Louis Poulsen - Panthella 320 opal white table lamp

In 1971 the designer and architect Verner Panton (1926-1998) created the Panthella together with Louis Poulsen. Panton’s figurative and playful design radiates all its extraordinary personality. Without compromising quality or functionality, the world-renowned Danish designer has continued to develop new materials for the colorful and eye-catching spaces he has created from his extraordinary designs. With its organic shape that reflects all the softness of the light, the Panthella stands out as one of the most significant icons of Panton design. Panton wanted to create a lamp in which both the stand and the screen acted as a reflector, along with the organic shapes for which the Danish designer is famous. With its glare-free light, the Panthella is a beautiful example of Verner Panton’s ability to create lighting that really creates an atmosphere.

Verner Panton

Verner Panton; (Copenhagen, February 13, 1926 - Basel, September 5, 1998) was a Danish designer. He studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where he graduated in 1951. During these years he worked with Arne Jacobsen, although he soon started working alone. His architectural proposals are very innovative and in the early 1960s he designed some extremely original chairs, characterized by plastic materials and bright colours.Verner Panton was a forward-looking and innovative creator of the aesthetic and thinking revolution. Verner Panton's passion for bright colors and geometric patterns manifested itself in a wide range of products. His works are the exception confirming the rule, an exception to what, in the common mind and imagination, is labeled as Nordic design: the famous Less is more. His career as an industrial designer is characterized by an important date: 1960. The year in which he designed the series of Stacking chairs produced by injection moulding. This main project would later evolve into the S-Chair and then into the famous Panton Chair which would be produced by Vitra in 1967 and which remains, still  today, one of the most loved and well-known design pieces of all time.

Louis Poulsen

Founded in 1874, Louis Poulsen is a Danish lighting company stemming from the Scandinavian design tradition where form follows function. The function and design of their products are tailored to reflect and support the rhythm of natural light. Every detail in the design has a purpose. Every design begins and ends with light. The company believes in passionate craftsmanship producing quality lighting and design products that are pleasing to look at and to use. In close partnership with designers, architects and other talents such as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Oki Sato and Louise Campbell, the company has established itself among the leading suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting. Beyond any traditional category, their products address the public and private lighting sectors with applications suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The aim of Louis Poulsen is created an atmosphere affecting on spaces and people. The design to shape light.