Christophe Gevers GE50 Lamps Light, Belgium, 1975

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 ...

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...

Gio Ponti (1881-1979) was a Milanese architect, industrial and furniture designer, artist and publisher. He was a pivotal figure in the Italian design and manufacturing industry founding Il Labirinto with Lancia, Buzzi, Marelli, Venini and Chiesa in order to produce high-quality furniture and objects. He also founded Domus magazine which helped contextualise and promote the work of Italian designers and manufacturers around the world. Throughout his career he designed many icons but is perhaps most known for the symbol of modern Milan, the Pirelli skyscraper, in 1956. His furniture has always drawn deeply from Italian traditions and given them a modern edge. This gorgeous lamp is a great example of that. Made from two elements, a textured green aluminium conical base which rises into a delicate opal...

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 ...

Designed by Gijs Bakker in 1973 and taking inspiration from the light defusing umbrellas used in photography studios. Bakker aimed to create a lamp with the function dispersing the l...

Paire d’appliques en métal plié laqué blanc, de l’architecte et designer belge Christophe Gevers, circa 1975. Edition Light. Dimensions : H8,5xL20cm

Original vintage Christophe Gevers GE20 wall sconces, circa 1975, Belgium. Edited by Light. Polished brass. Two E14 bulbs. Dimensions: 18 cm H, 38 cm W, 8 cm D. Good original conditi...

The lamps are a creation of Christophe Gevers, a famous Belgian interior architect. He worked on quite a number of private homes in Belgium and France, some restaurants, like the fas...

The lamps are a creation of Christophe Gevers, a famous Belgian interior architect. He worked on quite a number of private homes in Belgium and France, some restaurants, like the fas...

The lamps are a creation of Christophe Gevers, a famous Belgian interior architect. He worked on quite a number of private homes in Belgium and France, some restaurants, like the fas...

Gevers expressed modernism delightfully with his choice of materials and use of primary colors. Using and mixing materials such as wood, steel, stone and leather for their resistance...