PH Artichoke Lamp by Poul Henningsen

"Danish architect Poul Henningsen, known commonly by his initials PH was obsessed with light and dedicated his life towards the creation of captivating light fixtures.  Widely considered as the first 'lighting architect', the PH Artichoke is perhaps his most lustrous creation.  The PH Artichoke was created out of a genuine sense of indignation. Poul Henningsen pronounced that glare - harsh, dazzling light - was a fundamental problem with the electric light bulb (makes us wonder how he would have felt about today's harsh CFL lighting). Determined to solve this problem, he formed the vision that led to the creation of the PH Artichoke. The PH Artichoke is composed of 12 arches with 72 overlying leaves. Designed in a way that you will never see it's light bulb, no matter from what angle you look at it, the PH Artichoke provides a soft glare-free light around 360 degrees.

 

Poul Henningsen designed the first PH Artichoke lamps for the 'Langelinie Pavillion' restaurant in Copenhagen, where you can still see the PH Artichoke lamps today. Although Poul Henningsen originally named it the 'Pinecone' lamp because of its shape, it was renamed Artichoke in the late 1950s.

 

We dread cheap knock-offs so if you care about authenticity and have the money to spare, make sure to get the authentic licensed edition made by Louis Poulsen in Denmark, the original manufacturer of all Poul Henningsen light fixtures. The quality of the PH Artichoke Lamp produced by Louis Poulsen is truly unsurpassed, exactly the way Poul Henningsen intended it to be."