Panthella in new sizes and finishes

 

In the spring of 2021, Louis Poulsen will reinvent the Panthella Table with a new size and brass metallized finish to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Verner Panton's iconic classic design. To complete the Panthella luminaire collection, Louis Poulsen presents the Panthella Table 320, a new medium-sized table lamp that meets the functional needs of modern spaces.

Originally designed in 1971 by Danish architect Verner Panton, the Panthella is one of its most popular and iconic pieces of all time. With its unobtrusive light source and soft, geometric mushroom silhouette, Panthella's brilliance is a perfect example of Verner Panton's talent for creating timeless designs for mood lighting and embellishing spaces.

To pay homage to Panthella and its fiftieth anniversary, Louis Poulsen presents a new medium-sized Panthella Table lamp. The Panthella Mini and Panthella Table 320 table lamps will be creatively finished with a unique brass metallic finish.

The new Panthella Table 320 lamp, along with the existing Panthella Mini and Panthella Table 400 lamps, forms a range of playful table lamps that seamlessly fit the functional needs of a variety of spaces. Available in three sizes, the Panthella Table Lamp is the perfect size to provide a beautiful and soft light to any surface with an iconic design.

The brass-plated topcoat material brings a warm and soft reflection of light to the surrounding space. The new topcoat material is made of metal components with a mirror-like finish, reflecting Verner's fascination with new materials and vibrant colors that add to the unique interest of the interior. The metallic topcoat material expands the capabilities of Panthella, creating eclectic reflections and depth while amplifying its organic shape.

Panton is committed to creating intuitive spaces and avant-garde designs with vibrant colors and geometric shapes. He was known for his innovative designs and pioneering use of materials, colors, and shapes, which made him one of the most influential designers and architects of his time.

With Panthella, Panton wanted to create a luminaire with a graphic and figurative design that could stand alone in a room like a sculpture while demonstrating its function through lampshades, lampholders, and reflective use. Panthella's sculptural shapes and expressive, pastel silhouettes have a timeless contemporary quality, both in style and quality.

The new Panthella Table 320 will feature a milky acrylic shade and a high-gloss chrome metal shade, just like Panton's original design. The Panthella Table 320 table lamp and Panthella Mini will also feature a new brass metal finish with a metal shade. All metal versions have a white inner side for optimal light reflection, while the opalescent acrylic version generates a diffuse, comfortable light thanks to its translucent shade.

The new medium-sized Panthella 320 is equipped with a 320 mm diameter lampshade and an E14 light source.The new Panthella Table table lamp will be available in spring 2021.

 

About Verner Panton

Verner Panton (1926-1998) is known worldwide for his inspirational and colorful personality. He is a unique person with a special sense of color, shape, light function, and space. Over the course of his career, Panton has designed a series of modern lamps that have their own personality and are different from those of the Scandinavian generation. With an extraordinary belief in the infinite possibilities of form, he succeeded in creating a series of new theories about the function and influence of light.

Panton has a very clear vision of its work, as well as its shape, color, and function. At the same time, he understands different materials and uses them boldly. Panton enjoys experimenting with materials such as plastics, foam, and plexiglass to make his designs accessible to a wider audience. When illustrious contemporaries such as Poul Kjærholm, Hans J. Wegner and Børge Mogensen applied traditional craftsmanship to classic natural materials, Panton thought ahead of its time and constantly pushed the boundaries of materials, design possibilities and production methods.
While doing his architectural studies at Panton, he met Tove Kemp, the stepdaughter of designer and writer Poul Henningsen. She and Panton later tied the knot, and Henningsen became Panton's mentor. The marriage didn't last long, but the deep friendship between Panton Henningsen continued. Henningsen also likes to experiment with new materials. In 1925, he began a lifelong collaboration with Louis Poulsen, which lasted until his death. Henningsen's pioneering work on the relationship between light structure, shadows, glare, and color reproduction, in terms of the human need for light, remains the basis of Louis Poulsen's practical theory of lighting. It was Henningsen who introduced the then-unknown Panton to Louis Poulsen and inspired him to further explore the theory and design of light.

Created by Verner Panton in 1971, it remains one of its most important and world-renowned iconic lighting designs. With Panthella, Panton wanted to create a luminaire that could be used as a mirror for both the base and shade, and to use its well-known organic shape. Panthella's unobtrusive light source is a perfect example of Verner Panton's brilliance in creating mood lighting.

 

About Louis Poulsen

Founded in 1874, Danish luminaire manufacturer Louis Poulsen has a product philosophy that is both design and light. Every detail in the design has a specific purpose. The focus on light permeates every design. Louis Poulsen offers a range of lighting products for the commercial and residential lighting markets, offering luminaires and solutions for indoor and outdoor applications. Working closely with designers and architects such as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Clara von Zweigbergk, Oki Sato of nendo and GamFratesi, Louis Poulsen has become one of the world's leading suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting, The presence extends to the rest of the world, with dedicated showrooms in Copenhagen, Miami, Oslo, Singapore, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Düsseldorf.