Louis Poulsen PH 80 floor lamp, White

PH 80 floor lamp from Louis Poulsen, the cozy corner becomes even more homely and luxurious. The floor lamp has three shades that primarily direct the light downwards and an additional shade with a trumpet-like appearance at the top that provides illumination of the area above the three lower shades. The fixture provides a diffuse and symmetrical light, and the red color of the upper reflector gives the light a warmer tone. The iconic three-shade system was designed by Danish Poul Henningsen, who, in collaboration with Louis Poulsen, designed the first PH lamps in 1925-1926 for an exhibition in Paris. Here, he used a scientific perspective as the lamp is constructed based on the logarithmic spiral, a mathematical spiral curve that occurs in many places in nature. This provides an even distribution across the entire curve of the shade. The number of the lamp does not refer to the size of the shades, as it usually does in the three-shade system. Instead, the number 80 comes from the fact that the lamp was created to celebrate Poul Henningsen’s 80th birthday in 1974 after his passing. Feel free to explore the wide range of PH lamps.