Postmodern Italian Floor Lamp, iGuzzini, Italy, 1972

Richard Sapper (1932-2015) was born in German but worked in Italy, and his work brings together the best design principles of both nations. On one hand the ‘Tizio’ lamp possesses a northern European emphasis on functionalism. It was conceived as the ideal table lamp by its creator because of its wide range of movements, based on precisely calibrated counterweights at the end of each of the arms. On the other hand, it has a radically lithe profile and dusky, equipoised sense of style redolent of southern European sensibilities. It has become “an icon of high-tech design”, according to the MoMA where an example exhibited, and had its heyday as the lamp of choice for the design-conscious bright young things...

Large Olympe table lamp designed by Harvey Guzzini for ED, Italy 1970s. The demilune shade is particularly pleasing lit, a half moon of ambient light through semi-opaque acrylic. It ...

Large Olympe table lamp designed by Harvey Guzzini for ED, Italy 1970s. The demilune shade is particularly pleasing lit, a half moon of ambient light through semi-opaque acrylic. It ...

David Horan (born in Dublin, 1982) is a multidisciplinary designer and manufacturer based in London. With a Master of Arts in Design Products from the Royal College of Art 2013, he c...

A pair of large wall lights with white glass shades mounted on chromed arms by Franco Albini, Franca Helg and Antonio Piva. This wall light is designed to allow for the glass shades ...

Gary Morga, designer of the Yang lamp, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1956. He studied Silversmithing and Metalwork at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London. In 1986 he was invited to submit designs for the Memphis Milano Lights Exhibition, where he exhibited the NASTRO lamp...

Italian Postmodern Ettore Sottsass Memphis Group attributed Torchere floor lamp. Interesting Italian Postmodern or modernist Ettore Sottsass Memphis Group attributed chrome and multi...

A super heavy and well made floor from the Postmodern 1990s era. It features stainless steel and frosted glass construction. Works with one Halogen bulb.

Pair of IKEA "Fackla" floor lamps, Sweden, c.1980s. These petite torchères emit an uplight and feature white plastic bodies with gold plastic around the top opening of the lamp. The ...

A large and impressive acrylic floor lamp made in Italy, circa 1980s. It features a thick Lucite base with acrylic flora-form leaves. Fully working and ready for use.

Postmodern copper and ceramic floor lamp, c.1987, USA. This lamp features a black glazed ceramic cone base as well as a ceramic shade with up lighting. T...

Here you are shown the EU wired 'Treetops' floor lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 in metal with halogen bulb. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. One of the most influential and important figures of the last century. As an Architect and Designer, he has participated in all radical movements whether created from the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981 he founded the Memphis Group, a group that has radically changed the scenario of Italian and world design. Honored with numerous international awards, was winner of the Golden...