Capsule hanging lamp by Ross Lovegrove for Artemide, 2010. As the name implies, this design treasure consists of a capsule of light that extracts a new form from the handmade glass process to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo landing on the moon. White blown etched glass diffuser, silicone rubber lamp holder support. Two lamps available (price per piece). The Capsule is 93 cm high and has a diameter of 45 cm (height of the diffuser alone: 33 cm).
Very good condition: clean and polished glass, wiring system overhauled by an electrician, few signs of time. Ross Lovegrove graduated in 1980 with a BA Hons Industrial Design 1st class. His professional career began with collaborations with various industrial design studios in London and Stuttgart. In 1984 he went to Paris at the invitation of Knoll International; during his stay in Paris, he was a member of the Atelier de Nîmes with Philippe Stark and Jean Nouvel. Returning to London in late 1987, he carried out projects with numerous companies active in the field of product and furniture design. Winner of numerous international awards, his work has been widely published and exhibited, for example at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Axis Centre in Japan, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Design Museum in London..