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Aoy Table Lamp

Achille Castiglioni - 1975

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Aoy is a round glass table lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1975. This optical illusion table lamp is made from transparent glass and features a cylindrical body with a white opaline glass diffuser and reflector.

The design concept was to create a lamp from a cylinder of glass where the entire fixture would act as a diffuser instead of wasting it on the stem.

The opening at the bottom was supposedly made for a cat to curl up where it's warm, and to allow for easy cleaning of the inside of the lamp. All parts are made of hand-blown glass and are made to match, without any metal connections.

Aoy is lit by two lamps - a dual position switch located on the flexible chord enables the switching of each lamp - which allows to adapt the overall intensity of the light.

The contrast between the transparent glass and the opaline inside is charmingly subtle and provides a diffused, peaceful and serene illumination.

Italian designer Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002) was born in Milan. As early as 1940 he dedicated himself to testing industrial production with his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968). After graduating in architecture in 1944, he began a research into shapes, techniques and new materials, aimed at developing an integral design process. The design office he set up with his brothers would become one of the wittiest, elegant and innovative partnerships in modern design. Their dominant philosophy was that design must restructure an object's function, form and production process, and they applied this maximally to every work that they produced. Castiglioni described this process as followed: "Start from scratch. Stick to common sense. Know your goals and means."

In the 1950s the Castiglioni brothers publicly cemented their commitment to redesigning objects, these designs drew upon the "ready-made" school of art, in which everyday objects are repurposed for the showroom floor.

Castiglioni taught for many years, first at the Polytechnic of Turin, starting in 1969 and later leading a class in Industrial Design at the Architectural Polytechnic of Milan, to a group of several thousand students. He was also one of the founders of ADI (Association for Design Industry) in 1956.

MoMA in New York features 14 of his designs and other works can be found in prestigious museums all over the world. He exhibited his designs at every Milan Triennial from 1947 through the end of the century, and has received seven Compasso d'Oro awards.

Many objects designed by Achille Castiglioni have been produced by remarkable companies such as Flos, DePadova, etc. His professional activities spanned throughout the fields of Architecture and Urban Planning; he earned international recognitions for his projects applied to serial production in the fields of lighting fixtures and furniture as well as for his breathtaking installations realized around the world. Castiglioni's method, to have "a constant and consistent way of designing, not a style", led him to create products that helped restore Italy's quality of life in the post-war years and used the household object in innovative and whimsical way.

FLOS was founded by Dino Gavina and Cesare Cassina in 1962 in order to deliver contemporary lighting in accordance with their modern furniture designs. Their main guiding principles were "collaboration with the most inventive international designers and courage to be daring and provocative, yet uphold the fundamental principles of design". These guidelines are still relevant and can be traced in the entire Flos collection up until the company's latest designs.

From the very beginning FLOS has always been characterized by its high-quality approach towards design and but also towards production.

The result is a catalogue filled with iconic lighting objects that have changed the concept of illumination itself. Testament to this are the numerous awards, critical accolades and inclusions in all the major permanent collections and design museums around the world.

FLOS Lighting's production will continue to be imbued with various design trends that embody their attention to leading-edge research combined with highly-efficient production.

In 2012, FLOS celebrated half a century of excellence in production of designer lighting.

Table lamp

Clear glass cylindrical lamp body, white opaline glass diffuser and reflector, 2 different lamps

SPECIFICATIONS

Diameter 30cm, height 60cm
ON/OFF Switch for each lamp on power cord
1 x 70W E27 (HSGSA/S eco saver halogen) + 1 x max 100W E27 (IA incendescent)
70W bulb included, 100W bulb not included

Made in Italy

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