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3. Arco Lamp Designer: Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Producer: FLOS Country: Italy Year: 1962 Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002), like Henningsen, trained as an architect and after World War II worked with his brothers Pier and Luigi. Achille and Pier worked closely together in the 1950s and ’60s, collaborating on the design of numerous objects; and the two brothers proved to be particularly successful with lighting. They explored new possibilities of form and function to create aesthetically pleasing and practical objects.
The PH Artichoke is made of 72 copper ‘leaves’ attached to a structure of 12 circular rows. Each row has six leaves that are staggered between the leaves above and below to completely cover the light source in the centre of the lamp. Like the PH lamp it is designed to be 100 per cent glare-free and it diffuses light with a unique pattern, as can be seen in the reflection on the table pictured here.
Pedini DC SaveEmail 2. PH Artichoke Designer: Poul Henningsen Producer: Louis Poulsen Country: Denmark Year: 1958 Using similar principles of design, Henningsen created the PH Artichoke pendant in 1958 for the Langelinie Pavilion restaurant in Copenhagen. In English, the light is named for the edible plant; in Danish it is named for the pine cone (PH Kogle) due to its conical and articulated shape.
Henningsen designed the first PH table lamp in 1925 (it taking its name from his initials) and won first prize for modern lighting at the International Fair for Decorative Arts in Paris that same year. Louis Poulsen & Co put the lamp into production the following year, and over the next three decades Henningsen created variations of the design to suit a range of spaces and functions. Scandinavian Dining Room by ANNA CARIN Design ANNA CARIN Design SaveEmail Henningsen designed the most popular PH 5 Lamp (in the first image) in 1958 and the PH 4/3 Lamp (seen here) in 1966. Each takes its name from the diameter of the top shade, which is 50 centimetres and 40 centimetres respectively;
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