Postmodern Callimaco Floor Lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide. A quintessential example of Sottsass’s playful yet rigorous approach to form, the Callimaco strips lighting design to its essentials—pure geometry, saturated color, and a sharp sense of irony. Its totemic silhouette and bold chromatic contrasts signal the beginnings of the Memphis ethos that would later define the designer’s work. The halogen light directs an ambient glow upward, illuminating the room with sculptural presence rather than function alone.
Literature:
Referenced in Ettore Sottsass: The Mental Landscape, edited by Philippe Garner, p. 62; Sottsass Associati: The Design Group, p. 44; and Design Italia, Gramigna, p. 143.
Designer: Ettore Sottsass
Manufacturer: Artemide
Origin: Italy
Date: 1970s
Dimensions: 78" H x 10" W x 10" D
Postmodern Callimaco Floor Lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Artemide. A quintessential example of Sottsass’s playful yet rigorous approach to form, the Callimaco strips lighting design to its essentials—pure geometry, saturated color, and a sharp sense of irony. Its totemic silhouette and bold chromatic contrasts signal the beginnings of the Memphis ethos that would later define the designer’s work. The halogen light directs an ambient glow upward, illuminating the room with sculptural presence rather than function alone.
Literature:
Referenced in Ettore Sottsass: The Mental Landscape, edited by Philippe Garner, p. 62; Sottsass Associati: The Design Group, p. 44; and Design Italia, Gramigna, p. 143.
Designer: Ettore Sottsass
Manufacturer: Artemide
Origin: Italy
Date: 1970s
Dimensions: 78" H x 10" W x 10" D
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