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Simon 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...]
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End of an era: the Divan 2 closes
4 April 2011
When Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens opens its gates on 14 April for the 2011 summer season, the doors to one of its oldest and most venerated restaurants, the Divan 2 (pictured below) – for which Simon P Henningsen created the glitteringly multifacted Divan 2 light – will remain closed [read more...]
The mysterious Danish star light
13 September 2010
One of the many vintage Danish lights we count among our favourites is the large (50cm diameter), heavy (3kg) and fearsomely spikey star-shaped fixture pictured below. But its origins are [read more...]
‘Tivoli’ wall light is by HS, not SH
12 August 2010
The designer of the diamond-shaped wall light pictured below is often said to be Simon P Henningsen. Both this raw metal version and another lacquered in black and white are, it is claimed [read more...]
Jo Hammerborg’s Fog & Mørup Zero light
6 July 2010
The multi-cylindrical Zero (pictured below), a classic Jo Hammerborg creation dating from late 1970 or early 1971, is a strong candidate for the title of rarest Fog & Mørup light of the 1960s and 1970s – the "Hammerborg period" that was [read more...]
Zenith is Hammerborg, not Henningsen
21 June 2010
One of the most frequently misattributed Fog & Mørup lights is the Zenith, pictured below, whose designer is often given as Simon P Henningsen, son of [read more...]
Henningsen & Schwalbe’s Kassablanka
31 May 2010
Simon P. Henningsen's Kassablanka pendant light was designed circa 1964 for Lyfa, and the lamp's name was derived from its shiny metal exterior – "kassa blanka" being Danish for "shining box". And as Simon's widow Bente [read more...]
