"Ananas" Wall Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti for FontanaArte
About the Item
- Creator:Fontana Arte (Manufacturer),Vico Magistretti (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 5.11 in (12.98 cm)Width: 10.23 in (25.99 cm)Depth: 5.11 in (12.98 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:2017
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
- Estimated Production Time:11-12 weeks
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU163929363323
Vico Magistretti
As one of the founding fathers of modern Italian design, prolific architect and industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti (known by his nickname Vico) was guided by his philosophy, “There is no excuse for bad design.” His architectural projects are widely revered, and an ingenious meld of form and function can be found in his stylish and deceptively simple table lamps, sofas, armchairs and other mid-century furnishings.
Born in Milan, Magistretti followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather (both architects) to study architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Switzerland, and it was there he met his role model and mentor, renowned humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Magistretti was inspired by Rogers’s vision to revive postwar Italy, and they collaborated on several reconstruction projects. Among Magistretti’s first architectural designs is a “poetic” round church, which he created for the QT8, an experimental Milanese neighborhood.
When Magistretti returned to Milan in 1945, he worked at his father’s architectural firm. It wasn’t until the early 1950s that he expanded his talents into design while working with furniture artisans.
In the 1960s, Magistretti began his 30-year working relationship with famed entrepreneur Cesare Cassina of the Cassina furniture manufacturing company. In their design approach, the two men shared a vision of the relationship between modernity and tradition and enjoyed a close bond (Magistretti designed Cassina’s luxurious villa in 1965). However, their friendship was not without contention.
Legend has it that upon seeing the prototype for Magistretti’s Maralunga sofa, Cassina hated it so much that he punched it, breaking the back of the sofa, which crumpled into itself.
“Right, great, it looks perfect to me like that,” an unfazed Magistretti allegedly responded, and the Maralunga’s slumped, adjustable-height backrest was born. Incidentally, the Maralunga sofa won Italy’s Compasso d’Oro award as did his Eclisse lamp for Artemide and his Atollo lamp for Oluce.
Magistretti died in 2006, but his designs live on in galleries, museums and private residences and offices around the world.
Find a range of vintage Vico Magistretti furniture and lighting on 1stDibs.
Fontana Arte
Best known for its elegant and innovative vintage lighting fixtures, the Milan-based firm Fontana Arte pioneered one of the key features of 20th-century and contemporary Italian design: the union of artistry and industry wrought by partnerships between creative talents — chiefly architects — and entrepreneurial businesses. Fontana Arte is further distinguished by having had as artistic director, in succession, four of Italy’s most inventive modernist designers: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, French transplant Max Ingrand and Gae Aulenti.
The bread and butter of the glassmaking company that Luigi Fontana founded in 1881 was plate-glass panels for the construction industry. In 1930, Fontana met Ponti — then the artistic director of the Richard Ginori ceramics workshop and the editor of the influential magazine Domus — at a biannual design exhibition that became the precursor to today’s Milan Design Triennale, and the two hatched an idea for a furniture and housewares firm. Fontana Arte was incorporated in 1932 with Ponti as its chief of design. He contributed several lamps that remain among the company’s signature works, including the orb-atop-cone Bilia table lamp and the 0024 pendant — a stratified hanging sphere.
The following year, Fontana Arte partnered with the influential Milan studio glassmaker and retailer Pietro Chiesa, who took over as artistic director. Chiesa’s designs for lighting — as well as for tables and items including vases and ashtrays — express an appreciation for fluidity and simplicity of line, as seen in works such as his flute-shaped Luminator floor lamp and the 1932 Fontana table — an arched sheet of glass that is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Six years after Chiesa’s 1948 death, the École des Beaux Arts–trained Max Ingrand took over as head of design at Fontana Arte. Ingrand brought a similarly expressive formal sensibility to wares such as lamps and mirrors, but he also had a masterful eye for the manipulation of glass surfaces — whether they be cut, frosted, acid-etched or sand-blasted. His classic design is the Fontana table lamp of 1954, which has a truncated cone shade and curved body, both of which are made of pure, chic white-frosted glass.
Following Ingrand, the often-audacious Italian architect Gae Aulenti served as the company’s artistic director from 1979 to 1996, and while she generally insisted that furnishings take second place aesthetically to architecture, she made an exception for Fontana Arte pieces such as the Tavolo con Ruote series of glass coffee and dining tables on wheels, bold lighting pieces such as the Parola series and the Giova, a combination flower vase and table lamp. As a key incubator of modern design under Aulenti’s tenure, Fontana Arte remained true to its long-held commitment — creating objects that have never been less than daring.
Find vintage Fontana Arte lighting fixtures such as pendants, table lamps and more on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Bordentown, NJ
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- "Galerie" Wall Lamp Designed by Federico Peri for FontanaArteBy Fontana Arte, Federico PeriLocated in Brooklyn, NY"Galerie" is a wall lamp, designed by Federico Peri and manufactured by FontanaArte, made in glass, metal and marble and is part of a collection including also two floor lamps. It ca...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMarble, Steel
- "Slot" Wall and Ceiling Lamp Designed by David Chipperfield for FontanaArteBy David Chipperfield, Fontana ArteLocated in Brooklyn, NY"Slot" is an architectural wall and ceiling lighting system, designed by David Chipperfield and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a series of recessed wall or ceiling lamps for indirect light emission, a matte white epoxy powder coated metal frame housing fluorescent dimmable bulbs. A cover, held in place by neodymium magnets, makes the fixture easy to assemble and maintain. Slot fits a dimmable electronic power supply (1-10V) and can be mounted with or without its housing (required for plasterboard false ceilings). DIMENSIONS: D. 3.74", W. 3.74", H. 59.45" For correct installation the lamp includes a 0.15"-slit on all 4 sides. Its lighting source is one × 35W (FL) G5 FH or one × 49W (FL) G5 FQ or one × 80W (FL) G5 FQ. The minimal design creates a lighting effect similar to a spotlight beam on a wall. This makes "Slot" especially suitable for private and public spaces that require non-invasive yet decorative lighting effects. A series of recessed lamps for walls or ceilings that gives indirect light. The structure is in matt white epoxy powder coated metal and houses one or more dimmable fluorescent lamps. Its essential design creates a luminous effect similar to a blade of light...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Flush Mount
MaterialsMetal
- "Sillabone" Wall and Ceiling Lamp Designed by Piero Castiglioni for FontanaArteBy Fontana ArteLocated in Brooklyn, NY"Sillabone" is a wall and ceiling lamp, designed by Piero Castiglioni and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a metal frame and a heat-resistant sandblasted glass diffuser. "Sillabone"...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal
- "Vitro" Outdoor Lamp Designed by Emmanuel Babled for FontanaArteBy Emmanuel Babled, Fontana ArteLocated in Brooklyn, NY"Vitro" is an outdoor wall and ceiling lamp, designed by Emmanuel Babled and manufactured by FontanaArte, with a body in opaque plastic polymer and a diffuser in opaline or transpare...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsPlastic
- "006/2" Frosted Blown Glass & Chromed Metal Wall Lamps Designed by FontanaArteBy Fontana ArteLocated in Brooklyn, NY"006/2" are two wall lamps, designed and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a chromed metal frame and white frosted blown glass diffusers. Thei...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsChrome, Metal
- "Nobi" Wall Lamp with Frosted Glass Diffuser by Metis Lighting for FontanaArteBy Fontana Arte, Metis LightingLocated in Brooklyn, NY"Nobi" is a wall lamp, designed by Metis Lighting and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a matte white (matte RAL 9003), chromed or nickel plated satin metal frame, a frosted gla...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsNickel, Chrome, Metal, Aluminum
- Wall Lamp "Linz" Model Design Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1978By Vico Magistretti, OluceLocated in taranto, IT"linz" model wall lamp, oluce production from 1978 to a design by vico magistretti murano cased lattimo on metal frame measuring 20 cm in diameter, protruding from the wall 9 cm, ...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal
- "Mania" Wall Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970sBy Vico Magistretti, ArtemideLocated in Lasne, BEWhite wall lamp in plastic and metal by Vico Magistretti with original packaging. Wear due to age and time.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal
- Mod. Lyndon‐160 Wall Lamps by Vico MagistrettiBy Vico MagistrettiLocated in Milan, ITItaly, 1977 1 sphere Manufactured by Oluce Provenance: private house, Turin - Italy Brass, glass Re-electrified, CE certificate provided.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass
- Italian Linz Glass Wall Light, Designed by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1970sBy Vico MagistrettiLocated in MIlano, ITItalian round Linz wall light, made of glass and designed by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1970s Very good conditions.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsGlass
- 'Clinio' Wall Lights by Vico Magistretti for ArtemideBy Vico Magistretti, ArtemideLocated in Los Angeles, CA'Clinio' Wall Lights by Vico Magistretti for Artemide (IT, c.1961) Large opaline glass diffusers paired with brushed nickel armatures. Each light holds one E27 socket type, adapted f...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass, Nickel
- Vico Magistretti for Artemide "Omega" Wall Lamp, Italy 1960sBy Vico Magistretti, ArtemideLocated in Naples, ITOmega wall lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide Matt nickel-plated brass structure with height-adjustable stem. Globe and diffuser in opaline glass. Struct...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Why Is Italy Such a Hotbed of Cool Design?
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
Duplex Delivers Great Iconic Design — Often with a Custom Twist
Owner Patrizio Chiarparini offers thousands of pieces from his native Italy and elsewhere across Europe.