Luigi Massoni

LUIGI MASSONI (Milan, 1929) for Guzzini.
Forma" table lamp (no. 4002), 1960s.
Plastic and metal.
Shows wear consistent with age and use.
Measurements: 51 x 35 x 35 cm.

Table lamp designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Guzzini. It presents a great diffuser of cupulated form that harmonizes with the wide circular base on which the metallic foot is seated.

Designer and architect, Luigi Massoni trained at the Collettivo di Architettura in Milan. After his first experiences, between 1953 and 1955, he began his activity as a designer, creating for Alsessi the "Serie 5" bar set and containers, still in production today. Between 1957 and 1960, together with the architect Carlo de Carli, he contributed to the renewal of Italian design at the time, participating in various events promoted in those years, and together they also founded the magazine "Il mobile italiano". In 1959 he joined forces with a group of furniture manufacturers to create Mobilia, one of the first centers for the promotion of Italian design. That same year he joined Bofia Cucine as a designer, for which he created some of the first modular systems for the kitchen and home. Since then he has contributed, as designer and artistic director, to the reputation of many Italian and foreign industries, in a wide variety of fields. He was also editor and director of "Marmo técnica Architettura" (1956-1963) and "Forme" (from 1962). Massoni was called in the mid-sixties to collaborate with Guzzini, and designed numerous fixtures before the company's conversion to the lighting sector in 1975. He was also the first to conceive a corporate image for Guzzini, even studying the graphics of the packaging. Today Massoni's designs can be seen at the MoMA in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, among others.