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Poul Henningsen
PH & Panton weren’t just good friends
11 May 2011
The family connection between two of the great Danish lighting designers is widely known – indeed, anyone who is aware of Simon Henningsen's work will almost certainly know that he was the the son of Poul Henningsen. But less well known is [read more...]
The PH lighting manifesto part 2
21 March 2011
Following on from last week's post, which you can read here, we continue our translation of Bo Bedre's November 1966 feature offering Poul Henningsen's thoughts on lighting the home [read more...]
Poul Henningsen’s lighting manifesto
18 March 2011
In November 1966 Danish homestyle magazine Bo Bedre published a feature by Kirsten Bundgaard in which Poul Henningsen offered his thoughts on lighting in the home. We have translated these pearls of wisdom [read more...]
Poulsen’s IT lamp and the ghost of PH
7 January 2011
In view of their seminal influence both in Denmark and internationally, it is no surprise that Poul Henningsen's ideas on lighting design were guiding the in-house design department at Louis Poulsen even long after his death in 1967. His legacy [read more...]
PH 80 is not a Poul Henningsen design
5 November 2010
It is easy to understand why the claim is often made that Louis Poulsen's PH 80 table and floor lamps were designed by Poul Henningsen himself. But they were actually designed by Bent Gantzel-Boysen and [read more...]
F&M Karlebo is not a PH series light
22 October 2010
We have seen the light pictured in the first image below described as being a PH series lamp, designed by Poul Henningsen and made by Louis Poulsen. We have also seen it described as [read more...]
Jo Hammerborg’s Penta is not a PH 4/3
7 August 2010
The Penta, pictured below, is a little-known Fog & Morup light designed by Jo Hammerborg and first appearing in the record in 1965. More traditional in form and [read more...]
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13 of 100 great Danish designs of 1974
2 August 2010
In 1974 a special edition of Mobilia magazine was dedicated to showcasing, as the title of the issue announced, "One Hundred Great Danish Designs!" The 100 featured products were chosen as [read more...]
Finn Juhl and the drivers of vintage value