Mid-Century Norwegian Modern Navy Blue Desk Lamp Heron by Isao Hosoe for Luxo

This minimalist desk lamp was produced by the Belgian manufacturer Massive during the 1980s. The movable arm is made of chrome-plated steel, and the base and lampshade are made of hi...

This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during the 1960s. The lamp is made of red plastic. Dalù is one of the best designs to reflect the strict style of the great artist, who placed beauty and everyday use on the same level. Vico Magistretti was born in Milan. He attended Parini High School before enrolled in the Regio Politecnico Faculty of Architecture in Milan in the fall of 1939. In 1943-1944 he moved to Switzerland, where he attended several academic courses at the Champ Universitarie Italien in Lausanne. It was then that he spent time with Ernesto Nathan Rogers, who had a key influence on his intellectual education. In 1945 he returned to Milan, where he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University. He immediately started working for his father's company, the architect Piergiulio Magistretti, in via Conservatorio. The 1950s were a very busy and fruitful period for the young architect, who came up with many innovative ideas and very quickly became one of the most outstanding representatives of the third generation. Over the next few years he worked as a designer as well as an architect, creating furniture and objects that will always be classics of contemporary production. It was then that he was awarded the Golden Compass for the Eclisse lamp...

Heron lamp rendered in a black plastic shell over steel inner frame by Isao Hosoe for Luxo Norway, 1990s. The Heron contains a mechanism that always keeps ...

Picchio table lamp by Japanese designer Isao Hosoe and produced by Luxo Italiana in 1984. Elegant and functional table lamp made of ABS. The top of the...