Acrilica – 281

Joe Colombo’s first undertaking for Oluce, the just one worked on along with his sibling Gianni.‎ From then on, the two Colombo siblings obviously isolated their fields: Joe left workmanship in which he had shown intriguing guarantee with ‘Nucleari’, while Gianni presently not worked in plan, becoming one of the main types of the dynamic, customized movement.‎ The 281 model, made in 1962, was promptly nicknamed ‘Acrilica’ because of its astonishing obviousness and exemption development of the huge bend produced using acrylic.‎ Methacrylate, utilized for about 10 years in the field of lighting, generally in slender sheets that are cut or thermoformed, tracked down an extremely specific use here: its thickness and bend implied that, on account of its conduction properties, the light from a fluorescent lamp contained inside the painted steel base traveled through the straightforward body, in the end lighting the head in an extraordinary way.‎ Due to this ‘mysterious development’, ‘281’ is more a work of active craftsmanship than a lamp.‎ In 1964, ‘Acrilica’ won the gold decoration at the XIII Triennial in Milan.‎ Table lamp giving indirect and diffused light, laquered steel base and Perspex diffuser.‎ 1 x max 6W → 26 cm ↑ 23 cm → 10,2′ ↑ 9,1′ Structure: metal Structure tone: dark Diffuser/Reflector: PMMA Diffuser/Reflector tone: straightforward Certifications: CE