"From the age of 18, when I began to experiment with light, I
have been searching for harmony in lighting" Poul Henningsen was
born in 1894 in Ordrup, Denmark and became Denmark's first
expert in lighting theory. Even though Poul Henningsen's is
mostly known from his lamps his talent was very diversified. He
was trained at the Technical School and the Danish College of
Technology, Copenhagen. Ever since 1920 Poul Henningsen worked
as an independent architect in Copenhagen where he designed
several houses, a factory, a part of Tivoli, and the interiors
of two theaters. Beside working as an architect Poul Henningsen
wrote articles for several newspapers and periodicals, he
scripted a number of revues for Copenhagen theaters, he wrote
poems, and was the editor of the magazine "Kritisk Revy"
(Critical Revue). From his writings Poul Henningsen was known as
a seriously and sharp critical of society and architecture. As a
Copenhagener Poul Henningsen often drove through the city and
was shock by what he saw: "It has