Pascal Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce

About the Item

Pascal floor lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. Originally designed in Italy, 1983. Oluce's newest offering of this model comes in plated, anodized bronze. This is a current edition floor lamp giving indirect and reflected light with an independent double lighting system. Dual floor switch allows the option to light one or both shades. Pietra Serena base. The Pascal floor lamp perfectly encapsulates Vico Magistretti's progressive aesthetics, with a sense of geometry impervious to any strict dictation or rules. The manufacturer recommends 2 MAX 100W E26 bulbs. Bulbs not provided. The Pascal also come in a white enameled aluminum version.

Creator:
Oluce (Manufacturer),Vico Magistretti (Designer)
Design:
Pascal Floor Lamp
Dimensions:
Height: 78.7 in (199.9 cm)Diameter: 13.7 in (34.8 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Anodized
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
Contemporary
Production Type:
New & Custom(Current Production)
Estimated Production Time:
7-8 weeks
Condition:
Seller Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: FL24541stDibs: LU794717950692
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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.

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