Lamp
Designed by Vittoriano Viganò
VV Cinquanta suspension designed by Italian architect Vittoriano Viganó in 1951 during his time as Art Director for Arteluce. This sophisticated brass luminaire is a type of kinetic object constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. The fixture and the reflectors can be adjusted to many different positions, enabling a wide variety of both downward and upward lighting.
PRICE:
2100 €
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DESIGNER
Vittoriano Viganó
DATE OF DESIGN
1951
DATE OF MANUFACTURE
Contemporary
MANUFACTURER
Astep
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Italy
DIMENSIONS
H 90,5 cm x W 43 cm x D 46 cm
MATERIALS
Brass structure,
metal reflectors powder coated in white and black
metal reflectors powder coated in white and black
CONDITION
Excellent condition. Little patina is already visible.
Note: this is not vintage lamp. It was produced a few years ago by Astep, so it has already some nice traces of time.
Note: this is not vintage lamp. It was produced a few years ago by Astep, so it has already some nice traces of time.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Son of the painter and engraver Vittoriano Viganò was born in Milan in 1919. He graduated in Achitecture at the Polytechnic School of Milan in 1944.
While working as a tenured professor in Interior Architecture and Urban Planning during all his life for the Milan Faculty, Vittoriano Viganò was a multidisciplinary talent; simultaneously worked at various scales: from industrial design to architecture, from interior design to urban and landscape planning.
Keeping open eyes onto all emerging innovative European and International architectural experiences, Viganò become in the early ‘50’s the Italian correspondent for renowned journal L’architecture. In the same period he took part in severals Triennale’s exhibitions and designed several art galleries in via Brera in Milan.
Vittoriano was Art Director of Arteluce, the company founded by Gino Sarfatti, for some years and for Arteluce he designed numerous luminaires as well as the flagship store in via della Spiga in Milan. In 1991 the San Luca Academy awarded him the Italian Republic President Prize for Architecture. His work was exhibited worldwide and regularly published. Vittoriano Viganò died in Milan in 1996.
While working as a tenured professor in Interior Architecture and Urban Planning during all his life for the Milan Faculty, Vittoriano Viganò was a multidisciplinary talent; simultaneously worked at various scales: from industrial design to architecture, from interior design to urban and landscape planning.
Keeping open eyes onto all emerging innovative European and International architectural experiences, Viganò become in the early ‘50’s the Italian correspondent for renowned journal L’architecture. In the same period he took part in severals Triennale’s exhibitions and designed several art galleries in via Brera in Milan.
Vittoriano was Art Director of Arteluce, the company founded by Gino Sarfatti, for some years and for Arteluce he designed numerous luminaires as well as the flagship store in via della Spiga in Milan. In 1991 the San Luca Academy awarded him the Italian Republic President Prize for Architecture. His work was exhibited worldwide and regularly published. Vittoriano Viganò died in Milan in 1996.
