Created in 1971,
Panthella is one of Verner Panton's most famous designs. The basic idea was to create a lamp whose base and shade would act as a reflector. Several colours were tested for
Panthella, but only white survived. White is the colour that most closely matches the minimalist line imagined by Panton. The light source of the
Panthella lamps is elegantly hidden behind a hemispherical shade in milky white acrylic and a white trumpet-shaped base that contributes to superb light distribution as well as a well-balanced shape. The curved shapes of the
Panthella table lamp are characteristic of the work of Danish designers, who sought above all to create objects with innovative, futuristic design. In fact, the strength of this
Panthella lamp lies in the perfect balance of its round, playful shapes, between the hemispherical lampshade and the slender trumpet-shaped base. For the
Panthella table lamp, the shade is smaller than the floor lamp version for a design more suited to placement on a table.
Panthella, edited by
Louis Poulsen, emits a soft, muted light for the living room or bedroom. The hemispherical shade reflects the light downwards and its material ensures that the soft, muted light is distributed evenly across the room for diffused ambient lighting.