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E63
“I love this lamp, and it doesn’t happen so often. I feel it as a friend. This lamp represents much of my profes-
sional history, my approach to the realization of the first projects. Initially this lamp should have been made
of plastic, but with metal it obtained dry shapes and precision of the edges. Think about the power obtained
with these rigid materials, a result which is impossible to have with plastic. It is an open shape. A mould
should have been a mould. If I would have done a plastic sample when I draw it, I would have met big difficul-
ties, also because I didn’t know plastic.”
The design for this lamp dates back to 1963, and today it is reissued with the name
E63. This alphanumeric code is a reflection of the intellectual complexity of its
designer, Umberto Riva: part architect, part designer, part artist, part light-tamer,
and a whole lot of all these things. A table lamp designed with great precision,
featuring simple lines around broad surfaces, that seemingly give a solid form to
the light itself: steel, almost armour, protecting the precious source.
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E63
T64 Brush Matt Copper
Nel 1963 nasce il modello di questa lampada, oggi rieditata con
il nome E63. In una sigla alfanumerica, si racchiude la comples-
sità intellettuale del suo progettista, Umberto Riva: un po’
architetto, un po’ designer, un po’ artista, un po’ addomesti-
catore della luce, e molto di tutto ciò. Una lampada da tavolo
disegnata in modo esatto, con linee semplici per contenere
superfici ampie, che sembrano dare forma solida alla luce stes-
sa: acciaio, quasi come una corazza a proteggere la preziosa
fonte.
TacchiniEdizioni
2017
Transparent light bulb E14
LED 5w 2700k included.
European plug with three poles
having the center as grounded.
Lampadina trasparente E14
LED 5w 2700k inclusa.
Spina europea con tre poli
avente il centrale come messa
a terra.
