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.
Find a range of vintage Vico Magistretti furniture and lighting on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Vico Magistretti
Set of 2 white table lamp "Dalu" designed 1965 by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This pair of "Model Dalu" table lamps was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacturer Artemide in the 1960s. The lamps are made from a single piece of white plastic.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Large Black by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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
$1,004 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Set of 'Atollo' Medium and Small Bronze Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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 has...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$2,085 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Imposing "Lyndon" Chandelier by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, Italy, 1970s
By O-Luce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, IT
Large "Lyndon" chandelier by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce.
A chrome-plated steel frame supports four transparent Murano glass blown spheres.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Set of 'Atollo' Large, Medium and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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
$4,185 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Atollo Satin Bronze Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Atollo Metal Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. The Atollo lamp has become an iconic representation of the table lamp. The simple cylinder, cone, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Medium Black by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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
$803 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Medium Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and medium- "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
$4,477 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Idomeneo" Floor Lamp by Vico Magistreti for OLuce, Italy, 1980s
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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
Set of 'Atollo' Large and Medium Bronze Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and medium- "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
$3,625 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italian Opaline Glass and Metal Omega Chandelier by Magisretti for Artemide 1962
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern white opaline glass and metal Omega chandelier by Vico Magistetti for Artemide, 1962.
Omega chandelier characterized by an internally frosted glass diffus...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mezza Chimera Table Lamps by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970s, Set of 2
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Renens, CH
Designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, the Mezza Chimera is the table version of the larger Chimera floor lamp and was produced in Italy during the 1970s.
Each lamp features a ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,339 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Metal Black/White Table Lamp Atollo 238 by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Vienna, AT
The Atollo table lamp (1977) is distinguished by its minimal geometric construction. The worldwide imitated and yet inimitable lamp won numerous awards, and it can also be found as a...
Category
2010s Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
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
$1,128 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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
$4,013 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 'Atollo' Medium and Small Gold 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 ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$2,980 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
$4,013 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
$4,185 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1967
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
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
Cream 'Atollo 237' Mushroom Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy 1977
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Chicago, IL
An iconic Italian Modernist table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Oluce in 1977. Known as the "Atollo 237," this lamp is celebrated for its minimalist yet bold geometric struct...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Vintage Modern Black Dalù Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of two table lamps was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacturer Artemide during the 1960s. The lamps are made of molded black thermoplastic material. Dalù i...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Telegono Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti Design for Artemide Italy 1969
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Biella, IT
Telegono table lamp by Vico Magistretti design for Artemide Italy year ’69
all is in original condition and working,
the pl...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Artemide “Vico Magistretti “N 8 Ceilling Light Metal 1970 Italy
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, IT
N 5 white and N 3 black ceilling light Vico Magistretti mo.
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Metal Black/White Table Lamp Atollo 233 by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Vienna, AT
The Atollo table lamp (1977) is distinguished by its minimal geometric construction. The worldwide imitated and yet inimitable lamp won numerous awards, and it can also be found as a...
Category
2010s Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Sonora Suspension Lamp White by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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 Chandelier Omega by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Chandelier Omega by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
Chandelier mod. Omega with round base lampshade and internal sphere diffuser of smaller diameter, ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian mid-century modern chandelier Triclinio Magistretti Artemide, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern chandelier Triclinio Magistretti Artemide, 1970s
Ceiling lamp or chandelier model Triclinio with three opaline glass d...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Brass
Sonora Suspension Lamp in White 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
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
White/Ivory 1960s Cetra Pendant Lamp by V. Magistretti for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This vintage pendant was produced by Artemide with painted brass and metal shades and white opaline glass sphere. The white paint has turned yellow over time, taking on a pleasant an...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Sonora Suspension Lamp Black 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
Vico Magistretti, a Wall-Light, "Kuta", Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
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...
Category
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.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
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
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...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Red Telegono Lamp for Artemide by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A colorful vintage telegono table lamp, designed by renowned Vico Magistretti for Artemide in 1969. Base is red while the shade is white. Shade.adjusts up and down.
Category
1960s Futurist Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
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
"Slalom" Metal Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1980s
By O-Luce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, IT
Slalom table lamp by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce.
No-stop drawing for this pure shaped lamp with adjustable shade and structure.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
DIM Ceiling Lamp by O-Luce Alluminium Metal Italy 1970s
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
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 'Snow' Floor Lamp for Oluce, Italy, 1973
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very rare floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for O'luce, 1973. This floor lamp is type ‘Snow’ and was only in production for a very short period because this was a very expensiv...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Carrara Marble, Steel
Clitunno Floor Lamp in Bronze Edition by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1963
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
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
Mid-Century Floor Lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for Oluce Italy 1970
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
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
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 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...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Marble
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
Vico Magistretti lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Vico Magistretti lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Vico Magistretti lighting, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 150 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 120 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original lighting by Vico Magistretti were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lighting by Joe Colombo, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, and Astep. Prices for Vico Magistretti lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $125 and can go as high as $19,900, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,107.
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