F.functional, useful but also extremely design. The lamps signed by the most famous designers are among the most requested furnishing objects also and above all by young people who, thanks to Instagram, aim to have a design object when they set up home. The most popular? The Parenthesis of Flos certainly, but also Eclisse by Artemide often makes a fine show of itself on the bedside tables of many while the Arco always remains the must-have for many.
Design lamps, the 12 most iconic
Whether it’s a chandelier, a floor lamp or even a simple one, which is not that simple, abat jour designer lamps are among the most requested objects: not only useful, they also make a good show by giving a “tone” to the home. And the Italian design has created beautiful ones, which immediately became the object of desire of many, even after many years. We have selected 12 to have, perhaps to illuminate and furnish that forgotten corner of the house.
Arch of Flos
The name alone evokes a myth. Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni created this famous lamp in 1962in full economic boom, and still today it is the object of desire of many. Simple yet complex, the Arco di Flos is one of the many created by the duo for the Italian brand and rests on a Carrara marble base from which a real arch starts and ends with a chandelier. Designed to illuminate tables, many also choose it over the sofa.
Costanza by Luceplan
Looking for the most classic floor lamp with hair? here she is. The credit goes to Paolo Rizzato who in 1986 thought of a pass-partout model, suitable for all environments, slender and essential in shape. Over time, the table and suspension versions were also born.
Eclipse of Artemis
We know that looking for the perfect lamp is not always easy. Eclisse solves all problems. Conceived by Vico Magistretti for Artemide in 1965, the designer was inspired by the celestial phenomenon: for this reason the bulb can be partially or totally shielded. To date it is available in many color varieties, although the traditional one is orange.
Danish Falkland
A very particular design that certainly does not go unnoticed, and in fact over the years it has been repeatedly taken up. It was 1964 when Bruno Munari thought of a chandelier by assembling a white elastic mesh tube and metal rings. And he hangs everything from the ceiling. Now available in different sizes and also from the ground, the Falkland is suitable for lighting a small corner.
Bat by Martinelli Luce
The Pipistrello for Martinelli Luce has become not only a best seller but above all a long seller. Behind the creative mind of Gal Aulenti who in 1965 combined the liberty shapes and that of a bat to create an ideal support lamp for the coffee table in the living room.
Kartell’s Bourgie
The most minimal is transparent, simply, the most baroque gold. Behind Kartell’s Bourgie Ferruccio Laviano who united two soulsthe bourgeois one that is inspired by the French Baroque and the pop one that chooses transparent colored plexiglass. Et voila a table lamp that certainly would not have disfigured in Marie Antoinette’s Versailles.
Parenthesis of Flos
Turning on social media, it is perhaps the most “instagrammed” lamp, an inevitable presence in the new homes of Millennials. Behind the Parentesi an idea as simple as it is ingenious by Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù: hook the lamp to the ceiling with a counterweight resting on the floor so as to move it and position it at the desired height along the steel cable. The name? From the shape of the shaped element on which the bulb rests.
PS 2014 from Ikea
Not only “noble” names, even the Swedish giant has created over the years a chandelier that has become a must-have for many. Suspended, PS 2014 is inspired by science fiction films, it opens like a spaceship by means of two cords that regulate the opening itself and therefore the intensity of the light.
Fortuny by Pallucco
Certainly not a lamp suitable for small rooms nor minimal in form. Yet of great charm. Behind Fortuny, Mariano Fortuny, historical tailor and creator of fabrics who worked in Venice in the early twentieth century. The lamp that bears his name was precisely his idea born from the need to have more light on the set just to photograph better his creations. Today produced by Pallucco, it is composed of a tripod typical of cameras and a spectacular umbrella-shaped fabric lampshade. Theatrical.
Snoopy by Flos
The Castiglioni brothers also signed another great success for Flos, the Snoopy. Perfect for the desk and created in 1967, it has become one of the most iconic and fun lamps of the twentieth century. Highly ironic, the shape recalls the ears of the famous character created by Charles M. Schulz, has a marble base surmounted by a glossy black hat. For its first 50 years, the company produced a Limited Edition of 1700 numbered pieces.
Shut up about Flos
And the Castiglioni brothers also signed another great success in 1962, the Shut up. The inspiration? A Doric Greek column and the shape of a satellite dish. Born as a table lamp, it can also be placed on the ground because it completely illuminates the surrounding environment.
Oluce Atoll
It was 1977 when Vico Magistretti revolutionized the classic concept of abat-jour by creating Atollo. As simple as it is effective, Atollo is composed of a cylinder, a cone and a hemisphere that create an ideal light for reading.
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