Tizio
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Tizio is a desk lamp created by Richard Sapper for Artemide in 1972. It won the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award in 1979. An item of it is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art[1] and of the Museum of Modern Art.[2]
The position and the direction of the bulb can be adjusted; thanks to two counterweights, moving it requires little effort. Two other features of this lamp is the lack of wires (the two parallel arms are used to conduct electricity to the bulb), and the halogen bulb, which was previously mainly used in the automotive industry.[3]
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- ^ "Richard Sapper: "Tizio" table lamp (1988.236.10)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. [1] (October 2006)
- ^ http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A5162&page_number=5&template_id=1&sort_order=1
- ^ http://www.dwr.com/designers/?designer_id=271
