Designed by Vico Magistretti
For many years now, Atollo has no longer been a lamp, or rather, it has no longer been just a lamp. It has become a myth, an icon: one of the best know symbols of Italian design wordwide, one of the very few products which people recognise and call with its own name. Designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977, it was awarded the Compasso d’Oro in 1979 and became, since then, part of the permanent collections of the world’s major museum of design, as well as part of the furniture of many homes of those who love and are able to select the things surrounding them. Atollo’s secret probably lies in the geometrical construction of its shapes: the cone on the cylinder and the semisphere above all. A luminous sculpture from which nothing can be removed to which nothing can be added. And which nothing can copy.
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For many years now, Atollo has no longer been a lamp, or rather, it has no longer been just a lamp. It has become a myth, an icon: one of the best know symbols of Italian design wordwide, one of the very few products which people recognise and call with its own name. Designed by […]
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Realised in 1979, Kuta expresses Magistretti?s constant quest to combine simplicity and geometric rigour with an evocative lighting effect of lights and shadows.
The sculptural shape is the result of a simple geometric configuration that combines productive and functional intelligence, perfectly capturing the characteristic traits of the design by Vico Magistretti.
Its sinuous curves resulting from the shaping of a sheet of frosted methacrylate softly diffuse the light. It brings together ?simplicity and concept? which for Magistretti are at the heart of durable design.
Cobra, designed by Elio Martinelli in 1968 is over 50 years old, but doesn’t look it. A lamp still in the catalogue today for the fascination it continues to exert for the public. A lamp that is still timely, even if it took several years for its innovative design to be appreciated despite its simple […]
Between 1951 and 1957, Le Corbusier designed the Sanskar Kendra Museum, a museum in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. The spiral shaped building contains all the fundamentals of his architecture. For this project, in 1954 Le Corbusier conceived a lighting system he named ?Projecteur?, installed in the structure to maximise the lighting effect
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Composed of two bold sculptural forms, the Kizu Table Lamp displays a weightless balancing act. The illusion of gravity creates a tension within the piece, while its curved forms initiate a calming effect. This kissing point of material and function creates an object in perfect harmony.