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Comment by johnea

4 hours ago

This PH5 lamp was invented in the 1950s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Henningsen

I'm not sure why anyone even tried to invent a new pendant light after the PH5. ;)

  • It is a great design.

    I found it when looking for a lamp that doesn't expose the bulb itself, which is exactly what it was designed for.

    • How does it fare with modern LED bulbs? I imagine the placement of the reflectors assumes an almost-point source of light like a filament would provide, but most LED bulbs now have a plane of LEDs inside a frosted shell.

      I guess would it make a noticeable difference to put an LED faux filament bulb in here? Or is it just not as fussy as I'm imagining?

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