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year 1957
material glass
source title Achille Castiglioni
info In Bulb the designers rethought the technical features of the incandescent 1,000-watt industrial lamp, eliminating the screw-on bulb socket and shortening the long neck of the bulb to create a luminous transparent globe almost spherical in shape. Linking it to an identical bulb halves the power, and the tungsten filament becomes the essential decorative feature. It glows a soft reddish color, shedding a gentle light while leaving the technical details of the design clearly visible. In 1985 Achille Castiglioni commented critically on its design, describing it as: “A misguided, irrational lamp, not meant to be mass-produced, designed for fun. It was tied by a cord to a counterweight and you could play at sending it up and down like a soap bubble.” It was designed in 1957 for the 11th Triennial, and Leuci in Lecco gave it a limited production run.
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year 1957
material glass
source title Achille Castiglioni
info In Bulb the designers rethought the technical features of the incandescent 1,000-watt industrial lamp, eliminating the screw-on bulb socket and shortening the long neck of the bulb to create a luminous transparent globe almost spherical in shape. Linking it to an identical bulb halves the power, and the tungsten filament becomes the essential decorative feature. It glows a soft reddish color, shedding a gentle light while leaving the technical details of the design clearly visible. In 1985 Achille Castiglioni commented critically on its design, describing it as: “A misguided, irrational lamp, not meant to be mass-produced, designed for fun. It was tied by a cord to a counterweight and you could play at sending it up and down like a soap bubble.” It was designed in 1957 for the 11th Triennial, and Leuci in Lecco gave it a limited production run.
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