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S-096
year 1958
material metal, other, plastic
source title Achille Castiglioni
info Made by Domolux (Milan) for the annual Radio and Television Exhibition at the Palazzo dello Sport in Milan, this lamp consists of two Perspex hemisphere 50 cm in diameter, joined and raised on a tubular iron shaft anchored to the floor. Round opaque bulbs are screwed to the outside of the transparent sphere. Visible inside it is a tangle of light cables of different colours. The ironically decorative design is a playful version of the traditional chandelier with its scores of candies. It evokes a biomorphic combination of luminous seaweed and hedgehog, as well as sci-fi images of techno-robotic cabling.
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year 1958
material metal, other, plastic
source title Achille Castiglioni
info Made by Domolux (Milan) for the annual Radio and Television Exhibition at the Palazzo dello Sport in Milan, this lamp consists of two Perspex hemisphere 50 cm in diameter, joined and raised on a tubular iron shaft anchored to the floor. Round opaque bulbs are screwed to the outside of the transparent sphere. Visible inside it is a tangle of light cables of different colours. The ironically decorative design is a playful version of the traditional chandelier with its scores of candies. It evokes a biomorphic combination of luminous seaweed and hedgehog, as well as sci-fi images of techno-robotic cabling.
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