Missi Sissi Table Lamp – A Whimisical Design
The Miss Sissi Table Lamp, replete with a mysterious name, is a signature Starck product: a clever reworking of an otherwise conventional design. Starck hasRead More →
January 31, 2025
The Iconic Lighting Design Collection showcases some of the most influential, innovative, and enduring lighting designs in history. These lamps and fixtures are more than just sources of light—they are masterpieces of form, function, and material innovation that have shaped interior and industrial design.
From mid-century modern classics to postmodern statement pieces, this collection highlights visionary designers and their groundbreaking creations, including sculptural designs, minimalist aesthetics, and advancements in LED and smart lighting technology.
✔ Timeless Classics – Ettore Sottsass’s Sinus Table Lamp (1972), Verner Panton’s Panthella Table Lamp (1971), and Gae Aulenti’s Rimorchiatore Table Lamp (1967).
✔ Modern Innovations – The Berenice Table Lamp by Alberto Meda & Paolo Rizzatto and the flexible Boalum LED Lamp for Artemide.
✔ Cultural Icons – The mesmerizing Lava Lamp of the 1960s and Isamu Noguchi’s Akari Paper Lamps, blending Japanese craftsmanship with modernist aesthetics.
✔ Bauhaus & Functionalism – Marianne Brandt’s KANDEM Lamp and Donald Deskey’s Chrome Table Lamp, epitomizing early modern industrial design.
📌 Explore the lighting designs that have defined generations, pushing the boundaries of art, technology, and interior aesthetics.
The Miss Sissi Table Lamp, replete with a mysterious name, is a signature Starck product: a clever reworking of an otherwise conventional design. Starck hasRead More →
Isamu Noguchi designed the first of his lamps to be produced by traditional construction methods in Gifu, Japan, known for its manufacture of lanterns and parasols made from mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Akari is handcrafted with washi paper from the inside bark of the mulberry tree and bamboo ribbing stretched across sculptural moulded wood shapes.Read More →
The table lamp has a chrome-plated spine and lampshade, a painted-black wooden base, and an electric cord protruding from the centre.Read More →
In 1981, Achille Castiglioni designed the Gibigiana Table Lamp for Flos, characterized by humor and a unique animal-like shape.Read More →
Studio Más, known for designing products and furniture that are simple yet unique, released their Lamp Más in 2018. Created especially for the 2018 Young Retro Seoul Design Festival, Lamp Más was inspired by analogical behaviour and retro-like colour and shape and designed to have a beautiful balance between the pull switch and the lamp body.Read More →