Poul Henningsen designed hundreds of lamps based on the three-shade-system he developed in 1926, enabling unequalled lighting quality for all types of needs. Many of his lamp designs include a number that refers to the shade sizes of each fixture.
The PH 3/3 is described as a ‘whole’ sized pendant, characterised by its appealing compact semblance with the top shade of approximately 30 cm corresponding with the middle and lower shade in the proportions of 3:2:1.
PH’s ‘whole’ sized fixtures are designed to be particularly glare-free and are therefore ideally placed high in a room where it integrates great quality lighting with cosy ambience. The more widely known ‘hybrid’ sizes on the other hand, are designed to hang low and provide optimum lighting and a warm atmosphere e.g. above a table.
Today, the light characteristic of Poul Henningsen’s ‘whole’ sized PH 3/3 lifts contemporary interiors with its own special ray of elegant, modern Danish classic in almost any room at home, or by taking high-ceilinged commercial spaces like flagship stores, meeting rooms, restaurants, hotel rooms and lobbies, to new heights.
Width x Height x Length (mm) - 285 x 300 x 285 Max 1.9 kg
Materials
- Shades: Mouth-blown white opal glass or spun aluminium.
- Bottom diffuser: Frosted glass.
- Suspension: Aluminium. Canopy: Aluminium.
Finish
- Shades: White opal glass or soft touch black painted with white inner side.
- Suspension: Matt black, powder coated.
- Canopy: Matt black, powder coated.
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish writer Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmark from 1911-14, and then at Technical College in Copenhagen from 1914-17. He started practicing traditional functionalistic architecture, but over the years his professional interests changed to focus mainly on lighting which is what he is most famous for.
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