By Gianfranco Frattini, For Gubi
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SPEC #: GUB1246222 | ID: 10122046
SPEC #: GUB1246222
ID: 10122046
Designed by Gianfranco FrattiniRead Bio
First released in 1961, the Model 597 Table Lamp helped to launch Gianfranco Frattini's career as a lighting designer. Model 597's viscose fringe sides were inspired by the fringed curtains commonly seen on the entryways of Italian bars and shops in the 1950s. An array of bulbs illuminates the lamp from within, creating a soft ambient glow as light passes through the fringes. A light with an aluminum reflector on top of the lamp also provides upward lighting. An on/off switch on the cord allows the uplight to be switched on separately from the base lights.
Note: A mirrored bulb (not included) is recommended for the uplight to reduce glare.
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An architecture graduate of Milan Politecnico, Gianfranco Frattini became an industrial designer by default when he lacked appropriate lighting and furniture for his interiors. In 1956, he co-founded the ADI. During his distinguished career, he collaborated with Gio Ponti, worked for Cassina and Acerbis, designed lamps for Artemide, was a board member of the Triennale di Milano, designed for Knoll and won many gold medals and other prizes.
He is a member of the generation that made up the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s. His work for Artemide resulted in the Boa lamp together with Livio Castiglioni, and the Megaron lamp as well as several furniture collections for Cassina and exhibits for Ferrari.
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Founded in 1967 by Gubi and Lisbeth Olsen, the brand is defined by a passion for the past as well as the present. Gubi is a distinctive international design icon. Hunting down forgotten design icons like Greta Grossman, Jacques Adnet, and Mathieu Mategot, Gubi brings designs from the thirties through the seventies back to life, the collection is rounded out by collaborations with up and coming designers, forming a highly versatile brand. Gubi lights are as eclectic as they are provoking, a product of each designer's courage, instinct and curiosity. With simple yet striking shapes, unique materials and innovative techniques, Gubi is a contemporary vision. Gubi effectively blurs the lines between past and present, delivering symbolic lamps that leave a powerful impression on both the eye and imagination.
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