Dalú
Vico Magistretti designed the Dalù in 1969 as a single, unbroken gesture. The helmet-like form in molded thermoplastic required no ornament, no assembly, no historical reference to justify itself. Shade, body, and personality arrived in one continuous curve.
The lamp appeared at the precise moment Italian designers were interrogating what plastic could be on its own terms, not as a surrogate for other materials. Magistretti answered with economy and wit. The Dalù did not adapt the traditional lampshade form; it retired it.
The current re-edition remains faithful to the original 1969 proportions, preserving the scale and confidence that made the piece so immediate on arrival. Available in multiple colors, the form reads differently across each, but the underlying conviction of the silhouette never wavers.
- Designed by Vico Magistretti, 1969
- Molded thermoplastic construction
- Re-edition faithful to original proportions
- Available in multiple colorways
- Produced by Artemide
Decades on, the Dalù belongs to no particular decade. It simply holds its form.
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Dalú
Vico Magistretti designed the Dalù in 1969 as a single, unbroken gesture. The helmet-like form in molded thermoplastic required no ornament, no assembly, no historical reference to justify itself. Shade, body, and personality arrived in one continuous curve.
The lamp appeared at the precise moment Italian designers were interrogating what plastic could be on its own terms, not as a surrogate for other materials. Magistretti answered with economy and wit. The Dalù did not adapt the traditional lampshade form; it retired it.
The current re-edition remains faithful to the original 1969 proportions, preserving the scale and confidence that made the piece so immediate on arrival. Available in multiple colors, the form reads differently across each, but the underlying conviction of the silhouette never wavers.
- Designed by Vico Magistretti, 1969
- Molded thermoplastic construction
- Re-edition faithful to original proportions
- Available in multiple colorways
- Produced by Artemide
Decades on, the Dalù belongs to no particular decade. It simply holds its form.
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Vico Magistretti designed the Dalù in 1969 as a single, unbroken gesture. The helmet-like form in molded thermoplastic required no ornament, no assembly, no historical reference to justify itself. Shade, body, and personality arrived in one continuous curve.
The lamp appeared at the precise moment Italian designers were interrogating what plastic could be on its own terms, not as a surrogate for other materials. Magistretti answered with economy and wit. The Dalù did not adapt the traditional lampshade form; it retired it.
The current re-edition remains faithful to the original 1969 proportions, preserving the scale and confidence that made the piece so immediate on arrival. Available in multiple colors, the form reads differently across each, but the underlying conviction of the silhouette never wavers.
- Designed by Vico Magistretti, 1969
- Molded thermoplastic construction
- Re-edition faithful to original proportions
- Available in multiple colorways
- Produced by Artemide
Decades on, the Dalù belongs to no particular decade. It simply holds its form.
