Vistosi Alega Table Lamp
A design combining a classical concept with a retro inspiration. The transparent base and the white diffuser give a warm light.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Diameter: 45 cm / 18 inch
- Height: 46 cm / 18 inch
MATERIALS:
- White Crystal Glass, Glossy Chrome Frame
HELPFUL NOTES:
- 3 x 40W E12 (Bulb not included)
- cETLus Listed
Vico Magistretti
Italy, 1920 – 2006
For over 50 years, Vico Magistretti represented the rational face of post-war design, seeking timeless solutions to technical and formal problems. Based in Milan, Italy, Vico consistently produced designs that are as startling, spontaneous and original as they are logical and elegant. After studying at the Milan Polytechnic, Magistretti worked as an architect in his father’s company and began his career as a designer creating low-cost furniture for the inexpensive apartments built to house the homeless during World War II.
From the early 1960s on, Magistretti devoted his talents to furniture and lighting design for companies such as Cassina, and Artemide. His furniture was comfortable and informal, colorful and playful. Magistretti's experiments with plastic changed consumers perceptions of plastic. Once dismissed as a cheap, flimsy material, it became stylish and sophisticated. The 1969 Selene Chair was a simple design in sturdy ABS plastic with an S shaped curve in the leg that strengthened its structure. It was produced by Artemide in bold, bright colors and rapidly enjoyed international success.
Magistretti was, above all, a designer of great integrity and humanity. His elegant design solutions were always realized in the light of technological, economic and other practical concerns. Throughout his career he was an ambassador for design that does not perpetuate the “throw away” consumer culture.
It's rare for a company to be able to tell the stages of such a long story. In fact, we were born in the last millennium, almost six centuries ago in the cradle that gave birth to the most referenced master glassmakers. Vistosi today is an artisan industry 2.0 with a glass factory, one of the largest proprietary mills in Europe, an internal research and development department, an internal workshop, a network of consolidated and qualified local suppliers. Certainly one of the few companies in which the value chain is managed internally to guarantee constant product quality.
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