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I was listening to a lecture on Ligeti Violin Concerto on my Mac, when I 'noticed'
our Tizio lamp (the Terra version, with the 70 cm pedestial:
From Wikipedia:
Tizio
is a desk lamp that was created by Richard Sapper for Artemide in 1972. It
was selected for the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award in 1979. Both
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art have it in
their permanent collections.
The position and the direction of the bulb can be adjusted; thanks to two
counterweights, moving it requires little effort. Two other features of this
lamp are the lack of wires (the two parallel arms are used to conduct
electricity to the bulb), and the halogen bulb, which was previously mainly
used in the automotive industry.
The Tizio is available in a variety of sizes and colours; the original, and
most widely known, is the 50 (referring to the wattage of the bulb) in black.
The mid-sized model is the 35, and there's the bedside-sized Micro (20
Watts). Other colours are white, and grey metallic; and, the occasional
limited edition in polished aluminium, or titanium-colour. There also is a
floor standing version, the Terra, which consist of a 70 cm high pedestal
with the same 11 cm. diameter as the lamp's base, with the 50 added on
top. The Terra-stand is also available in a 10 cm. diameter, matching the
35 model. Recently, an energy-saving LED-powered version of the full-sized
model has been added; as has a version of the regular 50 with a
horizontally rotatable head, the Plus. The LED-version is equipped with a
dimmer; all other versions have a three-position switch; allowing for off,
full, and - approximately - half power.
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| Tizio lamp, Richard Sapper, image from WikiCommons . |
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