

Poul henningsen ph5 lamp. Poul henningsen artichoke lamp small copper. Poul henningsen artichoke lamp small silver. Poul henningsen designed ph snowball pendant light in 1958 and exhibited it with the ph 5 pendant light at the danish museum of decorative art.

Show all poul henningsen context product productname pages productdetail productdownload infotext t last viewed products data specifications. Throughout his life ph sought to create glare free lighting. From 1925 henningsen was a designer for louis poulsen lighting. Poul henningsen s mother was famous author and equality activist agnes henningsen poul was the illegitimate son of her and journalist carl ewald and his childhood was spent in a tolerant and bohemian home.

Poul henningsen designed snowball in 1958 and it was exhibited together with ph 5 at the danish museum of decorative art. Ph snowball the pendant lamp by louis poulsen in white goes back to a design by the danish designer poul henningsen from the year 1958. The ph snowball pendant light emits comfortable glare free diffused light. The fixture emits comfortable glare free diffuse light.

Poul henningsen last. When the light is switched on the top portion is illuminated while the bottom part remains dark.