Gino Sarfatti: Designing Light
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (512 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8875703663 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Paulo Santelli said Five Stars. Master Book from a Genius!
Co-founder of the renowned interior design firm Arteluce with Maurizio Tempestini, Sarfatti was both a designer and an entrepreneur, who was at ease with every step of the production process, from conception to retail. Surveying these and other works, Gino Sarfatti: Designing Light includes personal reminiscences of the designer and his career from Silvana Annicchiarico, Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis, Claudio De Albertis, Manolo De Giorgi, Piero Gandini and Roberto Sarfatti.. With a fondness for spherical forms and long, arching stems, he designed desk lamps, spotlights, chandeliers and freestanding lamps; cubes that diffuse light in three directions; lightshades evocative of a woman’s hat; he was also the first to use halogen lightbulbs. Gino Sarfatti (1912–1984) was a celebrated and beloved figure in Italian design from the 1930s on