XXL LAMPS

The lamps are becoming larger and become to all intents and purposes of the icons of the lounges ... even turned off!

Designed by George Carwardine in 1934 , the Anglepoise continues to be produced. Here, in the giant version : extended reach 2.7 meters





The lamp is for the house what the watch is for the man: an object that has almost lost its primary function ( light ) to become something else . The timepiece is now surpassed in its function of communicating the time from the many electronic devices that we use and it has become - almost - pure adornment and status symbol , the lamp has been promoted to a primary element of furniture, which performs its task and aesthetic decorative even if it is turned off. It is a fact that does not imply any judgment , perhaps one of the consequences of the creativity of the designers always put to the whip , who have studied and proposed every possible shape , material, light source and size for the object deputy to illuminate our homes.

So the last frontier seems to be the oversized lamp, which is an original thought since the beginning extent macro (such as Katana Leucos ) or that it is the simple magnification achieved " with the pantograph of a" glow in the normal size , for example, the Tolomeo by De Lucchi and Fassina for Artemide , appeared in 1987 and quickly became an international bestseller and reproduced in countless sizes. There is a third case, that of the lights that reflect traditional forms , belong to the common heritage of design, and the return to the market in cyclopean measures , such as Ociu Zava , a dome of 1.85 meters in diameter. Right here comes the power of a trend that began long ago , in 1962 , when it launched the brilliant Flos for Arco designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, an icon of Italian design. Born as we know , has never changed , while other models are constantly changing, perhaps because more elastic, easily editable without betraying the original concept. It must be said that the lamps " routed ", just as the Ptolemy and the Giant Anglepoise 1227 (enlargement of the light born in 1934 ) also fascinated because wonderful toys for adults, seduce with joy procured from seeing a small table lamp become a sort of installation of several meters in height , with a major presence that reduces the size of the room and furnishings those of a doll's house. Choose a light XXL is not necessarily an affectation narcissistic ego , an excess of individualism , a desire not to be confused with others. It is the expression of the modern consumer sociologists define experienced and responsible . And, we add, amused .

Katana Leucos

Tolomeo by De Lucchi and Fassina

Arco by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Ociu by Zava

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