TOIO FLOOR LAMP, ITALY, 1960S

AN ICON OF RADICAL ITALIAN DESIGN, THE TOIO FLOOR LAMP WAS DESIGNED IN 1962 BY ACHILLE AND PIER GIACOMO CASTIGLIONI FOR FLOS. CONCEIVED AS AN EXPERIMENT IN READY-MADE INDUSTRIAL AESTHETICS, THE LAMP REINTERPRETS AN AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT AS A DOMESTIC LIGHT SOURCE, TRANSFORMING A FUNCTIONAL OBJECT INTO A SCULPTURAL STATEMENT.

CRAFTED IN CHROME-PLATED STEEL WITH AN EXPOSED TRANSFORMER AND VISIBLE ELECTRICAL CABLE, THE TOIO CELEBRATES ITS MECHANICS RATHER THAN CONCEALING THEM. THE TELESCOPIC STEM ALLOWS FOR HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT, WHILE THE WEIGHTED BASE ENSURES STABILITY, EMPHASISING THE CASTIGLIONIS’ SIGNATURE BALANCE BETWEEN ENGINEERING PRECISION AND PLAYFUL INVENTIVENESS.

BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND REFINED, THE TOIO REMAINS A DEFINING EXAMPLE OF MID-CENTURY ITALIAN DESIGN — EQUALLY AT HOME IN A CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR OR A SERIOUS DESIGN COLLECTION.

DETAILS
TOIO FLOOR LAMP DESIGNED BY ACHILLE & PIER GIACOMO CASTIGLIONI
DIMENSIONS: 175 × 20 × 17 CM
MANUFACTURED BY FLOS, ITALY, 1962
EDITION: FLOS, WITH PUBLISHER’S MARK ON THE BASE

CONDITION: VERY GOOD, WITH SIGNS OF WEAR COMMENSURATE FOR ITS AGE