In the spring of 2021, Louis Poulsen will launch the Panthella Table lamp in a new size with a metalized brass finish to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Verner Panton’s iconic and timeless design. To complete the Panthella range, Louis Poulsen introduces the Panthella Table 320, a new table lamp in a medium size that meets the functional requirements of contemporary spaces.
Panthella was developed in 1971 by the Danish architect Verner Panton, and it has since been recognized as one of his most iconic designs. With its non-glaring light and soft mushroom-shaped silhouette, Panthella continues to serve as a beautiful example of Panton’s brilliant sense of atmospheric illumination and ability to create timelessly appealing designs that captivate spaces.
As a tribute to Panthella and its fiftieth anniversary, Louis Poulsen is introducing a new medium-sized Panthella Table lamp. Both the Panthella Mini and the new Panthella Table 320 lamp will be offered in a distinctive new metalized brass finish.
The Panthella Table 320 joins the existing Panthella Mini and Panthella Table 400 to create a range of intriguing table lamps that seamlessly accommodate the functional requirements of a variety of spaces. With three sizes, the Panthella Table can provide any setting with beautiful, soft light in an iconic design with perfect dimensions.
The lamp's metalized brass finish brings warmth and reflections to the surrounding space. Made of metal with a mirror-like quality, the new finish references Panthon’s fascination with new materials and vibrant colors that add playfulness to interiors. This metallic finish allows Panthella to expand its functionality and create eclectic reflections and depth while amplifying its organic shape.
Panton was resolute in his mission to create intuitive spaces and daring designs with bright colors and geometric forms. He was famous for his innovative designs and his 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 graphic and figurative lamp that could stand alone in a room, like a sculpture, while making its functional aspect visible in the way the form of the lampshade and the base work as reflectors. The sculptural aspect and expressive, yet soft, contours of Panthella have contemporary qualities that have lasted for generations – in terms of both style and quality.
As in Panton's original design, the new Panthella Table 320 lamp will be introduced with a white opal acrylic shade and a metal shade in high-luster chrome. The Panthella Table 320 and the Panthella Mini will also be available in the new metalized brass finish featuring a metal shade. All of the metal shades will have white interiors for optimum light reflection while the opal acrylic versions will produce a diffused comfortable light due to their translucent shades.
The new medium-sized Panthella 320 comes with an E14 light source and a shade that is 320 millimeters in diameter.
The new Panthella 320 Table lamp will be available in spring 2021.
About Verner Panton
Verner Panton (1926-1998) is world-renowned for his inspirational and colorful personality. He was a unique person with an extraordinary sense of color, shape, light function, and space. Over the course of his career, Panton introduced a series of modern lamps with personalities unlike any of his Scandinavian contemporaries. With remarkable faith in the unlimited possibilities of form, he worked successfully to create a new set of theories about light function and influence.
Panton had very clear ideas about his work, and about shape, color, and function. At the same time, he made conscious and bold use of different materials. Panton liked experimenting and working in plastic, foam, Plexiglas, etc. and making his designs available to a broader audience. While prominent contemporaries like Poul Kjærholm, Hans J. Wegner, and Børge Mogensen were applying traditional craftsmanship to classic, natural materials, Panton thought ahead of his time and kept pushing the boundaries of materials, design possibilities, and production methods.
During Panton’s architectural studies, he met Tove Kemp, the stepdaughter of designer and author Poul Henningsen. She and Panton later married, and Henningsen became Panton’s mentor. The marriage did not last, but the close friendship between Panton and Henningsen did. Henningsen was also fond of experimenting with new materials. In 1925, Henningsen commenced his lifelong collaboration with Louis Poulsen, which lasted until his death. Henningsen’s pioneering work on the relationship between light structures, shadows, glare, color reproduction, and humans' need for light remains the foundation of the lighting theories still practiced by Louis Poulsen. It was Henningsen who introduced the then-unknown Panton to Louis Poulsen and inspired him to further explore the theory of light and design.
In 1971, Panton designed Panthella, which remains one of his most significant, world-renowned, and iconic lighting designs. With Panthella, Panton intended to use the organic shapes for which he is known to create a lamp in which both the base and the shade served as reflectors. With its non-glaring light, Panthella continues to serve as a beautiful example of Verner Panton’s brilliant sense of atmospheric illumination.
About Louis Poulsen
Founded in 1874, the Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen creates products that encompass the duality of design and light. Every detail in the design has a purpose. Every design starts and ends with light. Louis Poulsen offers a range of lighting aimed at the commercial and domestic lighting markets, with lighting fixtures and solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. In close partnership with designers and architects like Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Clara von Zweigbergk, nendo – Oki Sato, and GamFratesi, Louis Poulsen has established itself as one of the world's key suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting. Louis Poulsen has a global presence with dedicated showrooms in Copenhagen, Miami, Oslo, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Dusseldorf.