Arco

Arco is a floor lamp providing direct light designed by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1962.‎ White Carrara marble base.‎ Satin-finish stainless steel telescopic stem.‎ Pressed, polished and zapon-varnished aluminum swiveling and height-adjustable reflector.‎ Arco 1 x LED 8W E27 560lm 2700K [e] cod.‎ RF25569 Dimmable Electrical Emergency: Without Switching: on/off switch Voltage: 220-250V Power: MAX 100W Battery: No Supply included: Yes Physical Cord Length (Mm): 2700 Construction Material: Aluminum, Marble, Stainless steel Weight (Kg): 63.‎8 Arco Led 1 x MULTICHIP LED 28W 1126lm 2700K CRI93 [i] Dimmable Electrical Emergency: Without Switching: dimmer Voltage: 100-240/48V Power: 28W Battery: No Supply included: Yes Physical Animing: Directional Cord Length (Mm): 2700 Construction Material: Aluminum, Marble, Stainless steel Weight (Kg): 63.‎8 ‘We were thinking about a lamp that shines light onto a table.‎ They already existed, but you had to walk round them.‎ To leave enough space around the table, the base had to be at least two meters away.‎ Which was how the idea for Arco came into being.‎ We wanted to make it with commercially available parts and we found that curved steel angle iron worked perfectly well.‎ Then there was the problem of the counterweight: a heavy weight was needed to support it all.‎ Our first thought was concrete, but then we chose marble because the same weight took up less space, and also because we could obtain a better finish for a lower cost.‎ In Arco nothing is decorative: even the beveled corners on the base have a function, which is not to hurt us; even the hole isn’t a flight of fantasy, but to make it easier to lift the base.‎” Achille Castiglioni (interview for Ottagono, 1970)