Vico Magistretti Lighting
Italian, 1920-2006
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.
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Creator: Vico Magistretti
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Large White Opaline Glass by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and diffused light, opaline blown Murano glass diffuser. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
T...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
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Metal
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Medium Gold by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and reflected light. Turned aluminium reflector. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The st...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamp 'Sonora' White Outside and Gold Inside by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp, giving direct and diffused light in blown PMMA. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The story of Sonora ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
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Acrylic
'Eclisse' lamp by Vico Magistretti 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic white enameled metal table lamp model 'Eclisse' awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 1967. Good conditions.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
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Metal
Vico Magistretti 'Atollo' Large Metal Satin Bronze Table Lamp by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table l...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Medium Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and reflected light. Turned aluminium reflector. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The st...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Vico Magistretti Outdoor Wall Lamp 'Lyndon' Large by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'Lyndon' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1980.
Outside wall lamp. Zinc-plated and black lacquered metal structure, globes in transparent p...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo h...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti, a Wall-Light, "Kuta", Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Paris, FR
A white and black metal wall applique, the white disk shape reflector supported by a cylindrical branch fixed to a half-spherical wall-mount.
Produced par O’luce, Italy.
Circa 1979...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Wall lamps "Linz" by Vico Magistretti for O-luce Anni 70-80
By O-Luce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of wall/ceiling lamps, with enameled aluminum frame and white glass.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 'Atollo' Large, Medium and Small Black Table Lamp Designed by Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three table lamps -large, medium and small model- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Small Bronze Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp, large and small, "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo h...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Small Black Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp large and small "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has be...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vico Magistretti Eclisse Table Lamps for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Vico Magistretti Eclisse table lamps for Artemide.
Designed in 1967, the authorized re-edition Eclisse is a bedside table, or wall-m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti 'Claritas' Floor Lamp for Nemo
By Vico Magistretti, Nemo Lighting 1
Located in Glendale, CA
Vico Magistretti 'Claritas' floor lamp for Nemo.
'Claritas' is the first lamp designed by Vico Magistretti and produced with Mario Tedeschi in 1946. Cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Set of 'Atollo' Medium and Small Bronze Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp-medium and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo h...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of 'Atollo' Large, Medium and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three table lamps -large, medium and small model- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Clitunno floor lamp by Vico Magistretti, for Artemide, 1964
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Vigevano, PV
Clitunno floor lamp by Vico Magistretti, for Artemide, 1964
beautiful floor lamp icon of Italian design. first edition
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
"Idomeneo" Floor Lamp by Vico Magistreti for OLuce, Italy, 1980s
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, IT
"Idomeneo" Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for OLuce.
"Idomeneo is a floor lamp specifically conceived as a reading lamp and consists of a glossy black anodised aluminium stem support...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Snow Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Hamburg, DE
This is a very rare floor lamp from the italian manufacturer oluce after a design by vico magistretti from the early 70s. A striking feature of this lamp is the coloring with the str...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Vico Magistretti “Telegono” Table Lamp 1966 Perplex, Italy
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, IT
Vico Magistretti “Telegono” table lamp 1966 Perplex Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plexiglass
Atollo 239 Satin Black Nickel by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Archetype of the table lamp and icon of Italian style. Atollo, designed in 1977 and winner of the Compasso d’Oro Award, completely revolutionised the way of imagining the classic bedside table lamp. Composed of essential geometric shapes, Atollo is a timeless decorative lamp that restores value by way of its very simplicity. Already available in three sizes and various finishes, it is now enriched with a new satin black nickel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Atollo 233 Satin Black Nickel by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Archetype of the table lamp and icon of Italian style. Atollo, designed in 1977 and winner of the Compasso d’Oro Award, completely revolutionised the way of imagining the classic bedside table lamp. Composed of essential geometric shapes, Atollo is a timeless decorative lamp that restores value by way of its very simplicity. Already available in three sizes and various finishes, it is now enriched with a new satin black nickel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian modern Table lamp Dalù Sparkling by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 2013
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Table lamp Dalù Sparkling by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 2013
Table lamp mod. Dalù, Sparkling limited edition, composed of a monocoque in transparent thermoplastic...
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2010s Italian Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1967
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
This Eclisse table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti features a rotating inner white shade that eclipses the light source and allows the user to control the light issued as desired.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Pair of 'Omicron’ Sconces by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single 'Omicron' Sconce by Vico Magistretti for Artemide. Designed and manufactured in Italy, in 1961. Industrial steel frame wall sconce with vertical height adjustment and two-part...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Brass, Nickel
'Clinio' Flush Mounts by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clinio Flush Mounts Ceiling Light by Vico Magistretti for Artemide. Designed and manufactured in Italy circa 1960's. Opaline glass outer and inner diffusers. Enameled metal frame. Re...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Atollo 239 Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atollo lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, circa 1977. Designed by Magistretti in 1977, it was awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 1979. Early production with original textured matte ename...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-Century Floor Lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for Oluce Italy 1970
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Rare floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by Oluce, Italy, 1973.
The Snow floor lamp by Vico Magistretti for ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Lyndon 160 Outdoor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lyndon-160 outdoor lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. This wall-mounted outdoor fixture has one globe of transparent polycarbonate. The metal body is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Zinc
Table / wall lamp, model Eclisse by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Vico Magistretti (1920 - 2006) was an Italian industrial designer, furniture designer, light designer and architect.
The Eclisse lamp is designed in 1965 while travelling in the Mi...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Pendant DIM by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1975
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Weesp, NL
Oluce 1975 N.O.S. Mid century Modern Pendant Dim by Vico Magistretti
New never used 1975 Dim ceiling lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Oluce Italia.
The lamp is in fantastic cond...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Sonora Suspension Lamp in Black Gold by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The story of Sonora is one of a pure geometrical shape, pursued by Magistretti throughout his entire life. The creative path followed by the architect and designer in his projects is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian mid-century modern ceiling lamp Omega Vico Magistretti Artemide, 1960s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern ceiling lamp Omega Vico Magistretti Artemide, 1960s
Chandelier mod. Omega with round lampshade. The ceiling attachment is made of bronzed nickel-plated met...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Clitunno Floor Lamp in Bronze Edition by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1963
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Barcelona, ES
Clitunno floor lamp designed in 1963 by Vico Magistretti for the Italian company Artemide. Rare edition in bronze finished and opal glass.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Vico Magistretti, Chandelier Model Saturno, Venini, Out Production, Italy
By Venini, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, Italy
A chandelier model Saturno designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Venini, Murano, 1990. Out production.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Ceiling Lamp "L'impiccato" by Vico Magistretti, 1978
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceiling Lamp L'impiccato
Manufactured by Artemide Italy, 1978
Steel, Iron
220 cm length, adjustable height
88,6 in length, adjustable height
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Steel, Iron
Cirene chandeliers by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vico Magistretti's 1960 Cirene chandeliers for Artemide are revolutionary works of design that embody the elegance and innovation of their time. Featuring clean, geometric lines, the...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
DIM Ceiling Lamp by O-Luce Alluminium Metal Italy 1970s
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Milano, IT
Ceiling lamp with reflected light, chromed metal, enamelled aluminum.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Vico Magistretti Idomeneo Bed Light Oluce, Italy, 1985
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare Idomeneo 120 bed reading light designed by Vico Magistretti, manufactured by Oluce Italy 1985. This is a fantastic wall lamp great as a bed reading light because of the two full...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti, 1st Edition Chimera Floor Lamp for Artemide, Italy, 1960s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in PARIS, FR
Great vintage condition for this 1st edition of the iconic Chimera floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide and produced in Italy during the 60s.
Metal base with very s...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, Italy, 1970
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, Italy, 1970.
Large white plexiglas shade and a circular Carrara marble base.
Condition :
Good condition
Des...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Marble
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