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The Treetops Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
The Treetops Floor Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
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There are some „Memphis“ designs nearly everybody can identify: the colourful humanized ‚Carlton‘ bookshelf by Ettore Sottsass, for example. The vibrant patterns of Nathalie du Pasquier’s carpets, Michele de Lucchi’s black-and-white-striped side desks or the ‚Tahiti‘ desk lamp, also by Sottsass.
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Born 1917 in Austria, a trained architect, he later became famous as a design radical, co-founder of the „Memphis“ group, and as a true „Renaissance Man“ of the 20th century. Every design museum all over the world owns some Sottsass – his „Valentine“ typewriter became a pop art design icon and his office furniture designs for Olivetti defined „new work“ in the 60s and 70s.
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The 1981 ‚Treetops‘ floor lamp also oozes Memphis vibes instantly, with its colourful geometric elements. A triangular base in green lacquered cast iron supports a large, dynamic bent arch in orange lacquered metal, with an attached handle. The lamp’s rotatable head consists of a circle, a triangle and a square with the halogen lightbulb.
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As Sottsass once said: „Bright colours are for a happy and fearless society.“ Against the (perceived) boredom of „form-follows-function“, the Memphis group set sparkling creativity and subversive humour. So, if you want to inject a little bit of happiness into your interior, this lamp is just the thing.
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