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PH Hat – Louis Poulsen

Poul Henningsen, 1961

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Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961

The PH Hat Wall lamp, designed by Poul Henningsen in 1961, was originally manufactured in two sizes. Poul Henningsen’s aim with the PH Hat was to design a lamp for bedroom lighting, among other applications. The rose coloured shade interior provides a soft pleasant light. Only the smaller version is available today. The PH Hat is suitable for halls, stairways and corridors.

Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961
Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961
Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961
Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961

PH Hat

With cable
With switch

PH Hat

Without cable
With switch

PH Hat

Without cable
Without switch

Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961
Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961

Diameter Ø22,5cm

Material Shade: Spun steel. Wall box: Spun steel.

Finish White, wet painted.

Light source 1 x E14

Mounting Cable length: 2.4m. Light control: On wall plate.

Weight 0.8 kg

Class Ingress protection IP20. Electric shock protection II w/o ground.

Note The fixture is tiltable

Applique PH Hat Louis Poulsen – Poul Henningsen, 1961

Poul Henningsen

Poul Henningsen

Born in Copenhagen, Poul Henningsen's mother was the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never qualified as an architect, but studied at the Technical School in Frederiksberg (Denmark) from 1911 to 1914, and then at the Technical College in Copenhagen (1914-1917).

He started out practising traditional functionalist architecture, but over the years his professional interests evolved to focus mainly on lighting, which is what he is most famous for. He also branched out into writing, becoming a journalist and author. For a brief period at the start of the Second World War, he was chief architect of Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. But like many other creative people, he was forced to flee Denmark during the German occupation, and soon became a vital part of the Danish colony of artists living in Sweden.

His long collaboration with Louis Poulsen began in 1925 and lasted until his death. To this day, Louis Poulsen still benefits from his genius. Poul Henningsen was also the first editor-in-chief of the business magazine "NYT". Louis Poulsen's CEO at the time, Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen, offered PH the magazine because he had been sacked from the Danish newspaper he was working for (his views were too radical).

Poul Henningsen's pioneering work on the relationship between light structures, shadows, glare and colour reproduction, compared with man's need for light, remains the foundation of the lighting theories still practised by Louis Poulsen.