The beloved and iconic PH 5 pendant lighting fixture is Made in Denmark for contemporary and creative American households and provides 100% glare-free light. Poul Henningsen's amazing Danish design comprises a three-shade system that reflects and directs most of the light downward. The special thing about the PH 5 is that it emits both downward and lateral light, thus illuminating itself.

The PH 5 was designed by Poul Henningsen in response to constant changes to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs by bulb manufacturers. The PH 5 was launched in 1958 and became an instant classic. No one knew at that time that the PH5 would eventually become synonymous with modern Scandinavian lighting. Irrespective of how the light is installed or the light source used, the PH 5 is and remains completely glare-free. The fixture was christened PH 5 due to the 50 cm diameter of the main shade. Poul Henningsen wanted to improve the color reproduction characteristics of the light source in the PH 5. Small red and blue shades were therefore inserted to supplement the color in the part of the spectrum where the eye is least sensitive—the red and blue areas—thereby subduing the light in the middle yellow-green region where the eye is most sensitive.

The PH 5 design has been regularly updated as light sources have developed. The PH 5 and PH 5 Mini is available in classic white, modern white and in monochrome white, black and blue. In the original hues of color variants, the color is darkest at the top and gradually lightens moving down from shade to shade with bronze-colored struts. The reflector ring color contrasts with the other hues. To celebrate Poul Henningsen and this beloved pendant, Louis Poulsen released the PH 5 and PH 5 Mini in an edition that pairs copper and brass shades and white tiers. The metallic-and-white combination highlights Henningsen's shade system design and adds new dynamism to one of his most recognized forms, with the mirror-like tiers reflecting their surroundings.