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Artemide Tizio Micro vintage desk lamp
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Beverwijk, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since May 2022 • 175 sales
Product description
The Tizio Micro is a descendant of the first Tizio desk lamp, the halogen lamp from the 1960s. It is adjustable in numerous positions, and the head remains balanced. The arm is rotatable on the base. The desk lamp has a minimum height of 27 cm and a maximum height of 76 cm. The arm length is a minimum of 49.5 cm and a maximum of 68 cm. The Tizio Micro is the smallest Tizio model in the Tizio series.
Designed by Richard Sapper.
The Tizio lamp, for Artemide, is one of the first desk lamps to use low-voltage halogen lamps, eliminating the need for wires thanks to its movable arms. The Tizio remains one of the best-selling lamps ever produced. Sapper continued to create designs that classics, including the Mineur office chair series for Knoll in 1979, a series of stopwatches for Heuer in 1976, and the Nena folding chair for B&B Italia in 1984. In 1978, commissioned by Alessi, Sapper produced the first product in a long series, the stove-top espresso maker 9090. This was followed, among other products, by the two-note whistling Bollitore kettle in 1984, the Bandung teapot in 1990, the Coban espresso machine in 1997, the Todo cheese grater in 2006, and the Cintura di Orione cookware series in 1986 and 2009, in collaboration with renowned chefs such as Roger Verge, Pierre Michel Troisgros, and Alain Kapelle. In 1980, Sapper was appointed principal industrial design consultant at IBM and began designing numerous portable computers, including the first ThinkPad 700C in 1992, which broke with the company's tradition of pearl-gray machines by featuring a simple and elegant black rectangular button that would reveal a surprise inside: a small red button in the center of the keyboard that controlled the screen cursor. Mineur continues to oversee the iconic ThinkPad brand today as a design consultant for Lenovo, following its acquisition of the IBM PC Division in May 2005.
Throughout his career, Sapper paid close attention to transportation issues. He worked with Fiat on experimental cars, particularly on pneumatic bumper systems, and with Pirelli on the development of pneumatic structures. In 1972, he formed a study group with architect Gae Aulenti for the development of new urban transportation systems, a theme he pursued further for an exhibition at the XVI Milan Triennale in 1979, which led to the design of a bus for Fiat that allowed passengers to stow their bicycles in a rack. His research culminated in the design of the Zoombike (no longer in production), a lightweight bicycle designed with aircraft technology to achieve the required power and speed acceleration, which folds as quickly and simply as an umbrella and easily fits in the trunk of a car.
Sapper is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England and a member of the Akademie der Kuenste in Germany. The German Design Council awarded Mineur a lifetime achievement award for his design work in 2009, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of North Carolina in 2010.
Artemide Tizio Micro desk lamp.
Specifications
ConditionGoodColorsBlack, RedMaterialPlastic, MetalNumber of items1BrandArtemideHeight50 cmWidth50 cmDepth11 cmSigns of usageRust
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Beverwijk, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since May 2022 • 175 sales