Joan Antoni Blanc. Cigüeñal Floor Lamp for Tramo

JOAN ANTONI BLANC (Tortosa, 1940) for Tramo.
Floor lamp "Cigüeñal", 1968.
Chromed metal. White methacrylate lampshade. Cigüeñal of foot adi-fad (extensible raises and lowers).
Measurements: 150 cm (minimum height); 195 cm (maximum height); 36 cm (lampshade diameter).

The "Cigüeñal" lamp is distinguished by its ingenious rotation system that allows it to be fixed in multiple positions, as well as by the delicate balance achieved between the thin chromed metal shaft and its large white methacrylate lampshade. It was published by Tramo (Trabajos molestos), a company founded by the iconic Catalan designer Miguel Milá.

Joan Antoni Blanc was one of the founders of the Eina school and one of the main advocates of the need to incorporate technological knowledge and to orient design in industrial applications. He specialized in the field of design, specializing in furniture and lighting applied to the domestic, urban and office environment, although he has also developed several designs related to nautical, motoring and motorcycling. In 1972 he created "Estudi de Disseny Blanc", incorporating as assistant Pau Joan Vidal, an industrial designer trained at the Massana and Elisava schools, who later became his partner. He was also president of the Association of Professional Designers between 1986 and 1989 and participated in the creation of BCD. Among the products developed by Blanc, the "Cónica" lamp (Delta de Oro ADI-FAD in 1965), the "Cubiform" system of cabinets and drawers, the "semi-spherical" lamp (Delta de Oro ADI-FAD in 1966), the "Torre de Babel" set of expandable elements, the "globe" lamp (Delta de Oro ADI-FAD in 1966), the "Torre de Babel" set of expandable elements, the "globe" lamp (Delta de Oro ADI-FAD in 1966) and the "Torre de Babel" system of cabinets and drawers, the "Globe" lamp (Delta de plata ADI-FAD in 1968), the "Perfils" shelving and container system, the "Sinclina" lamp (Delta de plata ADI-FAD and prize for the best Spanish design at the Madrid fair in 1991), the "Prima 1000" shelving system and the "Escala" lamp. The Barcelona Design Museum is the repository of part of its documentary collections and three pieces designed by Joan Antoni Blanc: the "Cubiform" cabinet and the "Escala" and "Sinclina" floor lamps.