PH-lamp

{{Short description|Danish light fixtures}}

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The PH-lamp is a term for light fixtures designed by Danish designer and writer Poul Henningsen.{{Citation | title = Design | url = http://www.visitdenmark.com/uk/en-gb/menu/turist/inspiration/detkulturelledanmark/design/the-ph-lamp.htm | contribution = The PH lamp | publisher = Visit Denmark | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120215054112/http://www.visitdenmark.com/uk/en-gb/menu/turist/inspiration/detkulturelledanmark/design/the-ph-lamp.htm | archivedate = 2012-02-15 }}. The term is sometimes used to refer to any lamp designed by Henningsen{{Cite book|last=Mussari|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gupCwAAQBAJ|title=Danish Modern: Between Art and Design|date=2016-06-16|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4742-2369-0|language=en}} or specially Henningsen's three-shade lamp series.{{Cite book|last1=Kamp|first1=Claudy Op den|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwiKDwAAQBAJ&q=ph+lamp&pg=PA177|title=A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects|last2=Hunter|first2=Dan|date=2019-06-20|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-42001-3|language=en}} The lamps are produced by Louis Poulsen.

Henningsen's lamps are designed with multiple concentric shades to eliminate visual glare, only emitting reflected light, obscuring the light source.{{Citation | contribution = Poul Henningsen | url = http://www.louispoulsen.com/en/Designers/Poul%20Henningsen.aspx | publisher = Louis Poulsen Lighting | title = Designers | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131118201306/http://www.louispoulsen.com/en/Designers/Poul%20Henningsen.aspx | archivedate = 2013-11-18 }}. Henningsen's sleek, spare lamp was first presented at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts where it was awarded a gold medal.{{Citation | url = https://www.phillips.com/article/5689896/the-lights-of-poul-henningsen | date = 12 September 2016 | publisher = Phillips | title = The Lights of Poul Henningsen | accessdate = 3 February 2018}}