PH5: the pendant that tamed glare
Poul Henningsen spent more than thirty years teaching light to behave. The PH5 of 1958 is the result: a pendant that hides its bulb and lays a soft, even glow across the table.
Icons Timeline
A century of designer lamps: the icons timeline
26 icons of lighting design from 1921 to 2006: filter by lamp type and see who designed what, and when.
Choose a lamp on the timeline to see who designed it and why it matters.
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Arco: the floor lamp that brought the ceiling light to the table
A block of marble, a steel arc and a polished dome. In 1962 Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni found a way to hang light over a table without touching the ceiling.
Tizio: Richard Sapper’s black balancing act
Counterweights instead of springs, current running through the arms and a tiny halogen head. Richard Sapper’s Tizio of 1972 still looks like the future of the desk.
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